Windows 2000 Installation Procedures

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1. If this is to be dual boot, Install Linux for dual boot for the latest. This link is obsolute: Mandrake Linux V7.0
2. Win2000 Installation -- Part 1 (Disk does not contain Win2000)
  This procedure assumes that NT4 was already installed. This makes the domain controller part easier because NT4 prompts you to become a domain controller.
  
  If you are starting fresh, you will need to get the one disk that will allow you to boot Win2000 installation procedure. I keep this with the most recent MSDN Universal subscription disks. It is a CDROM instead of DVD. One cannot book the DVD's directly.
  
  The notebooks and desktop computers are usually domain controllers to accommodate MSMQ demonstrations which require domain controllers. For those cases when I am teaching in a classroom with workgroup computers that have been shipped in from all parts of the country, they could then join my domain on a notebook. Desktop computers are usually domain controllers as well so I can test cross domain message queuing with MSMQ and COM and .NET remoting.
  1. Format using a NTFS. Do not use FAT because it does not work with ADSI (among many other things).
  2. Now it says there is already a \WINNT folder there. I press L to tell it to wipe that out and continue.
  3. Now Win2000 needs to examine the disk starting at 4/28/00 7:34:57 AM. Ugh! At 4/28/00 7:42:27 AM it requests button push and more time to detect hardware.
  4. Locales
    1. 4/28/00 7:59:32 AM it now prompts for more stuff about locals. I told it I wanted German, Japanese and Chinese with a default of US English.
    2. I want to keep the default US English keyboard. I also want a german keyboard and a US English right handed Dvorak keyboard. Disable the keystroke sequence to switch between the two.
  5. Default on the number of connections: 5. It would be nice to have more connections but I believe that requires more licenses which we have not purchased yet.
  6. Computer name: ANGEL, write down password for Administrator.
  7. Products:
    1. IIS
      1. NNTP (will we ever use this? Possibly. With this we can have our own internet news groups
      2. Visual Interdev RAD (it will complain about this - its OK),
      3. FTP server
      4. All other defaults
    2. Index server allowing our clients to search websites we create
    3. No certificate services
    4. No cluster service
    5. Management and monitoring (all - they don't take much room and might be useful)
    6. Message queuing services (MSMQ)
    7. Networking services (yes to all except site server ILS services which cannot be set now)
    8. Other network file and print services (why not - they don't take much room).
    9. No remote installation services (to complex)
    10. Remote storage (yes - I guess. I'm not sure how a note book can access tape).
    11. No terminal services or terminal services licensing - I cannot imagine how we could use this.
    12. Windows Media services: YES! Of course!
  8. Area code = 303, nothing special for outside line, tone dialing
  9. Set the time zone to be Mountain time
  10. Custom settings
    1. No to network load balancing (we really don't have a network big enough)
    2. Under TCP/IP click properties:
      1. Use following IP address
        IP = 10.0.0.4
      2. Subnet mask = 255.255.255.0
      3. Default gateway=10.0.0.1 (This is the address of the cisco router we use for DSL)
      4. Use following DNS server primary = 204.240.56.1, secondary = 204.240.56.2 (this is Indra.com)
    3. Click install, under service click
      1. Qos Package scheduler (I think this is the quality of service feature -- I'd like to experiment with this)
      2. NetBEUI (I might use it someday in a networking class)
      3. Network monitor driver (I don't know what this is but it sounds good)
      4. NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOs compatible Transport Protocol (I might use this some day)
      5. Make this computer part of SIGNITEK domain. Account = Administrator, no password
        An invalid domain was specified, would you like to proceed and trying joining a domain later? YES
  11. Ok, it should reboot
  12. On the components, select Networking services (Set site server ILS services now -- it will let you)
  13. I already registered once on the notebook
3. Win2000 Installation Part 2 -- Booting from Win2000
  At this point we have booted and we have the program automatically running called "Windows 2000 Configure Your Server" with a dark blue panel on the left side and a grey panel on the right side. We will visit all the entries on the left side, one by one.
  1. Home -- does nothing!
  2. Start up the active directory wizard
    1. Make this an active domain controller for a new domain
    2. Create a new domain tree
    3. Create a new forest of domain trees (for Angel)
      Hmmm... I wonder how we should respond on subsequent installation when the notebook is sometimes present and sometimes not.
    4. Enter full DNS name: SIGNITEK
