Installing Windows NT 4.0

Locate the 3 disks marked Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Setup Disk (Full Install) and the installation CD with the serial number marked on the back cover.

• Reboot the PC with the disk marked Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Boot (Setup) disk 1/3 (Full Install)
• In the Windows NT Workstation Setup screen press ENTER to install Windows NT.
• Press ENTER to detect mass storage devices.
• In most cases, PCs with IDE hard disks and CD-ROMs should produce the following message:

     Found: IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller
• Choose to install a New installation
• Select a partition to install windows. The following is an example of the information display when selecting a partition

6209 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi
C:  NTFS (MYDISK)               2001MB  (       200MB free)
D:  NTFS                        1138MB  (       486MB free)
 
• Press ENTER to install. Formatting the partition (NTFS) is optional (but desirable) depending on whether a complete reinstall is required to resolve problems of corrupted system files.
• Enter the location of the install directory (eg. \WINNT). Ensure that the installation CD is ready.
• Once all the system files have been copied remove any floppy and CDs and reboot.
• Place the CD in the CD-ROM drive and click OK to continue with the Windows NT Setup step
• Select Custom inthe Setup Options.
• Enter the name of the user (or PC if many users are to access the workstation) and the name of the organisation.
• Enter the OEM Product ID key (see back of installation CD cover)
• Enter the name of the PC
• Enter the local administrator password.
• Do not create Emergency Repair Disk until all the standard applications have been installed.
• Select all the options for the following components
• Accessibility Options
• Accessories
• Communications
• Multimedia
• Select This computer will participate on a network / Wired to the network
• Click Start Search (to locate the network adapter). If unsuccessful you will need to click the Select from list .... button and then have disk. You will be required to insert the manufacturers (driver) disk at this point.
• Select the TCP/IP protocol.
• Do not use DHCP unless an entry has been added on kaputar.
• Once the appropriate files have been copied you will be prompted with the following
• IP address: one should have been already allocated via Epping helpdesk

You can check via the unix command nslookup hostname
• Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
• Default Gateway: 192.207.156.5
• DNS
• domain name: atnf.csiro.au
• DNS Service search order: 192.207.156.41, 192.207.156.181
• Domain Suffix Search Order: atnf.csiro.au, rp.csiro.au, tip.csiro.au
• WINS Address:
• Primary WINS Server: 130.155.198.129
• Secondary WINS Server: 130.155.101.102
• Enable DNS for Windows Resolution
• Enable LMHOSTS Lookup
• The following list of bindings should be displayed: NetBIOS Interface, Server, Workstation
• Select the Domain field and enter CULGOORA
• Tick the box Create a Computer Account in the Domain
• Enter a User Name (administrator or any account with administrator privilages) and password
• Select the Time Zone
• Display Settings: Use the low resolution if NT cannot detect the video card.
• Test the video settings and correctly answer the question: Did you see the test bitmap properly ?
• Restart the PC

Service Pack 6

• Map the following network drive using Windows Explorer
• Drive Letter H:
• Network Path: \\ningadhun\pcapps
• Execute the file H:\NT Service Packs\sp6i386
• Files will be copied to the hard disk before the installation begins.
• Reboot the PC once the installation is complete.

Drive Letter Assignments

This step is required in order to change the CD-ROM drive letter assignement to K. Not a necessary step but it is desirable to allocate E: to I: for mapping network drives.

Go to Start/Programs/Administrative Tools (Common)/Disk Administrator

Click OK to the message indicating that the System configuration will now be updated.

Select the CD-ROM drive (by clicking on the box representing the CD-ROM)

Right mouse click and go to Assign Drive Letter

Use the drop down menu to select K: in the Assign Drive Letter option

Click OK and Yes to submit the change.

Microsoft Office 97

Microsoft Office 97 is a standard Windows package which includes Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Workstations are configured to run Office 97 from the local hard disk. The installation procedure is as follows:

Log in as administrator (or a account with administrator privilages).

Ensure that the H: drive is mapped as \\ningadhun\pcapps

Execute the file H:\MSOffice97\MSOffice97\Setup.exe

Enter the Name and Organisation details

Enter the 11-digit CD Key (see administrator for details)

Select Custom Install

Click on Select All and then unselect Microsoft Access and Microsoft Outlook (giving a total size of 121Mb)

Once the installation is complete perform the following customisation (which will disable the autostartup office tool bar from launching every time a user logs in):

• Right mouse click on Start and select Open All Users
• Go to Programs / Startup
• Select all the shortcuts (Microsoft Find Fast, Microsoft Office Shortcut, Office Setup) and press the delete key.
• Delete the Setup for Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 shortcut on the desktop.

