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Before Installing
1.
Prepare Outlook Express
o
Delete unneeded mail
o
Compact all folders from File, Folder
o
Check that Outlook Express is set to Leave a copy of messages on server:
Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Advanced, Delivery Check for 200 to 300 Mb of free space on drive C.
o
Back up Outlook Express mail and address book to another directory. Do not copy the Folders.dbx file.
o
Back up Address book (xxx.wab) to Address Book folder in D:\Outlook Express
2.
Go to ROM BIOS with the Del key on boot and print current settings
3.
Upgrade ROM BIOS
o
Go to eSupport to identify your BIOS ID string
o
Send information by e-mail and await phone call
o
Order replacement BIOS chip or flash BIOS upgrade.
o
Run program to clear battery BIOS settings
o
Shut down, replace BIOS chip
o
Restart and enter BIOS and check the settings
4.
Uninstall programs that will not work with Win2000 or that need upgrading
5.
Remove hardware that won't work
Upgrading to Windows 2000 -- Also see
1.
Uninstall Norton Antivirus
2.
Uninstall Freezip
3.
Uninstall Outlook 2000
4.
Uninstall incompatible software
5.
Control Panel, Power Options, Turn off monitor and hard disks Never
6.
Remove shortcuts from Startup folder
7.
Run Win2000 CD
8.
Remove software that is incompatible before continuing.
Clean install of Windows 2000 -- (Also see)
1.
If necessary, make a Win98 startup disk From the CD, run tools\mtsutil\fat32ebd\fat32ebd.exe from the CD
2.
Check that the boot floppy works and that you can access the CD-ROM drive
3.
Fdisk the hard drive. Create a primary of 3GB for Drive C and a secondary for the others drives.
4.
Create logical partitions in the secondary partition
5.
Reboot the computer
6.
Format drive C with the /s option.
7.
Format the other partitions. We use C for windows, D for data, E for other programs, F for cache, and G for backup
8.
Put hardware drivers (sound card, network card) needed by installer on drive E
9.
Restart the computer and enter the ROM BIOS with the Del key
10.
Change option to boot from CR-ROM first
11.
Exit, saving settings
12.
On restart, press Enter to boot from CD
13.
Win2000 is set up on C and files are copied
14.
When the computer reboots, press Del to enter ROM BIOS and set boot back to A:, C:, CD ROM
15.
Exit saving settings
16.
Leave Win2000 CD in the CD-ROM
17.
On reboot, Win2000 will start up and set location and language
18.
Enter 25-digit product key
19.
Set up Administrator account
After Installing Windows 2000
1.
Exit the Welcome screen, but you can go back later to register by typing the command welcome in Start menu, Run...
2.
Check monitor and video adapter settings and background
o
Make shortcut to Dxdiag.exe and run it to identify video adapter
o
Right-click desktop and pick Properties
o
Select unique background picture for Administrator
o
Click settings tab
o
Check monitor and video adapter names
o
If correct, adjust Colors and Screen area
o
OK
o
Go back to Display Properties, Settings tab
o
Pick Advanced button
o
Monitor tab, set refresh tab higher than 60 Hz
3.
Install Intellipoint Ver 4 mouse driver
4.
Set up system sounds
o
Start menu, Settings, Control Panel, double-click Sounds
o
Asterisk=Toot, Critical Stop=Oh-oh, Default sound=Ding, Exclamation=Chord, Question=Kids, Start Windows=Windows Logon Sound, except Administrator=The Microsoft Sound
o
Windows Explorer, Start Navigation=Crick
o
If Default Beep is missing and there is no sound from volume-control icon in tray, see below
5.
Install drivers Win2000 doesn't have
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Properties
o
Pick Hardware tab, Device Manager
o
Look for exclamation points on yellow circles
o
Right click device and pick properties
o
Steer to the software
6.
Set up Ethernet connection
o
Start Menu, Settings
o
Network and Dialup Connections
o
Right-click Local Area connection, pick Properties to get the Connection dialog box
o
Click Show icon in taskbar when connected
o
Sharing tab, no check mark for Enable Internet Connection Sharing
o
Check mark on Client for Microsoft Networks and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
o
Don't check File and Printer Sharing
o
Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties button to get the Internet Protocol dialog box
o
Pick Use the following IP address:
o
Enter the IP address
o
Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
o
Default gateway is IP address for first three parts xxx.xxx.xxx.254
o
Click Use the following DNS server addresses:
o
For Tech DNS servers use 129.138.4.216 and 129.138.250.10
o
Click Advanced button to get the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box
o
Check that IP and Gateway are correct
o
Click DNS tab and check that DNS server address is correct
o
For DNS suffix put nmt.edu
o
OK, OK
o
Check that X-Win32 works.
