Install, setup and configure

Steps on Installing Windows Applications Silently

Posted on June 2007 in Windows Friends

1. A guide to installing Windows applications silently.
2. A guide to installing .Net Framework 2.0 Silently.
3. A guide to installing Acrobat Reader silently.
4. A guide to installing Adobe Reader 8 silently.

Windows 2003, AD, Perl, PHP and IIS

Posted on June 2007 in Windows Friends

The following links are resources on various Windows 2003 and friends step-by-step, snap shots installations. The resources include:

1. Internet Information Services (IIS) - Step-by-step on setting up Perl, PHP/CGI, PHP/ISAPI, ASP, SSL, WAP etc.
2. Shell (GUI) - Step-by-step on setting up Luna, DirectX etc
3. General - Includes enabling sound, CD burning services, automatic updates
4. Terminal Services
5. Active Directory (AD) - Adding user and computer to AD, adding Win 2000 computer to AD, creating first Windows 2003 DC in a domain
6. Volume Shadow Service - Setting up and Using the Volume Shadow Copy Service
7. FrontPage Server Extensions - Setting up and using FrontPage Server Extensions (Microsoft FrontPage already discontinued product, replaced by new Microsoft Visual Web Developer…)

Install Apache, PHP, MySQL and Related on Windows Machine Part 1

Posted on June 2007 in Windows Friends

The following links provides step-by-step on installing, setting up and configuring Apache web server and other friends such as PHP and MySQL on Windows machines. All based on the user experiences with various editions of Windows and the applications as well.

1. Download and automate the Apache, MySQL and PHP installation on Windows using WAMP5.
2. Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3 doc, using Apache With Microsoft Windows.
3. Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0 doc, using Apache with Microsoft Windows.
4. A simplified steps on installing Apache 2.2.X on Windows without screen shots.
5. A simplified steps on installing Apache 2.0.X on Windows without screen shots.
6. A simplified steps on installing WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with screen shots.
7. Installing a new web server: Apache2, PHP5, MySQL4 and PhpMyAdmin, without screen shots.
8. Very shot steps on installing Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows.
9. A short steps on how to install the Apache Web Server On Windows Systems. See also the screen shots.
10. How to Install the Apache Web Server on Windows 95/98/Me.
11. How to Install and Configure PHP4 to Run with Apache on Windows.
12. Installing and configuring Apache 2.0.x and Virtual hosting on Windows XP, with screen shots.
13. Installing Apache 2.0 and PHP 5 (and MySQL) on Windows XP with screen shots.
14. Steps on Installing Apache/ MySQL/PHP on Windows - Page 1 and Page 2.
15. Learn to install Apache, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin & Zend Optimizer. Also available in pdf.- Apache with screen shots,- MySQL 4.1 with screen shots,- PHP 430 with screen shots,- PhpMyAdmin and- Zend Optimizer with screen shots.
16. A very short note on installing Apache on Windows Vista.
17. Page-by-page on installing MySQL 4.1.18, php 4.4.2, Apache as SAPI module and phpBB on Windows. No screen shots.
18. Install Web Server in Windows XP with Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL4 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
19. Install and using phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management in Windows XP.
20. Install, setup and configure CGI and Perl in Windows XP.
21. Install phpBB 2 in Windows XP running on Apache 2, PHP 5 and MySQL 4.
22. Download XAMPP to automate the Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl installation.

Installing Microsoft SQL Server

Posted on June 2007 in Windows Friends

The following links provide step-by-step on installing SQL Server.

1. Step-by-step on how to Install SQL Server 2000 Clustering. Containing four steps up to testing Your SQL Server 2000 Cluster.
2. Step-by-step guide on how to un-install a SQL Server Cluster.
3. Step-by-step guide on migrating to SQL Server 2005 with Copy Database Wizard.
4. Setting Up Merge Replication: A Step-by-step Guide.
5. Simplified step-by-step guide on installing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
6. Steps on installing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2.
7. Steps on installing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server Management Studio Express.
8. Installing SQL Server for use with WebSphere Portal by IBM.
9. How to install SQL Server 2005 client components with screen shots.
10. How to install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 with screen shots.
11. Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services on a non-default web site with screen shots.
12. Installing SQL Server 2005 and other related services from Microsoft technet. A bunch of how-to, however quite detail notes, no screen shots.

Install CentOS 5 and Red Hat Ent. Linux 5

Posted on June 2007 in Linux

1. Step-by-step guide on installing CentOS. This guide can be downloaded.
2. Screen shots guide for performing a default installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and CentOS 5.