PC Build & Manual Part 3

CMIT 202 6384 Fundamentals of Computer Troubleshooting

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11. Installing Windows 10 (LabSim 10.3) ……….………………….………............. Page 3

12. Configuring Critical Windows Features (LabSim 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, and 12.0) …Page13

13. References ………………………………………………………..………………. Page 19

11. Installing Windows 10

11.1 Installation Planning Facts

Windows installation will go smoother if you take the time to plan and prepare prior to
performing the installation. After identifying the operating system version and edition
you would like to use, the first step prior to purchase and installation of the operating
system is to verify that the operating system is compatible with the hardware and
software you will use.

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• Check the hardware compatibility list (HCL) to verify that hardware is compatible
with the operating system.
• Go to the hardware or software vendor's website and check for operating system
compatibility.
• Obtain the latest drivers for all hardware. Remember, 32-bit drivers must be used
on older 32-bit operating systems while 64-bit drivers should be used with 64-bit
operating systems.
• If you are installing a new version of Windows on an existing computer, run the
Upgrade Advisor (if you're upgrading to Windows 7) or the Upgrade Assistant (if
you're upgrading to Windows 8 or 10) to determine whether your system is
compatible. These tools scan your system and verify that hardware is sufficient
and compatible with the new operating system. They can also identify valid
upgrade paths from your current operating system version.
• For upgrades on larger networks, you can use the Microsoft Assessment and
Planning Toolkit (MAP) to automatically scan multiple computers and identify
each computer's compatibility for an upgrade to a newer version of Windows.
MAP checks hardware compatibility, identifies the availability of updated device
drivers, and recommends a migration path.

After you are sure that the system hardware and software is compatible with the new
operating system, you need to choose an installation method, either an in-place
upgrade or a clean install.

Option Description

An in-place upgrade updates your current Windows installation to

In-place a newer version of Windows. All of your applications, user
upgrade settings, and data are preserved, but the previous installation of
Windows will no longer be available.

A clean install adds a new installation of Windows, either on a

new system or a system that currently has an operating system.

• Following installation, you will need to reinstall all

applications and configure user settings.
Clean • If desired, you can migrate user settings and data from an
(custom) existing Windows system to the new installation. This can
install be done using two utilities:
o Use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer all user
settings and data from the old installation to the
new installation.
o Use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) when
multiple systems need to be migrated at the same
time on a large network.

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• You can create a dual boot computer by keeping the

existing installation of Windows. To do this, create a new
partition on a storage device and install the new version
of Windows into it. When complete, the end user can
select which installation of Windows to load when the
system boots.

Be aware of the following:

• Upgrade versions of Windows are available if you have an existing installation of

Windows and want to install a newer version on the same computer. Upgrade
versions usually cost less than buying a full version of Windows.
• When performing an in-place upgrade, you must abide by the upgrade paths
defined by Microsoft. For example, you can perform an in-place upgrade from
Windows 7 or Windows 8 to Windows 10. However, you must use a clean install
to migrate from Windows Vista to Windows 10.
• You cannot upgrade from a 32-bit operating system to a 64-bit operating system
(or vice versa). You must instead perform a clean installation and then migrate
user profiles from the old system to the new one.
• You can upgrade from one edition to another as long as the new edition is
"higher" than the previous edition (such as Windows 10 Home to Windows 10
Professional).
• You cannot perform an in-place downgrade from one edition to another (such as
from Professional to Home).

If necessary, perform a full backup of your existing system prior to performing a clean
install or an upgrade.

• If you are doing a clean install, you can use the backup to restore user data to
the new installation.
• Though an in-place upgrade does not affect user files and settings, you should
still back up the system prior to performing the installation in case something
goes wrong.
• If you are unable to complete an upgrade, you can use the backup to restore
your existing system.

11.2 Configure the BIOS or UEFI

The first thing we have to do is configure the system, either in the BIOS or your UEFI
configuration to boot off of the appropriate media.

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11.3 Specify Language

The first thing I need to do in this first screen is specify which language I want to install
in. I need to specify my time and currency format and the type of keyboard I'm
using. Now, the default here works fine. I'm using U.S. English. I'm not going to change
anything. If you are going to be installing in a different language, you of course would
need to specify which language it is you want to use and what type of keyboard you're
going to be using.

We'll click Next. At this point I need to click this button right here, Install Now.

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Notice that there is an option down here called repair your computer. If I already had
Windows 10 installed on this computer and it was malfunctioning, I could access the
Recovery Environment by clicking this option right here.

Now, the particular version of Windows that I am installing here is governed by a

volume license agreement, so I'm presented with the volume license agreement
terms. You may not see this screen on a retail version of Windows 10. So, I do need to
accept the license terms and then click Next.

11.4 Determine Installation Type

Now I have to specify which type of Installation I want to run.

11.5 Clean Install/Upgrade

Basically, there are two options, and this kind of confuses folks a lot of times, because
they think that the first option up here should be the default selection, which is to install
a clean version of Windows. Well, it's not, it's actually an upgrade. If you already have
an older version of Windows, say Windows 8.1, installed on the hard drive, then you
would use this option here to upgrade the existing copy of Windows to the newer
version. And note here that if you do this, it will keep file settings and applications in
place, at least most of them will be kept in place.

