Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program

Mac OS X Snow Leopard refines the elegant Mac OS X user experience with lots of little touches and performance improvements that will make using your Mac even more enjoyable. It also includes a few big foundation technologies designed to tap the power of today’s computer hardware and provide a strong base for innovation. If you’ve purchased a qualifying computer or Xserve on or after June 8, 2009 that does not include Mac OS X Snow Leopard, you can upgrade to Mac OS X Snow Leopard for $9.95.*

This program ends December 26, 2009. Your completed order form must be postmarked or faxed within 90 days of the date of your purchase of a qualifying computer or Xserve (described in this offer) or by December 26, 2009, whichever is earlier.

Expected Product Availability: September 2009

* Covers product plus shipping and handing fee. U.S. customers add appropriate sales tax.

Hardware Up-To-Date

Customers who purchase a qualifying new Mac computer or an Apple Certified Refurbished computer from the Apple Online Store on or after June 8, 2009 that does not include Mac OS X Snow Leopard can upgrade to Snow Leopard for US$9.95 plus tax. Remember your completed order form must be postmarked or faxed within 90 days of the date of your purchase of a qualifying computer (described in this offer) or by December 26, 2009, whichever is earlier.

If you purchased your computer directly from the Apple Online Store, follow one of these links to participate in the program. Subject to terms and conditions.

Multiple Qualifying Computers on a Single Invoice

If you purchased multiple qualifying systems on a single invoice, you can either (1) purchase a Single-User Upgrade Kit for each qualifying product, at a cost of US$9.95*; or (2) purchase fewer Single-User Upgrade Kits and request the Right to Copy for the remaining qualifying products.

If you purchased your computer from an Apple Retail Store or an Apple authorized reseller, follow one of these links to participate in the program. Subject to terms and conditions.

If you prefer to mail or fax your order, please fill-out the order form below. If you already mailed or faxed in your order form, you can check your status here.

Download the Order Form

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server Up-To-Date

Snow Leopard Xserve - Unlimited Client

Customers who purchase a qualifying Xserve [ MA882LL/A, MB449LL/A. Z0E7, Z0FR, Z0GM ] or an Apple Certified Refurbished Xserve from the Apple Online Store on or after June 8, 2009 that does not include Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited Client software can upgrade to Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited Client for US$9.95 plus tax. Remember your completed order form must be postmarked or faxed within 90 days of the date of your purchase of a qualifying Xserve (described in this offer) or by December 26, 2009, whichever is earlier.

If you purchased your Xserve directly from the Apple Online Store, follow one of these links to participate in the program. Subject to terms and conditions.

If you purchased your Xserve from an Apple Retail Store or an Apple authorized reseller, follow one of these links to participate in the program. Subject to terms and conditions.

If you prefer to mail or fax your order, please fill-out the order form below. If you already mailed or faxed in your order form, you can check your status here.

Download the Order Form.

Terms and Conditions

Hardware Terms and Conditions

Below are the terms and conditions that govern this program. Please read before you continue.

