Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Setup

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Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Setup

• Brian Zoucha
• Support Professional
• PSS Platforms Support
• Microsoft Corporation

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What Will Be Covered

• The four sections of setup
• Preparing to run Microsoft Windows Setup
• Collecting information about your computer
• Copying files to your computer
• Setting up hardware and finalizing system settings

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What Happens When

• Setup.exe is started?
• Setup.exe is a stub executable this could be a
  different name for localized versions. This
  starts Suhelper.bin which gets the path and real
  name of Setup.exe.

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Setup Started from Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS

• When setup is started from Windows
• W9xsetup.bin is called to extract the the
  Precopy.cab files to Wininst0.400
• When setup is started from Microsoft MS-DOS
• Dossetup.bin is called to unpack Mini.cab and
  W9xsetup.bin to extract the Precopy.cab files to
  Wininst0.400

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What Blocks Setup?

• Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition will block
  setup when it detects incompatible applications
  or drivers, such as
• Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus version 7.71 or earlier
• IBMs Mwave Modem driver - version is 2.60.36.0
  or earlier

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How Do You Get Around the Blocks?

• When you receive a block during setup, the
  message will offer the resolution
• You are attempting to run setup with a version
  of Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus installed that is
  incompatible with this version of Windows. You
  will need to upgrade to version 7.71 or later, or
  uninstall this software before continuing.
• The modem driver isn't compatible with Windows
  Me. For information about updating your driver,
  see the Update.TXT file in the Drivers\Modem\IBM
  folder on the Windows Millennium Edition CD-ROM.
  Once you have upgraded your modem, you can
  continue Setup.

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Preparing to Run Setup

• Wizard pages
• Safe recovery
• End-user license agreement (EULA)
• Checking your system
• Preparing directory
• Saving system files
• Creating an Emergency Boot Disk (EBD)
• Preparing to copy files/file copy

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Wizard Pages

• Safe recovery
• Checks the Setuplog.txt on whether or not to
  offer
• Started
• version262234,3000
• OldLogFile
• SourcePathC\WININST0.400
• CmdLine/TC\WININST0.400 /SrcDirF\RETAIL /IE
  /IS /IZ /II /NZ /II /C
• WinVerMini
• ExePathC\WININST0.400
• FilePathF\RETAIL\
• RunVer3.1

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Wizard Pages (2)

• EULA
• License.txt, this is extracted from Precopy1.cab
• IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY This End-User License
  Agreement
• ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either
  an individual or a single
• entity) and Microsoft Corporation for the
  Microsoft software product
• identified above, which includes computer
  software and may include
• associated media, printed materials, and "online"
  or electronic
• documentation ("SOFTWARE PRODUCT"). The SOFTWARE
  PRODUCT also
• includes any updates and supplements to the
  original SOFTWARE
• PRODUCT provided to you by Microsoft. Any
  software provided along with
• the SOFTWARE PRODUCT that is associated with a
  separate end-user
• license agreement is licensed to you under the
  terms of that license
• agreement.

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Wizard Pages (3)

• Checking your System
• Windows 95/98 upgrade
• Copy System.dat to System.new
• Initialize registry
• Run Scanreg
• Clean Installation
• Create System.new
• Initialize registry

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Wizard Pages (4)

• Preparing Directory
• First progress bar
• Check for installed components
• Load all .inf files in Setup.inf (the load_inf
  section)
• Perform class installation on any hardware .inf
  files
• Second progress bar
• Initialize optional components
• Calculate needed disk space for file copy

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Wizard Pages (5)

• Saving System Files
• First progress bar
• Process COPY, DEL, and REN in the appropriate
  sections of the .inf file
• Tally free disk space
• Second progress bar
• Perform file backup

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Wizard Pages (6)

• Create EBD
• 020 percent collect files for EBD from the .cab
  files and copy to C\Wininst0.400\Edb folder
• 2060 percent format floppy disk
• 60100 percent copy files from the
  C\Wininst0.400\Ebd folder to floppy disk

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Wizard Pages (7)

• Prepare to copy files
• Basewinoptions and special sections
• Version-specific sections (OEM)
• Installation type (Compact, Custom, or other)
• Uninstall specifics (Yes/No)

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Copy Files to Your Computer

• File Copy
• Clean installation (MS-DOS upgrades)
• 0-10 percent Copy the .cab files from the source
  to the c\windir\options\install directory.
  Resume setup from this directory.
• Windows 95/98 upgrade (GUI)
• Copy the .cab files in the same manner as the
  Setup from MS-DOS, unless the source files are on
  a real-mode hard disk. If installing from a flat
  on a real-mode hard disk, the .cab files are not
  copied to the windir\options\install directory.

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Set Up Hardware

• During the first reboot
• Copy the .vxd files for enumeration of hardware
• Detect devices that are not Plug and Play
• Copy software and registry entries
• Second reboot

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Finalize System Settings

• Create shortcuts
• Control Panel
• Programs on the Start menu
• Windows Help
• Finalize registry entries
• Make backups up the registry
• 3rd Reboot

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Finalize System Settings (2)

• Update system settings
• Build driver information database
• Windows Millennium desktop
• Welcome to Windows Millennium

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