Installing Windows Server 2003 - Part1

Do you ever want to own a server at home/office?

Do I overused to place this inside your room? I am happy to have 1 to store my data and offer security features for my parent and siblings. Everyone owned private stuff :p

Let's go thru the installation together
Just drop me a comment if you missed out anything- I promise I will reply.

What do you need?
As per MOUSE recommendation, minimum specification will be as below
Do you think we can get such low specification in year 2011?
Don't be kidding, any junk will also faster than that.

• 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
• 512 MB of system memory
• 4 GB of available disk space
• DVD-R/W Drive
• Internet access (to activate and get updates)

Let's start to install Windows Server 2003

01. Start the computer from the CD and setup will load all the needed files and drivers
02. Select To Setup Windows Server 2003 now and press ENTER
03. Read and accept the licensing agreement and press F8 if you accept it.
04. Select and create the partition on which you will install Windows Server 2003.

UNDERSTAND THE FACTS
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When hard disk is unpartitioned, create and size the partition on which you will install Windows Server 2003.When hard disk is already partitioned, but has enough unpartitioned disk space, you can create an additional partition in the unpartitioned space.
When hard disk partitioned that is large enough, install Windows Server 2003.
When partition has an existing operating system, you will overwrite that operating system if you accept the default installation path. However, files other than the operating system files, such as program files and data files, will not be overwritten.
When hard disk has an existing partition, you can delete it to create more unpartitioned space for the new partition. Deleting an existing partition erases all data on that partition.

Don't worry, the remaining space on the hard disk can be done via Windows Disk Management later
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05. Choose your file system by formatting partition - I'll go ahead with NTFS because we need server functionality later.
06. Setup will now begin (5-10 minutes, depending your hardware)
07. Wait for the restart in GUI mode 

That's all for today, I'll continue Part 2 very soon ..... 
Going to bed now, thanks for reading

Connect Wireless Network via Smart Card

Hope this will help some of my friends go for wireless
I don't know when but it really has been a while getting noise "My wireless not working", "I need to bring cable", "that plug first come first serve" and etc

If you prefer cable, no problem - please go ahead
If you want wireless network, let's do it

1. Open Network and Sharing Center, click Add
2. Choose "Manual create a network profile"
3. Fill-in the network name "direct-wlan", security type "WPA-Enterprise" and then hit Next
4. Choose the only selection "Change connection settings"
5. Under security tab, change connection type "TKIP" and network authentication method "Microsoft Smart card or other certificate".
6. Don't close first, click "Settings" then check "Use my smart card" and click OK
7. Wait for prompt, enter your password - DONE

***** Take Note ******************************
direct-wlan is my home network, put your desired ones

Coming Apple's iOS 5

It is true now iOS 5 will include 200 plus new features for iPad, iPhone

Steve did not invite me for meeting but I also get to know the sneak peek as below

01. Notification Center - this is main where Apple put focus on, GREAT feature

02. iMessage - improve a bit but not enough

03. Newsstand - I don't see different with iBooks

04. Reminders - I like this, improve the function from Calendar

05. Twitter - OK TWEET everywhere but not FB, why?

06. Camera - Able to shoot photos using volume button even inside the lock screen 

07. Photos - Edit photo such as red eye, crop but limited

08. Safari - Improve the tabs and process faster than before

09. PC Free - Setup your iPhone, iPad without iTunes

10. More features - Others such as separate keyboard, iCloud and etc

That's all from me for time-being

I believe I only can describe more after I made the upgrade

I just can't wait for the release :)

Hewlett-Packard (HP) discontinue webOS devices

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday said it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad tablets and smartphones
One thing is painfully clear: Being like Apple is tougher than it looks. Haha

If you guys still rememember, HP CEO Mark Hurd acquired Palm and its WebOS software last year for $1.2 billion but only less than 2 years HP CEO Leo Apotheker dropped the bombshell
Is this a joke?

For remembrance purposes

Installing Windows 7

It is so easy if you know how to do it but what if not - to save cost, go for DIY :p

What do you need?

As per microsoft recommendation, minimum specification will be as below

• 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• 16 GB of available disk space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)
• DVD-R/W Drive
• Internet access (to activate and get updates)

Let's start to install Windows 7

01. When installing on a physical computer insert your Windows 7 DVD media into your DVD drive and reboot your computer. If you're asked to press a key to boot from DVD or CD, press any key. A black window will appear momentarily while the DVD content is read.

02. Like in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, after a few moments you will see the first prompt
03. Click "Next" unless you want to change some regional settings for the installation process. 
04. Click on the "Install now" button.
05. Next, accept the license terms and click on "Next".
06. Next, unless you're upgrading an existing Windows installation, press the Custom (Advanced) installation type button.
07. Click on the "Next" button. The installation process will then create a partition on all the available disk space, and format it.

REST TIME
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Process could take a while depending on the type of hardware your computer uses. In my VM test sample I've used for this demo, the entire process finished before I could finish writing the previous 3 paragraphs, so it could be pretty quick.
The computer will reboot, and the next thing you'll see is the prompt to set the user's and computer's name. By default, the computer's name will be username-PC, where username is the username you've entered.
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08. Click on "Next".
09. Enter the user's password. Remember this password please
10. Next, type in your product key. If you do not have the product key at hand you can still click "Next", and proceed with the installation. You will be asked to enter the product key after Windows is installed.
11. Choose what sort of protection your computer gets. It will effect on how the computer uses the Microsoft Windows Update (Automatic Updates) features.
12. Choose your time zone and location and click on "Next".
13. Select your network location type. This setting can be changed later, but do note that choosing a profile will have effect on the Windows Firewall and sharing settings. Click on "Next".
14. Windows will finalize the settings and your desktop will appear.

This concludes the Windows 7 installation. Next, you would probably want to update your computer with the latest hotfixes and/or patches from Microsoft.