7.
Alternatively, install dial-up software (NM Tech)
8.
Install Norton Antivirus
9.
Right-click taskbar and pick Properties
o
Put check mark for Show small icons in Start menu
o
Uncheck Use Personalized Menus for showing all menu items
o
Advanced tab -- put check mark for Display Logoff
o
Advanced tab -- put check mark for Display Administrative Tools (Administrator)
o
OK
10.
Run C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dxdiag.exe to identify video and sound cards
11.
Set time for the display of list of operating systems (boot-manager time)
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Properties
o
Pick Advanced tab
o
Click Startup and Recovery
o
In Default operating systems pick "Microsoft Windows 2000"
o
Set Display list of operating systems for 2 seconds
o
Change Write debugging information to none
o
OK, OK
12.
Check for DMA setting of CD-ROM drives (unless you have an IDE controller card)
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Manage
o
In the left pane, pick System Tools, Device Manager
o
In the right pane, click the plus next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
o
If you have an IDE controller card skip the next step
o
Right-click Primary IDE Channel and pick Properties
o
Pick Advanced Settings tab
o
Set Transfer Mode to DMA if available
o
Repeat for the Secondary IDE Channel
13.
Set Event Viewer
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Manage
o
In left pane, pick the plus next to Event Viewer
o
Right-click Application and pick Properties
o
Set Overwrite events older that 7 days
o
OK
o
Repeat for System
14.
Move virtual memory from drive C to drive D
o
Check Used space on drives C and D
o
Right-click Drive D and pick Properties
o
Pick Tools tab and click Check Now
o
Click Start
o
Click Defragment Now
o
Click drive D and then Analyze
o
Click Defragment
o
Close Defragmenter
o
OK
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Properties
o
Pick Advanced tab and click Performance Options
o
Click Change
o
Highlight Drive D
o
Set initial size and maximum size to what they are for drive C (Windows uses twice RAM for initial and four times for maximum)
o
Highlight Drive D
o
Set initial size and maximum size to zero
o
OK, OK, OK
o
Reboot
o
Drive C will now be larger by the former minimum virtual memory size
o
Defrag drive C
15.
Install Wntipcfg for information about IP configuration
o
Download WntIpcfg.exe
o
Double-click to install in C:\Program Files\Resource Kit
o
Make a shortcut to it
16.
Make an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)
o
Put a formatted floppy disk in drive A
o
Write Emergency Repair Disk and date on floppy label
o
Click Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Backup
o
Click Emergency Repair Disk
o
Click a check mark in Also backup the registry ...
o
Click OK
17.
For clean install, update to SP3, otherwise install SP2 first. Check for problems in Explorer, Search. When OK, update to SP3.
18.
Update to MSIE 6
19.
Install IE Web Accessories, ie5wa.exe (Version 5 is OK for Ver 6)
20.
Backup drives C and E
21.
Fix any problems caused by SP3
22.
Run Regclean
23.
Install Asian fonts MSGothic.ttc (sans serif) and MSMincho.ttc (serif) with Control Panel, Fonts
24.
Install Japanese language IME to write Romaji, Kana, and Kanji characters using a US keyboard
o
Log in as Administrator
o
Open Control Panel, Regional Options
o
Go to Language settings for the system
o
Scroll down to Japanese and click the box
o
Click Apply
o
Insert Windows 2000 CD and click OK so IME file I386\xjis.nl_ can be copied
o
Don't restart computer just yet
o
Click the Input Locales tab and pick Add
o
In the Add Input Locale dialog box, scroll to Japanese Input Locale and click OK, OK
o
Remove CD, restart computer and log in as any user
o
Open Control Panel, Keyboard
o
Click the Input Locales tab and pick Add
o
Scroll to Japanese and click, OK, OK
o
Restart computer
25.
To write Japanese characters (for any user)
o
Open Word or create e-mail in OE
o
Click the EN icon in the system tray and pick Microsoft IME 2000 (Japanese)
o
Change Input Mode to Hiragana or Katakana
o
Set font to MS Gothic or MS Mincho
o
For OE, set Format, Encoding to Japanese (JIS)
o
Type Romaji letters and press Space bar to convert to Kana
o
Press Enter to keep the Kana or press the Space bar a second time for Kanji
o
Press Space bar again to select a different Kanji (there are 26 Kanji for go)
o
Press Enter to accept the current Kanji
26.
