Updated: July 14, 2020 (March 5, 2007)
Analyst ReportVista Hardware Assessment Tool Available
The free Windows Vista Hardware Assessment (VHA) tool is designed to help an organization understand the requirements for upgrading computers to Windows Vista. The tool, which inventories computers on an organization’s network without installing an agent on the computers, is simple to install and run, but there can be problems connecting to some computers, and the results can be incomplete and inaccurate.
Detects Compatible Hardware, Devices
The VHA is a wizard that can detect and check computers on a network that are running a version of Windows that supports Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), such as Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server 2003 (including R2), or Windows 2000 Server.
The tool identifies which computers can already run Vista and which computers might be able to run Vista with upgraded hardware, summarizing the information in the following custom reports:
- A Word document for business decision-makers that summarizes the results in a report with
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