      It will complain that there are not enough dots. However, since this is not a registered domain name, it does not matter. "Are you sure ..." Click yes.
    5. Netbios domain name: SIGNITEK
    6. Database and log compatibility.
      Take the defaults. On the notebook, there is only one disk.
    7. Shared System volume.
      Take the default
    8. The wizard cannot contact the DNS server that handles the name "SIGNITEK" to determine if it supports dynamic update (what's that?). Confirm your DNS configuration, or install and configure a DNS server on this computer. (We'll do the latter). Click OK.
    9. Yes, install and configure DNS on this computer!
    10. Permissions -- take the default.
      Permissions combatable with pre-Windows 2000 server. Who knows what kind of customer and classroom machines I'll have to connect to.
    11. Directory services Restore Mode Administrator Password. Pick a good one and write it down!
    12. Off it goes. "This can take serveral minutes." No kidding. About 15 minutes.
    13. Reboot
  3. Start the File Server Wizard
    1. Create a share for each device. For example, C:\ has a share name of C. This is not too big a deal since it is easy to change later. However, it can be a big security concern if we are connecting a server to the internet with no firewall to protect us (presently, Indra's DSL line has a firewall to protect us from malicious internet users but prohibits us from being a server).
      1. For a notebook, share all the devices with everybody.
      2. For a web server, share everything with administrators.
    2. Setup the Laser jet as a network printer connected to FAFNIR. The printer on FAFNIR is called \\FAFNIR\HP Laser Jet 5 Si". I could not get the (active) directory to work. Select the middle radio button “Type the printer name, or click Next to browse for a printer”. Leave the edit box blank and click next.
    3. Assuming you are connected to network FAFNIR is on, you should see the WAELSUNG domain – double click on it to expand it and you should see FAFNIR and double click on that and you should see the laser jet printer.
    4. Click next and finish.
  4. Start the Web Server under "Web/Media Server"
    1. Skip this step (Front Page will do it): Start Virtual Directory wizard
    2. Skip Windows Media Services – do it later.
  5. Skip Networking.
  6. Skip the Components for now.
Promote Domain Controller
Download http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/ie5.htm (if necessary) and Internet Explorer V5.
1. Double click on the blue "E" icon for Internet Explorer.
2. Select the last radio button "I want to set up my Internet connection manually, or I want to connect through a local area network (LAN)." Click next.
3. Select "I connect through a local area network (LAN)."
4. Click on "Automatic discovery of proxy server (recommended)". Be sure there is no "proxy server selected".
5. Do you want to set up an Internet mail account now? "yes"
6. Adjust the settings for our current ISP.
Install Netscape.
Presently V6 does not install on Windows -- but give it a try. If it does not, fall back to 4.75.
Update special directories.
Install MS Office 2000.
Install Visual Studio 6.
Reinstall MSMQ 2 for Win2000 (hopefully this will be fixed soon).
Install Visual Studio.NET
Install J# from MSDN subscriptions. This will require a password.
Install Platform SDK
Install Adobe Acrobat's PDF Reader/Writer.
Install Java.
Skip Star Office I don't use it
Skip the installation of Java Libraries
Install Cygwin
Install Emacs
Install the Emacs Java Development Environment.
Skip to winzip installation, you might need it for the next step.
Do not Install GNUish DOS utilities at http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/gnuish/gnuish.htm#SEC17
Install Emacs for Windows
Install Win2000 Databases
Install Graphics Applications
Install Microsoft Utilities
Install Apache XML
Install small applications.
1. Copy the directory d:\util
  Put this directory in the PATH variable..
  
  This directory contains miscellaneous programs -- many of which I have written others of which I have downloaded from somewhere.
2. Copy the directory tlib.
  Put this directory in the PATH variable..
  
  This contains a little 16 program I bought years ago and occaisonally still use. It is a small and crude revision control system like CVS or SCCS or Visual Source Safe.
3. Install Winzip
4. Install Games
Install MSXML 4 at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/001/677/msdncompositedoc.xml.
This is very difficult to find but it seems to be the only MSXML4 on the site. I searched for MSXML4 Technology preview and the title of the article is Microsoft XML Parser 4.0 July 2001 Technology Preview. It seems to me there should be something more recent.
Install MapPoint. This is available on the DVD's. I downloaded it from the MSDN Subscriptions site.
Install other packages not specific to windows (like JBoss and Tomcat).
Install fonts for SIGNITEK logo. There are just two fonts.

Windows 2000 Installation Procedures

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