Install Winzip, remove icon from system tray with System tab of Configuration
27.
Check running tasks, and startup programs
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Manage
o
System Tools, System Information, Software Environment
o
Pick Running Tasks
o
Pick Startup Programs
28.
Check or stop running Tasks and see performance plots -- right-click Taskbar, pick Task Manager or press Ctrl-Alt-Del
29.
Control Panel, Power Options, set monitor and hard disks time for shutoff
30.
Set AboutTime to run on login
o
Download About Time and install it
o
Open Scheduled Tasks (in Control Panel)
o
Double-click Add Scheduled Task
o
Add the program AboutTime
o
Perform this task When I log on to run as Administrator
o
Add password
31.
As Administrator, right-click start menu and pick All Users to set up short cuts for all users
32.
Install Quicktime, but disable it on startup
o
Start Regedit
o
Go to HKLM,Software,Microsoft,Windows,CurrentVersion,Run
o
Double-click Quick Time Task
o
put semicolon in front of
"C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
o
OK
o
Close Regedit
33.
Install Shockwave
34.
Disable other startup programs at HKLM, Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Run by putting semicolon at beginning of line.
35.
Install TweakUI (here too) and in Explorer tab, disable Prefix "shortcuts to" and General tab, Show Windows version on desktop
36.
Set up Outlook Express
o
Start up Outlook Express and check that Outlook Express is set to Leave a copy of messages on server:
Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Advanced, Delivery
o
Click Tool, Options, Maintenance
o
Click Store Folder and change Outlook Express to D:\Outlook Express
o
Close and restart OE
o
Go to Inbox and set up Toolbar with View, Layout, Customize Toolbar;
Send/Recv, Address, Mark Read, Mark Unread, Encoding, Print, Inbox
o
If Outlook is installed, Outlook Express will use Outlook for e-mail addresses. To make Outlook Express use its own address book do the following:
§
Open Outlook Express and its address book
§
Pick Tools, Options, Data Sharing, and click
Do not share information among Microsoft outlook and other applications
§
For more information see: Q156828
§
Outlook Express stores e-mail addresses at
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\Alan.wab
§
The location is specified in the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name\(Default)
o
Create one entry in Address book
o
Close OE
o
Search Drive C for *.wab and sort by date to discover name of address book
o
Copy original address book and give it the new name
o
Copy old address book with new name to drive C replacing the new one
o
Restart OE, try to send e-mail to yourself. Address book should fill out name.
37.
Install Trayday and Moon
38.
Make a shortcut to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
39.
Set up other user accounts
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Manage
o
System Tools, Local Users and Groups
o
Right-click Users and pick New User
o
In New User dialog box, fill out User Name, Full name, and Description
o
Supply password
o
Remove check for User must change password at next login
o
Click User cannot change password
o
Click Password nevers expires
o
Click Create
o
Click Close
o
Close Computer Management
40.
Set up other user accounts
o
Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel
o
Double-click Users and Passwords
o
Left-click each new user and pick Properties
o
Pick group Membership tab
o
Check for Standard user (Power Users Group) or Restricted user
o
OK, OK
41.
Copy Mshearts.hlp, .exe, and .chm and Cards.dll from Win98 to a Hearts folder.
42.
Download Microsoft Reader
Regular Maintenance
1.
Delete temporary files
o
In Explorer, right-click a drive, pick Properties
o
Click Disk Cleanup
o
Total file size is shown for various locations
o
Click OK
2.
Check directory structure
o
In Explorer, right-click a drive, pick Properties
o
Tools tab
o
Under Error-checking, click Check Now
o
Click Start
3.
Defrag drives
o
In Explorer, right-click a drive, pick Properties
o
Tools tab
o
Under Defragmentation, click Defragment Now
o
Click drive letter
o
Click Analyze
o
Click Defragment if necessary
Other Tasks
1.
Change location of My Documents folder
o
Right-click My Documents and pick Properties
o
Click Move
o
Steer to new location
o
OK, OK
2.
Set user rights in Local Security Settings in Administrative Tools
o
Or Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Double-click Local Security Policy
o
Click the plus next to Local Security Settings
o
Left-click User Rights Assignment
o
In right pane, double-click items such as the system time
3.
