Wondering what this audio course covers? Then take a look on this page.
The audio presentation is divided up into 11 CDs. Each CD is divided into a number of tracks, each about seven to ten minutes long. We've cross-indexed the tracks and subject description to the slide numbers printed in the Audio Companion. So, for example, if you wanted to re-visit the subject of building a Windows PE disk, then you'd listen to track 4 on CD disc number 2. The accompanying PowerPoint slide in the Audio Companion would be number 19.
This table of contents also appears in the front of the Audio Companion.
| Volume / Track | PowerPoint slide numbers | Subject |
| Disc 1 | Introduction and Vista Overview | |
| Track 1 | 1 | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 2-3 | Vista Overview |
| 3 | 4 | Course Overview |
| 4 | 5-7 | Vista Versions |
| 5 | 8-9 | Hardware Requirements; Vista Anytime Upgrade |
| Disc 2 | Deployment and Licensing | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 10-14 | Vista Deployment Overview |
| 3 | 15-18 | The Deployment Tools |
| 4 | 19 | Building a Simple Windows PE Disk |
| 5 | 20-22 | Windows Image (.WIM) Files |
| 6 | 23-24 | ImageX: the Tool for Working With WIM Files |
| 7 | 25-28 | Mounting and Modifying WIMs with ImageX, Building a More Complete WinPE |
| 8 | 29-32 | Finishing the More Complete WinPE; Adding NIC drivers |
| 9 | 33-35 | Capturing and Applying Windows Images with ImageX and WinPE, Sysprep |
| 10 | 36-40 | Using Windows System Image Manager, Vista's Script Writer |
| 11 | 41-42 | Windows Deployment Services; Vista Licensing |
| Disc 3 | Vista GUI and File Storage | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 43-45 | Aero Basic UI |
| 3 | 46-47 | Aero Glass UI and Hardware Requirements |
| 4 | 48-52 | UI Benefits and Disadvantages |
| 5 | 53-56 | Vista Storage - Search Folders and Tags |
| 6 | 57-63 | Vista Storage - Stacks, Windows Search |
| 7 | 64-69 | Protecting Your Data - Windows Backup and CompletePC |
| 8 | 70-79 | Restoring CompletePC Backups, Using "Previous Versions," Transactional NTFS & Registry |
| Disc 4 | User Account Control | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 80-83 | Securing Vista: Overview, Review: Tokens and Privileges |
| 3 | 84-87 | UAC Overview |
| 4 | 88-91 | How UAC Splits Tokens |
| 5 | 92-97 | Controlling the Consent UI With Group Policies |
| 6 | 98-102 | Controlling Secure Desktop with Group Policies; Supporting Non-Standard Input Devices |
| 7 | 103-104 | How UAC Chooses Standard vs Admin Tokens |
| 8 | 105-110 | Controlling How UAC Elevates I |
| 9 | 111-120 | Controlling How UAC Elevates II: Creating, Using, and Embedding Manifests |
| 10 | 121-127 | Installing Manifests; Turning Off UAC; Using Group Policies to Increase UAC Security |
| Disc 5 | File and Registry Virtualization | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 128-132 | Overview of Folder and Registry Virtualization; Why Many Legacy Apps Fail on Vista and How to Fix Them |
| 3 | 133-139 | Folder and Registry Virtualization Examples; When to Use or Not Use Virtualization |
| 4 | 140-145 | Folder and Registry Virtualization Examples; Enabling and Disabling Virtualization; Logging Virtualization |
| Disc 6 | Windows Integrity Control (WIC) | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 146-148 | WIC Fundamentals |
| 3 | 149-150 | Discretionary vs Mandatory Access Models |
| 4 | 151-154 | Discretionary/Mandatory Model Terminology; Is Windows Discretionary or Mandatory? |
| 5 | 155-160 | Windows Integrity Levels (ILs); How Objects Store Integrity Levels; Integrity Policy Types |
| 6 | 161-165 | How Objects Store ILs; Viewing ILs |
| 7 | 166-171 | Changing and Raising Integrity Levels |
| 8 | 172-174 | Setting Integrity Levels to "System"; Deleting Files; How Windows Stores User Integrity Levels |
| 9 | 175-181 | User Integrity Levels; Process Integrity Levels; Rules for Storing Integrity Levels; Viewing Process ILs |
