Lab 1 Preparing to Install Windows 7 from a Network (31 points)
Exercise 1.1 Running Upgrade Advisor
Exercise 1.2 Creating User Profiles
Exercise 1.3 Installing Windows Easy Transfer on Windows XP
Exercise 1.4 Collecting User Profile Data
BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Make sure that there is no USB connected to this computer. 

The lab environment consists of student workstations connected to a local area
network, along with a server that functions as the domain controller for a domain
called contoso.com. The computers required for this lab are listed in Table 1-1.
Table 1 - 1
Computer	Operating System	Computer Name	
Server	Windows Server 2008 R2	RWDCOl	
Workstation 1	Windows XP Professional	NYC-CLa	

Note	ln a classroom lab environment, there will be one classroom
seruer and the students will have workstations named using
consecutive numbers in place of the a and b variables. ln a virtual
lab environment, each student will have three virtual machines,
named RWDC)1, NYC-CLI, and NYC-CL2.	

In addition to the computers, you will also require the software listed in Table 1-2 to complete Lab l
Table 1-2
Software	Location	
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor	\\rwdc01\downloads\Windows7UgradeAdvisorSetup.exe	
Windows 7 Enterprise installation files	\\rwdc0 1 \downloads\winTent	
Lab 1 student worksheet	Faculity Web Site	

Working with Lab Worksheets
Each lab in this manual requires that you answer questions, provide screen shots, and
perform other activities that you will document in a worksheet named for the lab. Your instructor will provide you with access to the worksheets. It is recommended that you use a USB flash drive to store your worksheets, so that you can submit them to your instructor for review. As you perform the exercises in each lab, open the appropriate worksheet file using WordPad, fill in the required information, and save the file to your flash drive.

SCENARIO
You are an IT manager making your first evaluations of the Windows 7 operating
system. Your network consists of a large number of Windows XP Professional 
workstations, and you want to determine whether it is feasible to upgrade them to
Windows 7.

Exercise 1.1 	Running Upgrade Advisor	
Overview	In Exercise 1.1, you run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor program on a Windows XP computer to determine whether it is capable of running  Windows 7.	
Completion time	10 minutes	

1.	Turn on your Windows XP Professions workstation.

2.	Press Ctrl+Aly+Del

3.	The Windows logon page appears, make sure that you are accessing the Contoso network.

4.	In the User Name text box, type contoso\Administrator. In the Password text box, type Pa$$w0rd, press OK.

5.	Click Start, Run, and in the Run dialog box box, type \\rwdc0l\downloads\Windows7UpgradeAdvisorSetup and press Enter.

6.	The Welcome to the Windovts 7 Upgrade Advisor Setup Wizard page appears

7.	Select the I accept the license terms rudio button and click Install. The Installation complete page appears.

8.	Click Close.

9.	The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor should start if it does not do the following. Click Start. Then click All Programs > Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor program loads, and the Check to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7 page appears, as shown in Figure 1- 1

Figure 1-1
The Check to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7 page

10.	Click Start Check. The Checking compatibility page appears, and as the program scans the hardware and the software on the computer, it displays information about Windows 7.

11.	When the result page appears, the program specifies whether your computer is capable of running windows 7 and lists any issues you might need to address before you perform the upgrade. No News is Good News for the following questions.

Question
1	According to Upgrade Advisor, is your workstation capable of running Windows 7?	

Question
2	Is your workstation capable of running Windows Aero? if not,
why not?	

Question
3	Are there any devices in the computer for which Upgrade
Advisor could not find information? if so, which ones?	

Question
4	Are there any applications on the computer that might cause
compatibility issues with Windows 7?	

12.	Close the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Window

Exercise 1.2 	Creating User Profiles	
Overview	In Exercise 1.2, you will create and populate additional user profiles on your Windows XP Professional installation in preparation for transferring them to Windows 7 using Windows Easy Transfer	
Completion time	10 minutes	

1.	From the Start menu, right-click My Computer and then select Manage.

2.	In the Computer Management  Console, in the console tree, under System Tools, expand Local Users And Groups, and then select Users.

3.	From the Action menu, select New User

4.	In the user name text box type Alice

5.	In the Password and Confirm password text boxes type Pa$$w0rd

6.	Clear the User must change password at next login check box

7.	Make sure that Password never expirese is checked.

8.	 Click Create.  The system creates the user account and presents a blank new User dialog box.

9.	Repeat steps 4 – 8 to create three additional user accounts for Ralph, Ed and Trixie.

10.	Click Close. The four user accounts appear in the User Dialog box.

11.	Close the Computer Management Counsel.

12.	From the Start menu select Log Off

13.	Press Ctrl+Alt+Del

14.	In the User Name type Alice account you just created and the password of Pa$$w0rd.

15.	As soon as Alice’s desktop appears, log Off the work station.

16.	Log on to the as Ed. In the User Name type Ed account you just created and the password of Pa$$w0rd.

17.	As soon as Ed’s desktop appears, log Off the work station.

Log Off

Exercise 1.3 	Installing Windows Easy Transfer on Windows XP	
Overview	In Exercise 1.3,you run the Windows Easy Transfer program on
Windows XP Professional and collect the user profile data you want to migrate to Windows 7.	
Completion time	15 minutes	

1.	 Log on to the Windows XP Professional  workstation using the contoso\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2.	Click Start, Run and in the Open text box, type \\rwdc01\downloads\Wet7xp_x86.exe and press OK. 

3.	 A Security Warning will appear click Run.

4.	 A Windows Update Standalone Installer message box appears, click Next.

5.	 The Read these license terms dialog box appears. Click I agree and click Next. The Installer program installs Windows Easy Transfer.

6.	 Click Finish

Exercise 1.4 	Collecting User Profile Data	
Overview	In Exercise 1.4,you run the Windows Easy Transfer program on
Windows XP Professional and collect the user profile data you want to migrate to Windows 7.	
Completion time	15 minutes	

1.	Click Start. Then click All Programs > Windows Easy Transfer for Windows 7, the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard appears, and displays the Welcome to Windows Easy Transfer page.

2.	Click Next. The What do you want to use to transfer items to your new computer? page appears.

3.	Click An external hard disk or USB flash drive. The Which computer are you  using now? page appears.

4.	Click This is my old computer. The program scans the computer for files and settings it can transfer and displays the results in the Choose what to transfer from this computer page.

Question
5	Which user profiles are available for transfer?

5.	Select the check boxes for all of the available accounts and the Shared Items object and click Next. The Save your files and settings for transfer page appears.

Question
6	Why aren’t the user profiles for all of the accounts you created available for transfer? 	

6.	In the Password and Confirm password text boxes, type Pa$$w0rd and click Save. The Save your Easy Transfer file dialog box appears.

7.	In the File name text box, type \\rwdc0l\downloads\eastNYC-CLa (where a is the number of your drive) and click Save. The wizard saves the selected settings to the lab server, and then displays a These files and settings have been saved for your transfer page.

8.	Close all windows and shut down the work station.