  • This program entitles the purchaser of a qualifying product purchased between June 8, 2009, and December 26, 2009, to upgrade to Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Mac OS X updates, which may currently be downloaded from www.apple.com or software update, are not included in this program.
  • To receive your Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard upgrade, you must complete the order form and provide a photocopy of a dated, itemized sales receipt indicating the marketing part number(s) of the qualifying product(s) purchased. Order acknowledgments, packing slips, and purchase order copies are not valid.
  • The program ends on December 26, 2009. Completed order form; payment; and dated, itemized sales receipt must be postmarked or faxed within 90 days of the date of your purchase of a qualifying product described in this offer) or by December 26, 2009, whichever is earlier. Please note that only credit card orders can be faxed.
  • This offer is good only in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and Canada, and valid only in accordance with the terms set forth on this certificate.
  • Void where prohibited by law or where otherwise restricted.
  • Upon receipt of your completed order form and the required payment, the upgrades from inventory in stock will be shipped within 24 hours via U.S. mail (U.S. postal delivery typically takes 3 to 7 working days). Canadian orders may require additional delivery time due to customs processing. Expected product availability: September 2009.
  • Apple reserves the right to extend the product availability date and the shipment date for any orders under this program at Apple’s sole discretion, upon notice to you.
  • Apple reserves the right to change the terms of this offer at any time without notice.
  • By participating in this program, you are agreeing that you are not acquiring the upgrade sold to you under this program for resale.
  • Individual end customers who are under the age of 13 are not eligible to participate in this program. Individual end customers who are between the ages of 13 and 18 may only participate in this program subject to these terms and with parental or legal guardian consent to the Terms and Conditions of this program.
  • Neither Apple nor any of Apple’s agents are responsible for any loss, destruction, or theft of your order form or delay in the submission or receipt of your order form.
  • Incomplete or illegible order forms will not be accepted. Insufficient payment will not be accepted.
  • Apple is not responsible for printing errors.
  • No refunds or returns will be allowed.
  • This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other Mac OS offer from Apple.
  • The Mac OS software and the Right to Copy must be used solely with the products that qualify for this offer.
  • This offer is limited to one Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard upgrade kit per qualifying computer purchased.
  • This offer is applicable only to purchases by end users and not by resellers.
  • Keep a copy of these Terms and Conditions as well as your completed order form for your records.
  • Qualifying products must be purchased from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller located in the 50 United States, District of Columbia, or Canada.
  • Submissions will not be returned and become the property of Apple.
  • This offer is not valid on the purchase of used, auction, or demonstration equipment, except for Apple-certified refurbished systems purchased directly from the Apple Online Store that do not include Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Apple is not responsible for a credit card authorization that is not received from your credit card issuer or for any issues precluding Apple’s ability to charge your credit card for the order. By submitting this order form, I hereby authorize Apple (or its agents) to charge the credit card indicated on this form and/or to contact me to obtain any additional information necessary to process such charge.
  • Apple makes no representations about the upgrade(s) made available under this program and disclaims any and all liability for any claims arising from use of the products acquired in connection with this offer.

Snow Leopard Xserve Terms and Conditions

Below are the terms and conditions that govern this program. Please read before you continue.

  • You must have purchased an Xserve (MA882LL/A, MB449LL/A, Z0E7, Z0FR, Z0GM) that did not include Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client software between June 8, 2009, and December 26, 2009, to participate in this offer.
  • To receive your Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client software, you must complete the order form and provide a photocopy of a dated, itemized sales receipt indicating the marketing part number of the qualifying Xserve purchased. Order acknowledgments, packing slips, and purchase order copies are not valid.
  • The program ends on December 26, 2009. Completed order form; payment; and dated, itemized sales receipt must be postmarked or faxed to the address or fax number listed on this form within 90 days of the date of your purchase of a qualifying Xserve (described in this offer) or by December 26, 2009, whichever is earlier. Please note that only credit card orders can be faxed.
  • This offer is good only in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and Canada, and valid only in accordance with the terms set forth on this certificate.
  • Void where prohibited by law or where otherwise restricted.
  • Upon receipt of your completed order form and the required payment, the upgrades from inventory in stock will be shipped within 24 hours via U.S. mail (U.S. postal delivery typically takes 3 to 7 working days). Canadian orders may require additional delivery time due to customs processing. Expected product availability: September 2009.
  • Apple reserves the right to extend the product availability date and the shipment date for any orders under this program at Apple’s sole discretion, upon notice to you.
  • Apple reserves the right to change the terms of this offer at any time without notice.
  • Neither Apple nor any of Apple’s agents are responsible for any loss, destruction, or theft of your order form or delay in the submission or receipt of your order form.
  • Incomplete or illegible order forms will not be accepted. Insufficient payment will not be accepted.
  • Apple is not responsible for printing errors.
  • No refunds or returns will be allowed.
  • This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other Xserve or Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client offer from Apple.
  • The Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client software must be used solely with the Xserve that qualifies for this offer.
  • This offer is limited to one Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client upgrade kit per qualifying Xserve purchased.
  • This offer is applicable only to purchases by end users and not by resellers.
  • Individual end customers who are under the age of 13 are not eligible to participate in this program. Individual end customers who are between the ages of 13 and 18 may only participate in this program subject to these terms and with parental or legal guardian consent to the Terms and Conditions of this program.
  • Keep a copy of these Terms and Conditions as well as your completed order form for your records.
  • Qualifying Xserve systems must be purchased from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller located in the 50 United States, District of Columbia, or Canada.
  • Submissions will not be returned and become the property of Apple.
  • This offer is not valid on the purchase of used, auction, or demonstration equipment, except for Apple-certified refurbished Xserve servers purchased directly from the Apple Online Store that do not include Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client software.
  • By participating in this program, you are agreeing that you are not acquiring the upgrade sold to you under this program for resale.
  • Apple is not responsible for a credit card authorization that is not received from your credit card issuer or for any issues precluding Apple’s ability to charge your credit card for the order. By submitting this order form, I hereby authorize Apple (or its agents) to charge the credit card indicated on this form and/or to contact me to obtain any additional information necessary to process such charge.
  • Apple makes no representations about the upgrade(s) made available under this program and disclaims any and all liability for any claims arising from use of the products acquired in connection with this offer.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard