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However, if you are performing a clean installation on new hardware, then we need to
use this second option, Custom: Install Windows Only. Be aware, however, that if you
already have an operating system installed on the hard disk drive and you select this
option, it's going to get blown away, so if there's anything in there you want to keep, be
sure to back it up first, then come in and select this option.

Now, in this screen we need to specify where we want Windows installed. I just have
one hard disk drive installed on the system, so I will select it and click Next down
here, but be aware that if there were existing partitions on this drive that you wanted to
get rid of first, then you could select it and then click the Delete button to delete
whatever partitions you don't want used. And if for some reason you want to
customize the way the partitioning will be implemented on the hard disk drive, instead of
just select the disk and clicking Next, which lets Windows automatically partition the
hard drive, you would instead select the disk and then come over here and click
New, and then you could manually specify which partitions you want on the system, and
then you could specify which of those partitions you want to use for your Windows
operating system.

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Now, if you come to this screen and you see nothing listed for hard disk drives, it
probably means that the appropriate driver has not been loaded to support that
particular device. Now, if you're dealing with a SATA device, that's not a
problem, because the Windows Pre-installation Environment that we're working in right
here includes drivers for most SATA implementations, and that's usually not a
problem. Where this becomes an issue is if you're installing on a system that uses either
a SCSI adapter with SCSI hard disk drives or you're going to install Windows on a RAID
array.

In those two situations, you may need to come down here, click on Load Driver, and
then select the driver that's necessary to load your storage interface. And it tells us here
that we can load that driver from an optical disc or from a USB drive.

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11.6 Custom Install

Let's go back and re-access the storage configuration screen. We'll do a custom
install. We're just going to let Windows automatically install our hard disk drive. I'll select
it right here and then click Next. Now, at this point a lot of things are going to
happen behind the scenes, and there's not a lot for you as the system administrator to
do. Files are going to be copied over from the installation media to the hard disk
drive. This takes a few minutes to complete.

So, at this point Windows needs to restart. I'm going to go ahead and tell it to restart
now. A whole bunch of files have been copied from my installation media and have
been deployed on my hard disk drive. After rebooting, notice that we're booting off of the
hard disk drive now and we're not booting off of the optical disk anymore.

All right, the system has rebooted several times, and now we need to configure this
particular installation of Windows 10. In this screen, we have two different options. We
can just use the default settings for Windows 10, which are described here in this text. If
we want to use those default settings, we can just click this button here: Use Express
Settings. However, depending upon your company's policies, specifically your security
policy, you may not want to use these default settings. If that's the case, come over
here and click on Customize Settings.

Here we can decide how we want Windows 10 to behave, first of all with
personalization. If we want to send information such as your contacts, calendar details,
and other associated input data to Microsoft, we turn this setting on. I kind of don't like
that option. Some people do. I like to turn that off for security reasons. We can also
decide whether or not we want to send typing and inking data to Microsoft to improve
recognition. Once again, I don't like sending information to third party companies. Some
people don't mind. I like to turn that option off. You can also let apps use your
advertising ID for experiences across apps, customizing the type of advertisements that
you see. Again, I don't like that. Some people don't mind. I turn it off.

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And finally, we can configure location. Here we determine whether or not we're going to
let the Windows Location Provider provide location information to location aware apps
running on your system as well as to Microsoft and other trusted partners. Again, I'm
kind of a security, privacy person. I don't like sending that information out. Some people
don't care. I care, so I turn it off. I'll click Next.

11.7 SmartScreen

Next, we need to decide about SmartScreen. We want to decide whether or not we

want to use SmartScreen to protect against malicious content and websites. That's a
good thing, so I turn that option on. You can also enable page prediction, which will
improve reading and speed up browsing. But if you use page prediction, your browsing
data will be sent to Microsoft. Again, I'm kind of a privacy person, so I turn that option
off. We have the option down here to automatically connect to suggested open hot
spots. Again, for security reasons, I don't like that option because, as it notes right
here, not all networks are secure, so we turn that option off. We can also automatically
connect to networks that are shared by your contacts. I don't like that at all. I want to be
in full control of what networks I connect to, so I turn that option off as well. And you can
decide whether or not you want to send error and diagnostic information to
Microsoft. Again, I like to turn that option off. I'll click Next. Now we need to restart the
system.

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All right, the system is now finished rebooting, and now we're prompted to specify how
we're going to connect. We're given two different options. We can join Azure Active
Directory or we can join a local domain. Let's click the second option. The reason I'm
selecting this second option is that it allows us to set up a local initial account on the
system.

By setting up a local account, we have a lot of flexibility as to what we want to do

then. For example, afterwards I could go in and set up an online Microsoft account and
then link it to my local user account. Let's go ahead and click Next. So, let's create a
user. I'll enter in my password. Notice that we are prompted to provide a password
hint. I don't like using password hints, because we're providing an attacker with
information that might help them guess a password. I don't like that, but notice that if I
click Next, it says you do have to provide one. Why, I'll never understand, so what I
usually do in this field is simply type the word 'Hint'. We work so hard to keep systems
secure. It makes no sense to provide an attacker with information they need in the hint
field to defeat the password.