Right-click start menu and see Explore All Users if logged in as Administrator
4.
Find and change which services are loading
o
Right-click My Computer and select Manage
o
In the left pane, expand Services & Applications
o
Click Services
o
Right pane shows installed services as Automatic or Manual
o
To change setting from Automatic to Manual, right-click the service and select Properties
o
In the Startup type field, pick Manual from the drop-down list and click OK
o
What about changing the following services from automatic to manual? See Tweak guide
§
DCHP Client
§
Distributed Link Tracking Client
§
Internet Connection Sharing
§
Messenger
§
Remote Registry Service
5.
Message title and text for login
o
Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy
o
Local Policies, Security Options
o
In right pane, right click Message title for users ...
o
Pick Security
o
In Local policy setting, write the title
o
In right pane, right click Message text for users ...
o
Pick Security
o
In Local policy setting, write the text
o
You must change both settings
6.
Do not display last user name in logon screen
o
Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy
o
Local Policies, Security Options
o
In right pane, right click Do not display last user name in logon screen
o
Pick Security
o
Click Enabled
7.
Change the drive letter (See Q234048)
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Manage
o
Pick Storage, Disk Management
o
The drives are listed in the upper-right panel and shown in boxes in the lower-right panel
o
Right-click a drive or CD-ROM and pick Change Drive Letter and Path
o
Click Edit
o
Give letter and path
o
Click OK, Close
8.
View CPU usage for processes
o
Right-click task bar, pick Task Manager
o
Click Processes tab
o
CPU column shows percent of time for each process
9.
View IRQ settings and check for hardware conflicts
o
Administrative Tools, Computer Management
o
System Tools, System Information, Hardware Resources
o
Click IRQ to see values in right pane
o
Click Conflicts/Sharing to see conflicts in right pane
o
(IRQ 9 seems to have many conflicts)
10.
To add start menu items visible to all users from Administrator, right-click Start menu and pick Open All Users
11.
To view and change user and system variables
o
Right-click My Computer and pick Properties
o
Pick Advanced tab and click Environment Variables
o
Both system and User Temp locations are here
12.
Detailed system information is at
o
Administrative Tools, Computer Management
o
System Information
o
Details are under System Summary, Hardware Resources, and Components
13.
To remove the 242MB SP3 uninstall folder $NtServicePackUninstall$
o
Turn on Show hidden files and folders in Explorer
o
Look in C:\Winnt or C:\Windows for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder
o
Delete the folder
o
Open Regedit and locate the key that appears in Add/Remove Programs
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
o
Delete the key
o
Also look for folders such as $NtUninstallSP2SRP1$
o
See Q290402 for more information
14.
Find removable Hotfix folders like $NtUninstallQ280838 with Qfecheck
o
Download Qfecheck.exe installer Q282784_W2K_spl_X86_EN.exe from Microsoft
o
As Administrator, install by double-clicking
o
Open Command Prompt (in Start, Programs, Accessories)
o
Type qfecheck to list and verify the installation of Windows 2000 Hotfixes
o
Type exit
o
You should be able to safely delete folders not listed by Qfecheck
o
The following uninstall files are found on a clean install of Windows 2000 Pro with SP3
o $NtUninstallQ320206 (sometimes)
o $NtUninstallQ323172
o $NtUninstallQ323255 (sometimes)
o $NtUninstallQ324096
o $NtUninstallQ324380
o $NtUninstallQ326830
$NtUninstallQ326886
15.
Restore lost default sound
If volume control in the system tray doesn't give a sound and Default Beep in control panel sounds is missing, add a key to the registry.
o
use Regedit to find
HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default
o
add another key .Default so it reads
HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
o
Start Sounds and Multimedia in Control panel
o
Click Default Beep that now is back
o
Set sound to Ding
16.
Remove items from the Open-With menu
You need to change the registry to remove items inadvertently added to the Open-With menu
o
Use Regedit to find
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
o
The programs have assigned names of a, b, c, etc
o
The MRUList at the end gives the current order of listing in the menu such as acb for items a, c, and b
o
Delete any key, but notice the name
o
Also remove the letter name from the MRUList
o
It might be safer to delete all keys after the letter you are deleting
o
In Explorer, hold shift and right-click a file type to see the menu
o
Add missing programs
17.
System File Checker
Run System File Checker to verify system files with the command:
sfc.exe /scannow
See Q222471 for more information
Local Area Network (LAN)
1.
