2.1 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Environment Lesson 2: Installing Windows Server.

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Exam 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Environment

Lesson 2: Installing Windows Server 2003 and Server Hardware Devices

Identifying Pre-installation TasksMinimum hardware requirements Pentium 133 MHz or faster processor VGA monitor 128 MB RAM for five or fewer clients and 256 MB for

larger networks 1.5 GB hard disk space is required for setup; 2.5 GB hard

disk space is recommended High-density, 3.5-inch floppy disk drive A 12X CD-ROM drive when installing from CD A network interface card (NIC) if network connectivity is

required Mouse and keyboard

(Skill 1)

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Other pre-installation tasks Make sure that the hardware components of the system are listed

on Microsoft’s Windows Server Catalog Determine whether it is a new installation or an upgrade of an

existing version Examine hard disk partitions (Microsoft recommends a partition of at

least 2 GB) Determine the file system format for the partition (FAT, FAT32, or

NTFS) Determine whether the computer on which Windows Server 2003 is

to be installed will be joining a workgroup or domain Decide which Windows Server 2003 optional components to install

Identifying Pre-installation Tasks (2)

(Skill 1)

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Lesson 2: Installing Windows Server 2003 and Server Hardware Devices

Other pre-installation tasks Uncompress any compressed volumes on the computer

before upgrading to Windows Server 2003You can only upgrade to Windows Server 2003 if the drive

was compressed with NTFS compressionDisable disk mirroring

Disable any anti-virus software installed on the computer Check for software compatibility using the Microsoft

Application Compatibility Analyzer tool Disconnect UPS devices from the computer on which

Windows Server 2003 is to be installed

Identifying Pre-installation Tasks (3)

(Skill 1)

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Lesson 2: Installing Windows Server 2003 and Server Hardware Devices

Identifying Pre-installation Tasks (4)

Licensing modes for Windows Server 2003 Per Server licensing mode

Provides a specific number of Client Access Licenses (CALs) per server

Suitable for small companies Need enough CALs to over all simultaneous users

Per Device or Per User licensing mode Provides a separate CAL for each named user or specified

device Ideal for large networks

(Skill 1)

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Identifying the Different Phases of the Windows Server 2003 Installation Process

Pre-copy phase Text mode phase GUI mode phase

Gathering Information About Your Computer stage Installing Windows Server 2003 Networking Components

stage Completing Setup stage

(Skill 2)

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Installing Windows Server 2003 Using the Installation CD-ROM

Attended installation Requires user interaction The most common method for an attended installation is

using the installation CD-ROM Full installations are performed on computers that either

have no current operating system or that have an operating system that you are going to overwrite

(Skill 3)

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Figure 2-6 Welcome to Setup

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Figure 2-7 Windows Licensing Agreement

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Figure 2-8 List of existing partitions and unpartitioned space

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Figure 2-9 Windows Server 2003 Setup

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Figure 2-10 Licensing Modes

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Figure 2-11 Passwords message box

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Figure 2-12 Welcome to Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003

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Figure 2-13 Activating the Server License

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Figure 2-16 The License Agreement screen

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Troubleshooting Failed Installations (2)

(Skill 6)

Common STOP errors

STOP Message IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP Message KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED STOP Message FAT_FILE_SYSTEM or

NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM STOP Message UNKNOWN_HARD_ERROR STOP Message DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE STOP Message INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

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Figure 2-18 Problems that cause failed installations

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Figure 2-19 Booting with Last Known Good Configuration

(Skill 6)

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Working with the Device Manager (2)

Device Manager View menu Provides a graphical list of all installed hardware devices Available views

Devices by type Devices by connection Resources by type Resources by connection Show Hidden Devices

(Skill 8)

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Plug and Play Automatically configures resources a device needs using

system resources that are not currently in use If a device is not PnP-compatible, you may need to manually

configure resource settings on the devices themselves

Resources commonly used by hardware I/O address DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel Interrupt Request (IRQ) Memory addresses

(Skill 8)

Working with the Device Manager (3)

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Figure 2-28 Devices by type view

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Figure 2-29 Resources by type view

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Figure 2-30 The Resources tab

If the Use automatic settings check box is

grayed out, you cannot modify the

resources used by the device; if you can

clear it, click the Change Setting button to

modify a resource setting

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Configuring Driver Signing Options

Windows Server 2003 uses driver signing options to ensure the use of high quality drivers for any hardware device

Microsoft uses digital signatures for device drivers to identify drivers that are compatible with Microsoft Windows Server 2003

A driver’s digital signature indicates that the driver was tested with Windows for compatibility and has not been altered since testing

(Skill 9)

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Configuring Driver Signing Options (2)

Levels of driver signing security Ignore setting

Allows any driver to be installed The driver does not need to have a digital signature

Warn setting Default setting Notifies the user if a driver that is being installed does not

have a Microsoft digital signature Block setting

Prevents the installation of unsigned drivers The installation program will not install any device driver that

does not have a digital signature

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Figure 2-35 Opening the System Properties dialog box

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Figure 2-36 The Hardware tab in the System Properties dialog box

Click to initiate the Add

Hardware Wizard

Click to open the Driver Signing

Options dialog box

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Figure 2-37 The Driver Signing Options dialog box

Select to set the selected

driver signing option as

the default option for all of

the users that log on to

the system

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Working with Hardware Profiles and Event Logs

Hardware profiles Describe the selection of a specific configuration of

hardware devices (such as network cards, printers, etc.) at the time the operating system is initialized

Are most commonly used in situations where one hardware profile is used at one location and another at an alternate location

Profile 1 (Current) A default hardware profile created when you install Windows

Server 2003 Every device that is installed during the initial installation will be

included in Profile 1

(Skill 10)

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Figure 2-38 The Hardware Profiles dialog box

(Skill 10)

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Figure 2-39 Entering a new profile name

(Skill 10)

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Figure 2-41 Disabling a device for a hardware profile

(Skill 10)

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Figure 2-42 A disabled device in Device Manager

Disabled devices display

with a red x

(Skill 10)

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Figure 2-43 Event logs on a member server

The System log

records events such

as the failure of a

service or device

driver to start at boot

time

(Skill 10)

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Figure 2-44 Event logs on a domain controller/DNS server

The Directory

Service log

records events

logged by Active

Directory

(Skill 10)