Windows Installation Settings

Introduction

Here are some of my Windows installation settings. See also: **Installation Order**, Driver Installation Settings, Operating System Settings, Operating System Installation Times, Operating System Requirements, Operating System Startup Times.

Windows XP Home Edition

Comments

Windows XP support ended April 8th, 2014.

With FS laptop, check the time zone after Windows installation.

With FS laptop I can only install East Asian language files after initial Windows XP installation

Control Panel: Regional and Language Options: Languages: Install files for East Asian Languages

- D:\OS\ENG\I386\LANG

- D:\OS\ENG\I386

From the list below, select a file system for the new partition

Format the partition using the NTFS file system

Regional Options

Standards and formats: [Finnish]

Location: [Finland]

Numbers

Decimal symbol: [,]

No. of digits after decimal: [2]

Digit grouping symbol: [ ]

Digit grouping: [123 456 789]

Negative sign symbol: [-]

Negative number format: [-1,1]

Display leading zeroes: [0,7]

List separator: [;]

Measurement system: [Metric]

Digit substitution: [None]

Currency

Currency symbol: [€]

Positive currency format: [1,1 €]

Negative currency format: [-1,1 €]

Decimal symbol: [,]

No. of digits after decimal: [2]

Digit grouping symbol: [ ]

Digit grouping: [123 456 789]

Time

Time format: [H:mm:ss]

Time separator: [:]

AM symbol: []

PM symbol: []

Date

When a two-digit year is entered, interpret it as a year between:

[1930] and [2029]

Short date sample: [16.2.2011]

Short date format: [d.M.yyyy]

Date separator: [.]

Long date sample: [16. helmikuuta 2011]

Long date format: [d. MMMM'ta 'yyyy]

Languages

Text services and input languages:

Default input language: [Finnish - Finnish]

[ ] Extend support of advanced text services to all programs

[x] Turn off advanced text services

Supplemental language support:

[x] Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai) (10 MB)

[x] Install files for East Asian languages (230 MB)

Advanced

Language for non-Unicode programs: [English (United States)]

Code page conversion tables: select all

Advanced Key Settings

Switch between input languages: (None)

Date and Time Settings

Time Zone: [(GMT +02:00) Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius]

[x] Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes

Networking Settings

(*) Typical settings

Help protect your PC

(*) Not right now (I want to make updates manually first)

Next

1) install Linux as second operating system immediately after installing Windows (if using multiple OSs)

2) install drivers and applications for Windows that came with the computer/devices

3) install antivirus and firewall programs for Windows

4) update Windows

Windows 7 Ultimate

Comments

Before installing Windows 7, remove all partitions from hard drive with Linux installation disc (without installing Linux yet) or Windows 7 may install another Windows 7 partition to the same hard drive.

Remove Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro and D-Link DGE-528T before installing Windows 7 and Blackmagic/D-Link drivers for Windows 7.

Locale settings

Language to install: [English]

Time and currency format: [Finnish (Finland)]

Keyboard or input method: [Finnish]

Installation location

Before deleting all existing partitions and creating a Windows partition the partition list looks something like this:

Name Total size Free Space Type

Disk 0 Unallocated Space 931.5 GB 931.5 GB

After deleting all existing partitions and creating a Windows partition (approximately 700 GB for Windows and 300 GB for Linux) the partition list looks something like this:

Name Total size Free Space Type

Disk 0 Partition 1: System Reserved 100.0 MB 86.0 MB System

Disk 0 Partition 2 683.5 GB 683.5 GB Primary

Disk 0 Unallocated Space 247.9 GB 247.9 GB

Comments: I have problems partitioning Wings desktop with Linux, so I use Windows 7 to create a partition for Windows and leave free space for Linux.

Automatic updates

(*) Ask me later

Time zone

[(UTC+02:00) Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius]

[x] Automatically adjust clock for Daylight Saving Time

Next

1) install Linux as second operating system immediately after installing Windows (if using multiple OSs)

2) start Internet Explorer 8: "Welcome to Internet Explorer 8" (and maybe also Windows Media Player). Allow popups (helps installation of drivers).

3) install drivers and applications for Windows that came with the computer/devices

4) Windows Experience Index

5) install antivirus and firewall programs for Windows

6) disable Windows Defender

7) update Windows

8) update Linux

Last modified: December 25th, 2014

Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)

URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/windows-installation-settings