Refined, not reinvented.

Mac OS X is renowned for its simplicity, its reliability, and its ease of use. So when it came to designing Snow Leopard, Apple engineers had a single goal: to make a great thing even better. They searched for areas to refine, further simplify, and speed up — from little things like ejecting external drives to big things like installing the OS. In many cases, they elevated great to amazing. Here are just a few examples of how your Mac experience was fine-tuned.

New look, new features for Exposé and Stacks.

Exposé is refined and more convenient. It’s now integrated in the Dock, so you can just click and hold an application icon in the Dock and all the windows for that application will unshuffle so you can quickly change to another one. Exposé also has a whole new look. Windows are displayed in an organized grid, making it even easier to find what you’re looking for. And stacks — Dock items that give you fast access to a folder of files — are now scrollable, so you can easily view all items. You can also navigate through folders in a stack to see all the files inside it.

Quicker Time Machine backup.

Introduced in Mac OS X Leopard, the revolutionary Time Machine made backing up your hard drive easy for the first time. Time Capsule took backup even further with its wireless hard drive that works seamlessly with Time Machine. Now Snow Leopard makes Time Machine up to 80 percent faster and reduces the time it takes to complete your initial backup to Time Capsule.1

Faster to wake up and shut down.

With Snow Leopard, your Mac wakes from sleep up to twice as quickly when you have screen locking enabled. And shutting down is up to 80 percent faster, saving precious moments when you’re trying to head home or to the airport.1

Faster, more reliable installation.

Upgrading your Mac has never been easier. For Snow Leopard, the entire process has been simplified, streamlined, and is up to 50 percent faster, yet more comprehensive and reliable.2 For example, Snow Leopard checks your applications to make sure they’re compatible and sets aside any programs known to be incompatible. In case a power outage interrupts your installation, it can start again without losing any data.

Smaller footprint.

Snow Leopard takes up less than half the disk space of the previous version, freeing about 7GB for you — enough for about 1,750 more songs3 or a few thousand more photos.


Another leap forward for QuickTime.

QuickTime X is the next-generation media technology that powers the audio and video experience in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes a completely new QuickTime Player application with a clean, uncluttered design, a new trimming interface, and easy uploads to YouTube and MobileMe. And it delivers more efficient media playback, HTTP-based live streaming, and greater color accuracy.

Innovative Chinese character input.

Until Snow Leopard, if you wanted to enter Chinese characters on a computer, you had to type in the phonetic spelling of Chinese words and the computer would convert them into proper Chinese characters. Snow Leopard offers a breakthrough new way to enter characters: You write them directly on the Multi-Touch trackpad in your Mac notebook. They’ll appear on the screen in a new input window, which recommends characters based on what you drew and lets you choose the right one. The input window even offers suggestions for subsequent characters based on what you chose.