Before setting up LAN check that the Internet connection works. Also check that ¤ X-Win32 works. X-Win32 uses the NIC that is farther from the CPU. Switch NICs of necessary.
2.
Connect each computer on the LAN to a hub using an Ethernet cord
3.
Define Workgroup name for Win2000 computer (See below for Win98 computers)
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Properties
o
For Win2000 Network Identification tab Click Properties
o
For WinXP Computer Name tab Click Change
4.
Check Computer Name
5.
Click Workgroup
6.
Write Workgroup name
7.
OK, OK
8.
Set up LAN connection
o
Start Menu, Settings
o
Network and Dialup Connections
o
Right-click Local Area connection, pick Properties to get the Connection dialog box for
§
Win2000
§
WinXP
o
Check-mark on Client for Microsoft Networks
o
Check-mark for File and Printer Sharing
o
Check-mark on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
o
Click Show icon in taskbar when connected
o
For Sharing tab, don't enable Internet Connection Sharing
o
Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties button to get the Internet Protocol dialog box
o
Select Use the following IP address:
o
Enter the IP address 192.168.0.1 for server or 192.168.0.X for clients
o
Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
o
For clients only
§
Click Use the following Gateway and DNS server addresses:
§
Enter 192.168.0.1
o
Click the Advanced button to get the Advanced TCP/IP settings
§
Win2000 (no changes)
§
WinXP Server (Check that Metric is Automatic )
§
WinXP Client (Check that Metric is Automatic )
o
Click the DNS tab to get the DNS settings
§
Win2000 Server (no changes)
§
Win2000 Client (nmt.edu for Matlab)
§
WinXP Client (nmt.edu for Matlab)
o
OK, OK, OK
9.
Enable Guest user for remote login
o
Right-click My Computer, pick Manage
o
Expand System Tools and Local Users and Groups
o
Pick Users
o
In right pane, right-click Guest and pick Properties
o
Full name: Remote Login
o
Remove check from Account is disabled
o
OK
o
Close Computer Management
10.
Setup Guest user for remote login
o
Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel
o
Double-click Users and Passwords
o
Check that Guest User Name is not disabled
o
Click Guest and click the Properties button
o
General tab, Full Name: Remote Login
o
Group Membership tab, Other: Guests
o
No password
o
OK, OK
11.
Share folders D, E, and F
o
Open Explorer
o
Set up read-only sharing for drive D
§
Right-click D and pick Sharing
§
Pick Share this folder
§
Pick New Share
§
Type D for Share Name
§
Pick Permissions
§
Uncheck Full Control and Change
§
OK, OK
o
Repeat for drive E
o
Right-click FTP folder and set up for sharing as above. For permissions, leave X on Full Control and Change
o
Repeat for FTP2 and FTP3 folders
o
A hand should show under shared drive and folder icons
12.
Make shortcut to LAN
o
Start Explorer
o
Open My Network Places
o
Open Entire Network
o
Open Microsoft Windows Network
o
Locate and click your Workgroup name
o
Check right pane for all computers on your LAN
o
Right-drag workgroup name to make shortcut
13.
Send a message to all computers on the network by typing in Start, Run
net send * Your message here
14.
See Sygate page for home network ICS
LAN Setup For Windows 98 Computers
1.
Define Workgroup name for Win98 computer
o
Right-click Network Neighborhood, pick Properties
o
Click Identification tab
o
Computer Name must be unique for workgroup
o
Click Workgroup
o
Enter Workgroup name which must be the same for all computers on LAN
2.
Set up LAN connection
o
Click Configuration tab
o
Delete dialup if present
o
Set Primary Network Login to Windows Logon
o
If File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networds does not show in network components, click Add and click Service
o
Click File and Print Sharing button and check the boxes for files and printers, OK
o
Click TCP/IP, click Properties
§
For IP Address tab click Specify an IP address
§
Enter the IP address 192.168.0.X for clients where X is from 2 to 253
§
Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
o
Click Gateway tab, type 192.168.0.1, and click Add
o
Click DNS Configuration tab
§
Click Enable DNS
§
Enter Host name
§
Set Domain to nmt.edu for Matlab
§
For Tech DNS servers use 129.138.4.216 and 129.138.250.10
§
Click Add for each one
§
Leave Domain Suffix blank
o
Click Bindings tab and check both boxes
o
OK, OK
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