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