Two revisions to some previous tools make the list of downloads today. The first one is the step-by-step Vista deployment guide. In this one they have added more group policy documentation, including some other new or revised docs. The second one is for testing applications in standard user mode, or non-admin. This tool will help you determine if an application is going to cause you headaches when the user is no longer running with admin rights, in Vista even the admin runs most things without admin rights.
Step-by-step deployemnt guide is here.
Step-by-step Vista user account control can be found here. And the Standard User Analyzer tool is here.
Overview
These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to control device installation using Device Management and Installation (DMI) and manage ADMX files. There are also step-by-step guides to help you protect data using BitLocker Drive Encryption, to administer the TPM Security Hardware in a computer using Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Services, and to help deploy better-managed desktops and mitigate the impact of malware using User Account Control (UAC). |
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| Deploying Vista Step by Step Guide.doc
| Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step by Step Guide.doc
Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide.doc
| Performance Monitoring and Tuning Step by Step Guide.doc
Print Management Step by Step Guide.doc
Step by Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy.doc
| Step by Step Guide to Device Driver Signing and Staging.doc
| Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Multiple Local Group Policy.doc
| User Account Control Step by Step Guide.doc
| Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide (September 2006).doc
| Windows Vista Beta 2 Migration Step by Step Guide.doc
| Windows Vista Beta 2 Trusted Platform Module Services Step by Step Guide (May 2006).doc
| Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Step by Step Guide.doc
| Windows Vista Speech Recognition Step by Step.doc
| Windows Vista Windows Meeting Space Step by Step Guide.doc
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Overview
The Standard User Analyzer helps developers and IT professionals diagnose issues that would prevent a program from running properly without administrator privileges. On Windows Vista, even administrators run most programs with standard user privileges by default, so it is important to ensure that your application does not have administrator access as a dependency.
Using the Standard User Analyzer to test your application can identify the following administrator dependencies and return the results in a graphical interface:
• File access
• Registry access
• INI files
• Token issues
• Security privileges
• Name space issues
• Other issues
This tool also complements the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0. ACT 5.0 will include a User Account Control agent that you can deploy to user desktops to identify applications that require administer privileges. The Standard User Analyzer is designed to be run on the developer or tester’s workstation to test and troubleshoot a specific application. Issues identified with the Standard User Analyzer can also be entered into you ACT 5.0 database so you can track the application compatibility across your environment. 
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