More reliable, higher-resolution iChat.

Having a video chat using iChat is more reliable and more accessible than ever in Snow Leopard.4 It includes technology to address many common router incompatibilities that can interfere with connections. And if iChat can’t make a direct connection, it will use the AIM relay server to create a successful chat session.

Now more people can have high-resolution, 640-by-480-pixel video chats, because the technical requirements are less demanding: You need only one-third the upstream bandwidth previously required — 300 Kbps instead of 900 Kbps. And finally, iChat Theater now offers 640-by-480 resolution, four times greater than before.

The right service at the right time.

The Services menu in Mac OS X lets you use features of one application while working in another. In Snow Leopard, services are more simplified, streamlined, and helpful. The Services menu is contextual, so it shows just the services appropriate for the application you’re using or content you’re viewing rather than all available services. You can access services with a right click of your mouse or Control-click of your trackpad. You can configure the menu to show only the services you want, and you can even create your own services using Automator.

Automatic updates for printer drivers.

Snow Leopard makes sure you always have the most up-to-date driver so you can get the most from your printer. When you plug in a printer, Mac OS X can download the latest driver available over the Internet. And it periodically checks to make sure it has the latest driver. If not, it downloads the newest version through Software Update. Easy.

Automatic time
zone setup.

If you’re traveling around the world, the last thing you want to worry about is whether your computer is set to the correct time zone. Snow Leopard takes care of that for you. Using the Core Location technology, it locates known Wi-Fi hotspots to set the time zone automatically, so you’ll always know the right time no matter where you are.5


Easy PDF text selection.

Here’s an enhancement that exemplifies the pursuit of perfection. When using a PDF viewer such as Preview, have you ever tried to copy text from a PDF document that has more than one column? It’s almost impossible. Instead of selecting only the text you want, your cursor selects all the text across the page, so you end up with a mix of words from every column. Mac OS X Snow Leopard applies sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms to fix the problem. It analyzes the layout of each page in the PDF to identify columns of text. So when you use the cursor to select text, you get only the words you want. That’s a real time-saver.

Faster, more powerful Safari.

Safari 4 is the latest version of the blazing-fast web browser. It renders web pages at high speed and delivers a range of new features, including full history search, smart address and search fields, an innovative way to display your top sites, industry-leading support for web standards, and more.

With Snow Leopard, Safari 4 delivers up to 50 percent faster JavaScript performance thanks to its 64-bit support.6 In addition, Safari is even more resistant to crashes. It turns out that the number one cause of crashes in Mac OS X is browser plug-ins. So Apple engineers redesigned Safari to make plug-ins run separately. If a plug-in crashes on a web page, Safari will keep running.

More efficient file sharing.

The Bonjour technology in every Mac makes file and media sharing virtually effortless. Now Bonjour in Snow Leopard makes sharing more energy efficient. If you have a computer in your home or office that shares files — like media files for your Apple TV — you have to leave the computer on all the time, which isn’t very energy efficient. With Snow Leopard and a compatible AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule base station, however, your computer can go to sleep yet continue to share its files with other computers and devices, waking when you need it and sleeping when you don’t.

More reliable disk eject.

Snow Leopard improves the reliability of ejecting discs and external drives. Sometimes when an application or process is using the files on a drive, Mac OS X prevents you from ejecting it, but you don’t always know why. In Snow Leopard, you’ll get fewer of those errors and when you do get them, you’ll see exactly which application is using the drive, so you can quit it and eject the drive properly.


