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Lesson 1: Identifying Hardware Requirements
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6. Log on to the website of the manufacturer of your computer’s graphics
adapter. Check
whether the graphics adapter meets the minimum or exceeds the recommended
speci-
fications for indows Vista.
Practice 2: Running the Upgrade Advisor
In this practice, you will run the Upgrade Advisor. To perform this
practice, you will need
access to a computer that has Windows XP installed. You also need to have
downloaded and
installed the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.
NOTE
Obtaining the Upgrade Advisor
You can download the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor from the following URL:
http://
www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx. The
Windows Vista Upgrade
Advisor installation routine will assist you in installing any additional
components, like the MSXML
and .NET Framework that are required to run the application.
1. Open the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.
2. On the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor start window, shown in Figure 1-3,
click Start
Scan.
Figure 1-3
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor start window
3. Depending on the speed of your computer, it might take some time for the
scan to com-
plete. During the scan you can click several numbered buttons to learn more
about each
edition of Windows Vista. When the scan is complete, click the See Details
button.
4. The report highlights any problems that the Upgrade Advisor finds and
makes a rec-
ommendation as to which edition of Windows Vista would best suit the Windows
XP
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