Lab 2 Installing Windows 7 from a Network
This lab contains the following exercises and activities.
Exercise 2.1 Upgrading Windows XP Professional to Windows 7
Exercise 2.2 Importing User Profile Data
Exercise 2.3 Testing User Profiles
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.	

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, such as Lab0l_worksheet.rtf. 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 2.1 	Upgrading Windows XP Professional to Windows 7	
Overview	In Exercise 1.5, you upgrade your Windo*s XP Professional workstation to Windows 7. 	
Completion time	40 minutes	

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

2.	On your NYC-CLa workstation, click Start, Run and in the OK box, type \\rwdc01\downloads\win7ent\setup.exe and press Enter. The Install Windows screen appears.

3.	Click Install Now. The Get important updates for installation page appears.

4.	Click Do not get the latest updates for installation. The Please read the license terms page appears.

5.	Select the I accept the license terms check box and click Next. The Which type of installation do you want? page appears.

6.	Click Custom Install.

7.	The Where do you want to install Windows 7 page appears, make sure that Drive 0 is selected and click next.

8.	Click OK When the warning message appears.  

9.	The Upgrading Windows page appears. After a period that can last 30 minutes or more during which the setup program installs Windows 7 (there may be a number of restarts), the computer restarts. and the Type your Windows product key page appears.

10.	On the Set Up Windows screen with the country indicated click Next. 

11.	In the Setup Windows, in the Type Student Name box type Student

12.	In the Computer Name box type NYC-CLa (where a is your drive number).

13.	Click Next

14.	In the Set a password for your account in the Type and Retype boxes type Pa$$w0rd.

15.	In the Hint type Windows 7 Class, Click Next.

16.	The Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically page appears. Click Ask me later. The Review your time and date settings page appears.

17.	From the Time zone drop-down list, select your time zone and, if necessary, correct the Date and Time settings. Click Next. A Thank You page appears.

18.	From the Select your computers current location page select Work network.  Windows 7 will do the final preparation of your system.

19.	Click on the Start button,  right click on Computer and from the list that appears select Properties.

20.	On the page that appears half way down on the right side is the link for Change Settings, click on that link.

21.	In the Systems Properties dialog box On the Computer Name tab click on the Change button.

22.	In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box under member of select Domain.

23.	In the windows next to Domain type contoso and click OK

24.	In the Windows Security dialog box, in the user name box type Administrator, in the Password box type Pa$$w0rd, click OK.

25.	After a short time the Welcome to Conotos domain click OK

26.	In the You must restart your computer to apply these changes windows click OK.

27.	Close System Properties Windows

28.	In the You must restart your computer to apply these changes window click on Restart Now.

29.	When windows 7 restarts press Ctrl+Alt+Del and log on to Windows 7.

30.	Click on Switch Users.

31.	Click on Other users

32.	Enter contoso\administrator user name and the password Pa$$w0rd. Click the Blue dot with the arrow, Windows 7 loads.

Exercise 2.2 	Importing User Profile Data	
Overview	In Exercise 1.6, you import the user profile data you collected in the
previous exercise into Windows 7.	
Completion time	15 minutes	

1.	Click Start. Then click All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Windows Easy Transfer. The Welcome To Windows Easy Transfer page appears again.

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 new computer. The Has Windows Easy Transfer already saved your files from your old computer to an external hard disk or USB flash drive? page appears.

5.	Click Yes. The Open an Easy Transfer file combo box appears.

6.	In the File name text box, type \\rwdc01\downloads\eastNYC-CLa.MIG (where a is your drive number) and click Open. The Enter the password you used to help protect your transfer file and start the transfer page appears.

7.	In the text box, type Pa$$w0rd and click Next. The wizard opens the file and displays the Choose what to transfer to this computer page.

8.	Select all of the available items and click Transfer. The wizard transfers the settings you saved from the Windows XP workstation to your Windows 7 workstation and displays the Your transfer is complete page.

9.	Click See what was transferred. The Windows Easy Transfer Reports window appears. 

10.	Take a screen shot of the Windows Easy Transfer Reports window by using the Snipping tool and  paste it into your worksheet where indicated

11.	Close the Windows Easy Transfer Reports window

Exercise 2.3 	Testing User Profiles	
Overview	In Exercise 1.7,yort examine the data that Windows Easy Transfer has migrated to Windows 7 and test the new user profiles that the application has created.	
Completion time	15 minutes	

1.	Log off the computer (click on the arrow key next to shutdown and from the list select log off). 

2.	Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and log on 

3.	Click on Switch Users.

4.	Click on Other users

5.	Using the NYC-CLa\Ed account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

Question
1	Why does the logon fail (why is the user name or password incorrect)? 	

1.	Try again to log on using the NYC-CLa\Ed account, this time with no password. An error message appears, stating that the user's password must be changed before logging on for the first time.

2.	Click OK. A password change window appears.

3.	Leave the Password text box blank, and in the New password and Confirm password text boxes, type Pa$$w0rd and click the right-arrow button. A message appears, stating that the password has been changed.

4.	Click OK. The system completes Ed's logon.

5.	Log off and try to log on using the Ralph account you created in Exercise 1.4.

Question
2	Why does the logon fail? 	

6.	Log on using the Alice account you created, changing the password to Pa$$w0rd as needed.

Question
3	ls the Alice logon successful?	

7.	Shut down the workstation