Related Links for Controlling Communication with the Internet for Windows Vista
In This Appendix
Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Product Resource Kits
Information About Security, Management, and Deployment
Information About Features in Windows Vista
Information About Product Activation, Windows Genuine Advantage, and Licensing
Information About Product Registration
Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations
Information About Group Policy
Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Product Resource Kits
The following pages provide information about Windows Vista and related Microsoft products.
Information about Windows Vista
Resources for IT professionals
Privacy statement
Step-by-step guides for IT professionals
Online Help for Windows Vista
Windows deployment and resource kits
Microsoft product support and Knowledge Base
Microsoft TechNet
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN®)
Windows Server System Reference Architecture
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 7
Information About Security, Management, and Deployment
The following sites provide information about security, management, and deployment topics.
Microsoft systems management solutions
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Information about deployment and automated installation
Microsoft Windows Security Resource Kit
Security Guidance Center
Web pages focused on security for Windows Vista
Web page focused on security on the MSDN® Web site
Web pages focused on security on the Microsoft TechNet Web site
Information About Features in Windows Vista
The following sites provide information about some of the features in Windows Vista.
Note that privacy statements for many features in Windows Vista are included in the privacy statement for Windows Vista at:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70682
Add Network Location Wizard (specifically, related protocols called the Web Extender Client protocol and the Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol)
Certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI)
Certificates
PKI
Also see Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations later in this section.
Content Advisor
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=55249
Also see Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations later in this section.
Default Programs interface
Device installation (a step-by-step guide to controlling device installation and usage with Group Policy and a step-by-step guide to device driver signing and staging)
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71527
Also see the following page on the MSDN Web site:
Event Viewer, specifically, event forwarding and collecting
File association Web service (specifically, using Group Policy to remotely install software)
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=29166
Also see “Language codes” in this subsection.
Internet Explorer
General information about Internet Explorer
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=83152
Controlling Internet-based code that can be run in Internet Explorer
Also see the following Web pages related to Internet Explorer:
“Windows deployment and resource kits” and "Internet Explorer Administration Kit" in Product Information, Support Information, TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, and Information in Product Resource Kits, earlier in this section.
“Language codes” in this subsection.
“Default Programs interface” in this subsection.
Internet Information Services in Windows Vista
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
General information about IPv6
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71548
IPv6 and networking in Windows Vista
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71544
Using tools to obtain IPv6 configuration information
IPv6 and security
IPv6, Teredo, and Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)
Also see Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations later in this section.
Language codes (used in Internet Explorer and the file association Web service when a language is being specified)
Order Prints Wizard (related registry settings)
Phishing Filter
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70681
Also see "Internet Explorer" in this subsection.
Program compatibility features
Also see "Windows Error Reporting" (which handles the reports generated by program compatibility features) in this subsection.
Remote Assistance
Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program
Windows Defender
Windows Error Reporting
Privacy statement for Microsoft Error Reporting
Information about how Windows Error Reporting works
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=29903
Windows Firewall
Windows Mail
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=72161
Also see "Default Programs interface" in this subsection.
Windows Media Player
General information about Windows Media Player
Windows Media Services (streaming media servers)
Windows Media in the enterprise
Privacy statement for WindowsMedia.com
Web pages focused on skins and plug-ins
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=73077
Protected media path
Windows Meeting Space
Windows Movie Maker
Windows Update and automatic updating
Information About Product Activation, Windows Genuine Advantage, and Licensing
The following sites provide information about product activation, Windows Genuine Advantage, and licensing.
Individual product activation
Windows Genuine Advantage program
Volume activation and licensing
Information About Product Registration
The following sites provide information about product registration.
Sites Maintained by Task Forces and Other Organizations
The following pages are maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force.
The following site is maintained by the Internet Content Rating Association.
The following site is maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium.
(Web addresses can change, so you might be unable to connect to the Web sites mentioned here.)
Information About Group Policy
The following sites provide information about topics related to Group Policy.
Technical information about Group Policy
Designing a Managed Environment in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit
Group Policy Settings Reference on the Microsoft Web site
Windows Vista Security Guide on the Microsoft Web site
Topics on TechNet that describe changes to Group Policy in Windows Vista