Installation of Windows 10 on solid state drive for PaulaRigDesktop

20180713

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• Installed Windows 10
  • Burnt the Windows 10 ISO image (available in /media/shareX/Software on fishfish) on a Boot DVD
  • Pressed F11 at startup, then choose Enter Setup to enter BIOS
  • Changed Boot Priority of UEFI CD/DVD to the left-most position
  • Restarted the computer with the Boot DVD installed
  • Chose default settings (English, US) for language and keyboard, clicked Next and then Install Now
  • Accepted terms, then chose Custom Install, then clicked next with default location being the 1 TB solid state drive (Crucial_CT512M550SSD1)
  • Upon prompt, chose Use Express Settings
  • Created the account adam with password same as that of fishfish (this seems to be important for Samba access to the servers)
  • Restart, enter BIOS, and changed Boot Priority of Hard Disk:Crucial_CT512M550SSD1 to the left-most position

• Registered the computer to the UVA network

  • Retrieved the MAC address via these instructions:

    • Opened a command prompt by typing cmd in Ask me anything

    • Typed in the following command:

      ipconfig /all
      

    • The MAC address is after the line that says Physical Address

      Physical address. . . . . . . . : 30-9C-23-80-7C-E4

  • Mark registered the computer at the UVA Network Registration site

• Connected to the servers via these instructions

• Activated Windows 10

  • Typing cmd in Ask me anything

  • Right click on Command Prompt, then choose Run as Administrator

  • Typed in the following commands (TODO: what these mean):

      slmgr.vbs /skms skms.eservices.virginia.edu
      slmgr.vbs /ato
    

• Installed the MSI motherboard drivers & utilities

  • Used the Installation DVD that came with the MSI motherboard
• Installed Microsoft Office
  • Created a directory called SW_DVD5_Office_Professional_Plus_2016_64Bit_English under \Users\adam\Downloads
  • Extracted the installation files (available in /media/shareX/Software on fishfish) to the directory created
  • Clicked on setup.exe
  • Agreed to terms, then chose Install Now

• Installed PClamp11

  • Inserted the PClamp 10 USB dongle provided by Mark
  • Downloaded the PClamp 11.0.1 installation file from this site
  • Installed PClamp 11.0.1 Software, clicking OK for everything.