Vista installation tutorial

Since this system only has one hard drive, only one place Vista can go. Advanced options are shown in the next screen shot. 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. Here is where Vista installs major components of the OS.

This process can take 10 to 60 minutes depending on the system. You can hit the Restart Now button or just allow the reboot to happen automatically after several seconds.

This process may take several minutes before going to the next screen. Vista continues to install at this screen. Depending on system, another reboot or two may happen before the next screen is displayed. Here is where we create the first user account for the system and select an icon to be displayed on the login screen.

Screen Sleuth says:. December 11, at pm. Prasanth Chandra says:. December 12, at am. Caang says:. December 10, at pm. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Click Add A Printer. The dialog box appears. The wizard will present some additional pages. When you are finished, click Finish.

Printer Not Listed in the Network Folder If the printer you want to add is not listed in the Network folder, check to make sure that your network is working properly. If, however, there is nothing wrong with the network, check these issues: If you are connected to a domain, ensure that you are logged on with the correct permissions to access that domain's resources.

This can be changed later. Pick a name for your computer. The setup program will create one based upon the username you chose in the previous step, but you can change it now and later. Also pick a background for the user's desktop.

Choose what sort of protection your computer gets. The recommended settings are best for someone that doesn't plan to hide their computer behind a corporate firewall and even then, in some cases, this would be the best option. If you plan to install a 3rd-party firewall later you can opt to be prompted later. Note that this setting will also have effect on how the computer uses the Microsoft Windows Update Automatic Updates features.

Next comes the Time Zone settings window. Choose your location. A note for Israeli users: Finally! Windows Vista has the DST setting enabled for us!!! You're prompted with the last setup screen:. Again a long wait and some promotional screens you see the hourglass circling around, in preparation for the first logon. Finally, the first screen appears, you're ready to rock and roll! Note that if the computer was connected to the Internet while installing it, it will automatically download and prompt you to install any missing hotfix or update it finds for the current state of the operating system.