Netscape Communicator 4.x

Netscape Communicator is a web browser with email, composer and newsgroup components.

Installation Procedure

• Ensure that the H: drive is mapped as \\ningadhun\pcapps
• Execute the file H:\Netscape\Communicator\cc32d475.exe (the current version is 4.75)
• Select a Custom Install (with default destination directory: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator)
• Unselect the component Real Player 7 Basic
• Untick the following: Make Netscape Netcenter my home page, Use Netscape Netcenter to search the Web
• Re-boot the PC

• Upon rebooting from the installation procedure above delete the following shortcuts on the desktop
• Free AOL & Unlimited Internet
• AOL Instant Messenger (TM)
• Go to Start / Programs / Netscape Communicator / Utilities / User Profile Manager
• Click New and enter the Full Name and email address
• Enter the profile name (this will be display in the list of users that can use Communicator on the workstation)
• Ensure that the E: drive is mapped as \\ningadhun\users
• Click New and enter the Full Name and email address
• Enter the location of user settings, preferences, bookmarks, etc..

e.g. E:\Computing_Group\username\apps\Netscape\Communicator\Program
• If the user already has files in this directory click Yes to use the existing profile data.
• If the user is using Netscape for the first time then perform the following manual configuration
• Launch Netscape Navigator via the desktop shortcut or from

Start / Programs / Netscape Communicator / Netscape Navigator
• Go to Edit / Preferences
• Enter the location of the home page to http://wwwnar.atnf.csiro.au
• In Mail & Newsgroups / Mail Servers set the following:
• Incoming Mail Servers: mailhost-nar, Server Type: POP3
• Outgoing Mail Server: mailhost-nar
• Outgoing mail server username: UNIX or NIS username
• Test the configuration by launching Netscape Communicator and check that the correct home page is loaded at startup.

McAfee Virus Scanner

McAfee Virus Scanner is essential to protect the workstation from viruses. Once installed it runs in the background so that no user intervention is required.

• Ensure that the H: drive is mapped as \\ningadhun\pcapps
• Execute the file H:\McAfee Virus Scanner\WinNT4_v403\setup.exe
• Select the Typical installation option
• The default destination directory is C:\Program Files\Network Associates\VirusScan NT
• Use the SYSTEM account to install the application
• Reboot the PC once the installation has been completed
• Upon rebooting the PC execute the file H:\McAfee Virus Scanner\4103xdat
• Right mouse click on the Virus Scan Shield and select the Console option
• Right mouse click on the Automatic DAT Update task and go to Properties
• In the Update Options window click on the Schedule button.
• Click on Enable scheduler and set the update to run Weekly. The time should be some time in the early hours of the morning when little network traffic is expected. Select a day of the week that the workstation is most likely to be switched on. Click OK
• If an update is required before the automatic scheduled time, click on the green play graphic to begin the update procedure.
• Check the date of the DAT file by going to Help / About

Acrobat Reader 4.0

Acrobat Reader is a application which reads PDF files (Portable Document Files).

Execute the file:  H:\Adobe\acrobat4\Ar40eng

Use the recommended default destination folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0 for the installation

Select Yes to restart the PC

NT Tardis

NT Tardis is a time synchronisation service that synchronises the PC clock to a time server.

Execute the file:  H:\NTTardis\install

This step is required in order to change the CD-ROM drive letter assignement to K. Not a necessary step but it is desirable to

The executable copies the following files to the \WINNT\system32 directory

Tardis.cpl, Tardis.gid, Tardis.hlp, Tardis.wri and Tardserv.exe
as well starting the Tardis time service

Go to the Control Panel / Services

Select the Tardis time service and click the Startup button

Set the Startup Type option to Automatic (this will set the time service to startup automatically every time the PC boots up).

Click the Start button to ensure that the time service can successfully start up.

Go to Control Panel / Tardis

Enter ningadhun as the time server

Enter 360 Mins for the synchronise interval (although a smaller setting can be optionally set)

WinZip

WinZip is a popular compression application.