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All right, our Windows system is now configured. Now, we're prompted as to whether we
want this computer to be discoverable by other PCs and devices on this network. Now,
whether you should turn this option on or not depends upon where the system is
deployed.

Now, currently I'm connected to a work network that's protected by an aggressive

firewall, so I feel fine about turning on network discovery, but if this is, say, a mobile
system like a laptop and I use it to connect to, say, an airport public Wi-Fi frequently, I
would not turn this option on. I would click No instead. Where this is a desktop
system that isn't going to have that, I'm going to click Yes. And now our Windows
system is up and running.

12. Configuring Critical Windows Features

12.1 Windows Update and Security settings in Windows 10

Looking for Windows Updates in your Windows 10 PC? It’s not in the Control Panel
anymore! Get onto to the Settings app to check the latest Windows Update and install
them on your PC. In this post, we will have a look at the Windows Update and
Security settings and learn how to change and adjust the Windows Update settings in
your PC, a bit more in detail.

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12.2 Windows Update in Windows 10

You could type Settings in the taskbar search bar and click on the result or you could
open it via Notifications in the right-side of your taskbar, by clicking on All Settings to
open the Windows 10 Settings app.

Click on Update and Security link to open the following panel.

The Windows Update tab will show you the current status of your PC, whether it is
updated or not. You can also check for the latest updates manually by clicking on
‘Check for Updates’.

The system will then start checking for the available updates and download it on your
PC automatically. The updates panel also gives you the option to schedule the Restart.

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If you want to choose how updates are installed in your PC, scroll down and go to the
Advanced Options

One notable feature here is that it gives Home users only two options under Choose
how updates are installed.

• Automatic (Recommended)
• Notify to schedule restart.

You can Choose how updates are installed. Microsoft recommends choosing
Automatic Update. In short, Windows 10 does not give you any choice! This is true for
the home user. Enterprise users do however have an option, that lets then select when
they want o download and install the Updates.

The other option in the drop-down menu is Notify to schedule restart. In Windows 10
Anniversary Update you will have to use Quiet Hours.

If you select Automatic Update, Windows 10 will regularly check for updates, download
them and install them automatically. Your system will restart when you’re not using it.
Updates won’t download over a metered connection.

If you go with the other option- You can schedule a time to restart to finish installing
updates.

Under Advanced Options, you can now log in automatically after Windows Update if you
enable the Use my sign in info to automatically finish setting up my device after
an update.

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Here, you will be also able to view your Windows 10 Update History.

Windows Update will work differently in Windows 10. There will be no Patch Tuesdays.

Microsoft has said it will use two different methods to provide updates: regular updates
to normal users and periodic updates to users operating mission critical operations.
Consumers will be delivered the updates and new features as soon they are available.
Businesses will be able to opt-in to the fast-moving consumer pace, or lock-down
mission critical environments, to receive only security and critical updates to their
systems.

Next, you will see the setting Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I
update Windows. It is always a good idea to check this option. You don’t want to to
Delay Upgrades!

Clicking on the View your update history will show you all the updates installed on
your Windows 10 PC. Go to Choose how you download updates for more advanced
settings and select your preferences.

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Apart from Windows Update, the Windows Update & Security settings section also
offers settings for Activation, Backup, Recovery, Windows Defender and Developers. let
us touch upon on each, in short.

You can also download Windows Updates & Apps from other Windows 10 PCs. When
this option is turned ON, your PC may also send parts of previously downloaded
Windows Updates and apps to PCs on your local network or PCs on the internet,
depending on what’s selected from the provided options.

See this post if you wish to learn about a workaround to turn Off Windows Update in
Windows 10. You can also make Windows 10 notify you before downloading Updates.

12.3 Windows 10 Activation

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Here you can check your Windows 10 edition and change the product key if you want.

12.4 Backup

You can add an external drive and create a backup of all your files here. Even you have
created backup files in your Windows 7 PC, Windows 10 has an option to help you
restoring them via Control Panel.

12.5 Recovery

If by any chance you don’t like the updated Windows 10 OS, you can roll back to your
previous build of Windows from here using a system image or a removable drive. The
recovery option also gives you a chance to Reset your PC where you can reinstall
Windows in your PC while keeping your files safe.

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12.6 Windows Defender

This section lets you configure Windows Defender settings and lets you turn on the real-
time protection, cloud-based protection, and sample submission. Scroll down and click
on Use Windows Defender to check if your PC is well protected or not.

12.7 For Developers

As named, this option is only for developers and is linked to the official Microsoft
website where developers can enable their device for development, and side load apps.

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References

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http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-update-security-settings-windows-10.
[Accessed 14 JUL 2017].

[2] ASUSTek Computer Inc., ASUS P6T WS Professional Motherboard Manual,

ASUSTek Computer Inc., 2008.

[3] "Test Out Lab SIm," [Online]. Available: http://cdn.testout.com/client-v5-1-10-

354/startlabsim.html?culture=en-us. [Accessed 14 JUL 2017].

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