Build:Tutorial:Configuring a Windows System

Required materials

• Fully loaded Intel x86-based system
• Windows Server 2003 MSDN (Disc 2428)

Install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

1. Gather preconfiguration information.
   • Final network information
     • Hostname
     • IP address
     • Netmask
     • Gateway
     • DNS servers
2. Connect hardware.
   • Network cable to network jack on network serving addresses via DHCP and using a small private network with Internet access.
   • Power cable.
3. Power on the system and place the MSDN Windows Server disc into the disc drive.
4. Enter the code for the selection entitled Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (the non-debug build) and hit enter.
5. At the Welcome to Setup screen, hit Enter to set up Windows now.
6. At the Windows Licensing Agreement screen, hit F8 to continue to the next screen.
7. If presented with a screen offering a choice of repairing a Windows installation or continue installing a fresh copy of Windows without repairing, press ESC to install a fresh copy.
8. At the Partition Selection screen, delete all partitions. After deleting all of them, press Enter to install.
9. At the Partition Setup screen, select "Format the partition using the NTFS file system". A new partition will be created and formatted.

1. The system will reboot and start up in a graphical mode.
2. At the Regional and Language Options screen, ...