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.
10. The installation will proceed and, once complete, the system will be initialized and will automatically reboot.

Finish Installation and Main Configuration

1. At the Regional and Language Options screen, customize the settings to your liking and click Next.
2. At the Personalize Your Software screen, enter your Name and Organization. Click Next.
3. At the Product Key screen, enter your product key for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (non-debug). Click Next.
4. At the Time/Date screen, ensure the correct time and date is configured and click Next.
5. Setup will continue copying files and complete the installation. Once completed the server will restart automatically.

Install Drivers

1. Install any drivers needed to enable hardware such as network cards.

Update the Operating System

1. Log in as Administrator.
2. Select Start → All Programs → Windows Update.

Activate Windows

1. Select Start → All Programs → Activate Windows.
2. Select Yes, let's activate Windows over the Internet now and click Next.
3. Select No, I don't want to register now; let's just activate Windows and click Next.

Install Applications

1. Install Firefox.
2. Install TightVNC Server and Client.
   • Register the server as a system service that is loaded at startup.
   • Start the service immediately.
3. Install Cygwin.
   • Use DOS line endings.
   • Ensure the following packages are selected from the full list of packages to be installed:
     • ash
     • coreutils
     • cvs
     • diffutils
     • findutils
     • gawk
     • grep
     • make
     • openssh
     • perl
     • perl_manpages
     • rsync
     • sed
     • unzip
     • vim
     • wget
     • zip

Install Netscape Wintools

1. Download wintools.zip.
2. Uncompress the buildtools directory onto your hard drive.
3. Open a command shell and change into buildtools\windows.
4. Set MOZ_TOOLS to C:\moztools.
   • set MOZ_TOOLS=C:\moztools
5. Run the install scripts.
   • install.bat

Install VS6

1. Insert the Visual Studio 6 MSDN DVD into the disc drive. This can be found on MSDN disc 2433.
2. Begin the installation process by exploring to D:\English\VISUAL_STUDIO_60\ENT\CD1\ and running setup.exe.
3. The system will restart after completing the MS Java Virtual Machine update.
4. Log in after the restart and the setup program will be started automatically.
5. At the Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition screen, ensure Custom is selected and click Next.
6. At the Choose Common Install Folder screen, click Next.
7. Follow the prompts to continue installing VS6.
8. At the Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise - Custom screen, ensure that
   • Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 is selected
   • The following are deselected:
     • Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
     • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
     • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
     • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0
9. Click Cancel to return to the main custom listing and click Continue to continue the installation process.
10. At the Setup Environment Variables screen, ensure Register Environment Variables is checked and click OK.