Execute the file:  H:\CompressionProgs\WinZip\winzip95

Click the Setup button

Use the default directory C:\Program  Files\WinZip for the installation

Select Start with WinZip Classic

Select the Express setup option

Click Finish

Tweak UI

• Right click on the file: H:\tweakui\Tweakui.inf

Depending of the Explorer settings the .inf extension will not be displayed. The name of the file will be displayed as Tweakui with Setup Information as the file type
• Select Install
• Close the Tweak UI window
• The Tweak UI settings can be accessed via the Control Panel

Disk-keeper Lite

Disk-keeper Lite is a disk defragmentation program which can optimise the performance of a hard disk.

Execute the file:  H:\DiskKeeper Lite\Setup.exe

Set the installation directory to C:\Program Files\ExecSoft\DkLite

GhostScript and GhostView

• Execute the file:  H:\GhostScript\GhostScript6.01.exe
• Click Setup
• Set the install directory to C:\Program Files\Aladdin
• Tick the boxes: Install Fonts, All Users
• Click Install

 
• Execute the file:  H:\GhostScript\GSView2.9.exe
• Click Setup
• Tick: Associate PostScript (.ps and .eps) files with GSView
• DO NOT Tick: Associate PDF (.pdf) files with GSView
• Set the install directory to C:\Program Files\Ghostgum
• Tick the box: All Users, Click Finish

QVTNet

Execute the file:  H:\QVTNet412\Setup.exe

Use the default install directory: C:\Program Files\QPC\QvtNet

Ensure that all the applications are selected:

Terminal, FTP, Mail, News, Gopher, Web Browser, lpr Utility, Servers

Click OK to reboot the PC

eXcursion

eXcursion is an X-Windows client that is used to display xterms and decterms in a PC windows environment.

Installation Procedure

• Execute the file:  H:\Xcursion_Install\Setup.exe
• Click on Express Installation
• Once the installation is complete the following shortcuts will be created in the

C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\eXcursion v7 folder
eXcursion Server, eXcursion Control Panel, eXcursion Help and eXcursion Release Notes

• Go to Start / Programs / eXcursion V7 / eXcursion Control Panel
• Under the Accounts panel add the following entries. The entries shown below are for a minimum standard for access to servers but the user may add more hosts if required.

 

Account Alias	Host	Network Transport	Command Interpreter	Prompt for username
kaputar	kaputar	TCP/IP (rexec)	UNIX/C	Yes
leon	leon	TCP/IP (rexec)	OpenVMS/DCL	Yes
kaputar-username	kaputar	TCP/IP (rexec)	UNIX/C	No
leon-username	leon	TCP/IP (rexec)	OpenVMS/DCL	No

• Under the Applications panel add the following

Application Alias	Command	Account Alias
kaputar terminal	/usr/bin/X11/dxterm -ls	kaputar
leon terminal	$create/terminal/detach	leon

• In the List of Application Aliases select and application and click Add Icon. This action will create a shortcut in the folder Start / Programs / eXcursion V7 Applications

X-Win32

X-Win32 is an alternative X-Windows client to eXcursion. It seems to handle certain PGPLOT displays better than eXcursion.

Installation Procedure

• Execute the file:  H:\XWin32\x-win40.exe
• Click on Express Installation
• Enter the serial number (see system administrator)
• Use the default install directory: C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32
• Select the Typical option

• Go to Start / Programs / X-Win32 / X-Util32. Enter the following session details according to the table below.

 

Session name	Connect Using	Hostname	Login	Command	Windows settings
kaputar	rexec	kaputar	username	/usr/bin/X11/dxterm -ls -display $MYIP:0	Switch to multiple window
leon	rexec	leon	username	create/term/detach	Switch to multiple windows
sun workstation	rexec	sun workstation	username	/usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls -display $MYIP:0	Switch to multiple windows

• Copy the folder H:\XWin32\ExtraFonts to C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32\Lib\Fonts
• Execute the X-Util 32 application: Start / Programs / X-Win32 / X-Util32
• Go to Fonts / Path
• Add the following fonts paths
• C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32\Lib\Fonts\ExtraFonts\100DPI\
• C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32\Lib\Fonts\ExtraFonts\75DPI\
• C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32\Lib\Fonts\ExtraFonts\MISC\

• Execute the file: Start / Programs / X-Win32 / X-Win32
• The application will run as background job on the windows taskbar
• Right click on the taskbar and select a session to be launched