~*Windows Vista installation By Abdullah Qureshi*~

Step 1: Boot the computer from the Windows Vista installation DVD of your choice. Picking either the 32bit or 64bit depends on whether your hardware can support

Step 2: Press any key when prompted.

 

Step 3: Choose your preferred language from the drop-down menu.

Step 4: Click on the Install Now button unless you want to explore the other options.

Step 5: Windows Vista is working in the background. This may take several minutes depending on the system.

Step 6: This screen is where you enter your product key or "CD Key" as it is sometimes called.
After entering your product key, press the Next button.

Step 7: Here we see the License Agreement you must accept before continuing.

After reading the agreement, check the box next to "I accept the license terms".

 

Step 8: Here we would be able to choose an "Upgrade" install (if running setup from a previous version of Windows, such as XP) or a "Custom" (clean) install.

Select the whole box containing "Custom (advanced)" to continue to the next screen.

Step 9: This is where you can select which hard drive/partition to install Vista on. Since this system only has one hard drive, only one place Vista can go. Advanced options are shown in the next screen shot.

This is also where you would install drivers for your RAID/ACPI controller by using the "Load Driver" option. After the installation of the RAID/ACPI drivers, your hard drives should appear as shown on the right.

If no additional drivers are needed, select the Next button.

Step 10: The advanced options allow creation of multiple partitions and the option of formatting existing partitions.

After finishing your particular partition configuration that you desire, select the Next button.

Step 11: Here is where Vista installs major components of the OS. This process can take 10 to 60 minutes depending on the system.

Step 12: Here we see the system needing to reboot to continue installation tasks.

You can hit the Restart Now button or just allow the reboot to happen automatically after several seconds.

 

Step 13: Here we see a "..." progress as Vista tries to start for the first time. This process may take several minutes before going to the next screen.

Step 14: Completing Installation:Vista continues to install at this screen. Depending on system, another reboot or two may happen before the next screen is displayed.

 

Step 15: Account Creation:Here is where we create the first user account for the system and select an icon to be displayed on the login screen. Ensure you password your account.

After finishing entering your information and icon selection, select the Next button.

Step 16: PC Name:Here is where we can name the system for networking purposes. By default, it uses the account name entered in the previous step and adds "-PC" to it. We can also select a background for the desktop.

After making your selection, select the Next button.

 

Step 17: Updates: Here we can configure Windows Update with several options. I suggest "Use recommended options" or the top option for most PC users.

 

Step 18: Time Settings: Here is where you can set the time and daylight savings time options.

After configuring your time zone, clock settings and date, select the Next button.

 

 

Step 19: Network Configuration: Vista now asks our network configuration by asking "Home, Work or Public Place."
Descriptions are expanded on screen so I will no go into them here.

Make your selection to continue to the next screen.

 

Step 20: Thanks!: On this screen, we are thanked by Bill G. for installing Windows Vista.

After you are done being thanked, select the Next button.

Step 21: PC Performance: Vista now checks the system performance to automaticlly configure a few options. This may take several minutes while the system does this and it will only do it this one time.

Step 22: Login: We are finally greeted with the login screen, however, there is still more configuration to come.

Enter in your password that you used previously during the install process and hit ENTER or the little blue arrow to login.

 

Step 23: Desktop Setup: Your account profile starts being created here starting with your personal desktop configuration. More happens on the next screen. This process will also take several minutes, but only happen once.

Step 24: Account Profile: Vista now sets up profile configurations for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player as well as a few more Windows applications. This could take several more minutes but we are almost there!

 

 

 

Final Step: Welcome Screen: Vista is installed!

On this screen, we are presented with our system configuration as well as several different options.

I hope you enjoyed this install guide and I thank you for reading!  Abdullah Qureshi

~*Windows Vista installation Complete*~



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