Setup%20Windows%20NT%20Server

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Setup Windows NT Server
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Plan the installation

• Prepare the hardware
• check HCL
• check memory (Checkit, QAPlus, etc)
• check hard-drive (SpinRite,etc)
• network card brand and model, IRQ and I/O address
• hard-drive adapter (IDE,SCSI,etc)
• video board, monitor
• sound card details

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Plan the installation

• Decisions, decisions
• what type of server PDC,BDC, server (ordinary)
• name that server server name, IP address, subnet
  mask, etc, if TCP/IP (most)
• Licenses
• client license -40.00 per user, in addition to
  license of OS for client machines.
• per seat per machine/user that accesses server
• per server concurrent licenses set to an average
  number of users/machines.

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Installing

• How to start
• Server CD-ROM in drive
• NT Setup diskettes (three), with disk 1 in drive
  A
• reboot the machine to start setup from drive A
  (diskettes contain a mini-NT to start
  installation)
• What you see after rebooting
• many steps and messages

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And what else?

• Get help (use another machine)
• Microsoft On-line Support
• Apply Service Packs (6 is the latest)
• Windows NT Magazine Resources
• Resources for NT
• Complete setup
• install device drivers NT has not detected
• install services as needed
• install applications