| 10 | 182-184 | How Windows Uses or Doesn't Use Integrity Levels; How You Can Use Integrity Levels |
| 11 | 185-188 | "WIC Lite:" How Vista Keeps Admins From Deleting System Files |
| Disc 7 | Device Installation Restrictions and BitLocker | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 189-194 | Blocking particular types of devices from installing with group policies |
| 3 | 195-199 | Step-by-step instructions on device restrictions |
| 4 | 200-201 | BitLocker introduction |
| 5 | 202-203 | BitLocker Details: Why It's Secure |
| 6 | 204-205 | Using BitLocker Without TPM; Can I Recover From Failures? |
| 7 | 206-210 | BitLocker Setup Considerations |
| 8 | 211-214 | BitLocker Setup Considerations cont.; BitLocker Setup on an Upgraded PC; BitLocker Step-By-Steps With USB |
| 9 | 215-223 | Using the BitLocker Setup From Control Panel; BitLocker and USB Devices |
| 10 | 224-231 | Going Beyond the GUI: BitLocker Command Line Secrets; Installing BitLocker on Non-Boot Drives |
| 11 | 232-237 | Decrypting BitLocker Drives; Increasing and Decreasing Crypto; BitLocker Uses and Warnngs; BitLocker Recovery; BitLocker and AD |
| Disc 8 | Windows Services, Security Defaults, and Firewall | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 238-240 | Vista Services - Review of How Services Affect Security and How We Manage Their Security Risks |
| 3 | 241-245 | Eliminated Services; Review of How Services Get Permissions and Privileges; How SVCHOST.EXE Works For Services; Vista Services Move to Session 0 |
| 4 | 246-249 | Minimizing Service Privileges; Warnings About Minimizing Privileges |
| 5 | 250-255 | Overriding Services' Built-in Lists; using sc.exe to see service lists |
| 6 | 256-260 | Service Isolation; Reducing and Granting Service Permissions |
| 7 | 261-267 | Reducing and Granting Service Permissions cont.; Controlling Service Restarts; New "Delayed Auto-Start" Services |
| 8 | 268-272 | Security Default Changes (Power Users, Administrator disabled, Reduced Anonymous Access) |
| 9 | 273-274 | Security Default Changes cont.; Cryptographic Changes |
| 10 | 275-281 | Windows Firewall |
| Disc 9 | Vista Networking, IE 7, and x64 Compatibility Issues | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 282-285 | Finding Where Vista Hide the NIC Properties |
| 3 | 286-288 | Modifying HOSTS; TCP Gets Faster |
| 4 | 289-292 | IP version 6 |
| 5 | 293-301 | Windows Meeting Space - Setup, Use and Troubleshooting |
| 6 | 302-304 | Remote Desktop Changes |
| 7 | 305-307 | Internet Explorer 7.0 and Vista |
| 8 | 308-309 | Internet Explorer 7.0 - Security and Anti-Phishing |
| 9 | 310-311 | Administering Vista; Operating Systems and APIs |
| 10 | 312-314 | "Hooking the Kernel"; Rootkit Issues; Vista's PatchGuard Slows Down RootKits... But Kills Some Legitimate Apps |
| 11 | 315-316 | Vista Compatibility Issues - Drivers and Broken Server Apps |
| Disc 10 | Windows Event Viewer | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 317-318 | Windows Event Monitor - What's New |
| 3 | 319-325 | Dissecting Events; The New Event Viewer UI; Centralizing Event Viewer Logs |
| 4 | 326-332 | Centralizing Event Viewer Logs cont.; Using WinRM |
| 5 | 333-335 | WinRM/Event Collection Troubleshooting |
| 6 | 336-338 | WinRM/Event Collection in a Workgroup; Event Triggers |
| Disc 11 | Scheduler, Group Policies, BCDedit, and Performance | |
| Track 1 | none | Volume introduction |
| 2 | 339-347 | Vista Task Scheduler |
| 3 | 348-351 | Group Policy Changes |
| 4 | 352-355 | Group Policy Changes cont. |
| 5 | 356-358 | Pre-Vista Group Policies and Sysvol; adm Files change to admx |
| 6 | 359-363 | Creating the Group Policy Central Store; Central Print Administration; Virtual Licensing; BOOT.INI replaced by BCD |
| 7 | 364-368 | BCD - The New Boot Database; Using BCDedit; changing boot options |
| 8 | 369-372 | BCD Option Entries |
| 9 | 373-381 | Stabilizing and Speeding Vista; Reliability Monitor; Superfetch; Ready Boost |
| 10 | 382 | Closing Comments |