Before you start on a machine with an installed OS (e.g., Windows 98 or NT Workstation) get the names of the video display adapter and the network adapter (with current IP address if assigned), so you can install the right drivers later (because Windows NT Server might not recognize them). You can install to bare drives, but somewhere an OS (even a DOS floppy) needs a CD-ROM driver so you can see the install CD. Alternatively, you can start from the three NT Server setup floppies (but this is slow and somewhat unreliable).

If necessary, install a new display adapter (Matrox Millenium) and network cards (NetGear). And install a second large hard drive at this time.

Windows NT Server:

• Launch the Windows NT 4.0 Server CD-ROM
• Choose an NTFS partition to install to (if there is a FAT partition, best to delete it and create an NTFS partition).
• Licensing; Choose per server, 5 concurrent connections
• Type of server: Stand-alone server (not a primary/secondary domain server)
• Emergency repair disk? NO
• Networking - will participate in a local network
• Internet Information Server - YES, even though this is 2.0
• Network protocols
  • TCP/IP
  • NetBEUI (IPX not necessary)
• Network Services - ALL
• Network adapter (NIC) - assign IP, subnet 255.255.255.0, gateway, DNS
• Bindings (just press Next)
• Computer Name, a member of a workgroup (WORKGROUP) - not a domain
• IIS 2.0 setup
  • inetsrv directory - OK
  • Publishing directories - wwwroot, ftproot OK, no gopher needed.
• Install drivers - select SQL Server, press Next
• Date/Time - GMT -0500 Eastern U.S.
• Detected display adapter (probably gets this wrong, load new drivers later)

Service Pack 4:

• Warning says Service Pack 4 not tested! Ignore, say YES, proceed.
• Option Pack 4 setup window
• Choose Upgrade Plus
• Certificate Server ON
• Front Page 98 Extensions OFF
• Internet Services RAS OFF
• Internet Information Server (default is gray, - Show subcomponents)
  • Documentation ALL
  • FTP YES
  • NNTP NO
  • Internet Service Manager YES
  • Internet Service Manager HTML YES
  • SMTP YES (critical)
  • WWW samples YES
  • WWW Server YES (critical, this is IIS 4.0)
• Data Access Components (DAO)
  • Data Services YES
  • MDAC, ADO, etc. (defaults gray, choose all subcomponents)
  • RAS (defaults gray, choose all subcomponents)
• Index Server YES (critical)
• Management Console YES (critical)
• Message Queue NO (critical)
• Script debugger YES (critical)
• Site Server Express YES (critical)
• Option Pack Common Files YES
• Transaction Server YES (critical)
• Windows Scripting Host YES

• Transacton Server administration LOCAL
• Index Server - accept default directories
• SMTP Server - accept default directories
• Certificate Server - accept default settings