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OU AUTRES, DE LA PERTE D'EXPLOITATION, DE
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DEVOIR, Y COMPRIS D'AGIR DE BONNE FOI OU
D'EXERCER UN SOIN RAISONNABLE, DE LA
NÉGLIGENCE ET DE TOUTE AUTRE PERTE PÉCUNIAIRE
OU AUTRE PERTE DE QUELQUE NATURE QUE CE SOIT)
SE RAPPORTANT DE QUELQUE MANIÈRE QUE CE SOIT
À L'UTILISATION DU LOGICIEL OU À L'INCAPACITÉ
DE S'EN SERVIR, À LA PRESTATION OU À
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SERVICES DE SOUTIEN TECHNIQUE OU À LA
FOURNITURE OU À L'OMISSION DE LA FOURNITURE
DE TOUS AUTRES SERVICES, RENSEIGNEMENTS,
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TERMES DE TOUTE DISPOSITION DE LA U PRÉSENTE
CONVENTION OU RELATIVEMENT À UNE TELLE
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'OBLIGATION INTÉGRALE DE MICROSOFT ET DE L'UN
OU L'AUTRE DE SES FOURNISSEURS AUX TERMES DE
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AVEZ RÉELLEMENT PAYÉ POUR LE LOGICIEL OU 5,00
$US. LES LIMITES, EXCLUSIONS ET DÉNIS QUI
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PAR LES LOIS APPLICABLES, MÊME SI TOUT
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Readme for the Preliminary Release of Microsoft® Windows® Code Name "Longhorn"

Readme
for the Preliminary Release of
Microsoft® Windows®
Code Name "Longhorn"

Distributed at the
Windows Hardware Engineering Conference
May 2004


How to Use These Notes

This documentation pertains to the preliminary release of Microsoft® Windows® Code Name "Longhorn" that is being distributed at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in May 2004.

This file contains links to important information about this release of "Longhorn," as well as information you should read before you install "Longhorn."

Important

    This limited technical release expires 180 days after it is installed.

The information in this Readme applies to the following products:

  • For x86-based systems
    Preliminary Release of Microsoft Windows Code Name "Longhorn"
  • For Itanium-based systems
    Preliminary Release of Microsoft Windows Code Name "Longhorn" for Itanium-based Systems
  • For 64-bit extended systems
    Preliminary Release of Microsoft Windows Code Name "Longhorn" for 64-Bit Extended Systems

For information that you should read before you install this product, see:

For detailed instructions about how to install this product, see:

For information that you should read after you install this product, see the following article on the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  • Article 839970, "Release notes for the preliminary release of Microsoft Windows Code Name "Longhorn"—distributed at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, May 2004"

© 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.




Read before you install this product

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File systems: offline files

If you have used your current operating system to store any information in the cache, be sure to write the information in the cache back to the server before you install Windows Code Name "Longhorn." The cache is not maintained during a "Longhorn" installation, even if you use the offline-files feature.


Important information about Setup

This information about Setup applies only to this release of Windows Code Name "Longhorn."

  • You should install "Longhorn" only on a clean partition or hard disk and only in a test environment. This version of "Longhorn" is not intended for use in a production environment.
  • You can start a "clean installation" of "Longhorn" from the installation medium while you are running Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, or a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 family operating system. If you want to perform a clean installation, be sure to format the target partition before you start the installation. If you have no operating system installed, or you are running an operating system other than Windows 2000, Windows XP, or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system, start the computer from the installation medium and perform a clean installation. If you want to use this method, and you have an existing operating system, you can format the partition during Setup.
    • We recommend that you start the computer from the Windows Code Name "Longhorn" installation medium, click Clean installation, format the target partition, and then install "Longhorn."

    Important

      When you format a partition, all data contained on the partition is deleted.

  • You cannot upgrade your computer to "Longhorn"; you can only perform a clean installation.
  • If you want to use the "Longhorn" Contacts feature, during the installation, you must install "Longhorn" on an NTFS file system partition or disk drive. Although you cannot choose a format other than NTFS during the installation, if you install "Longhorn" on a drive or partition that was previously formatted as a FAT file system, you must reformat the drive to NTFS if you want to use Contacts.
  • You cannot install "Longhorn" while you are running MS-DOS.
  • Setup installs "Longhorn" in the Windows directory only. You are not given the option to specify the directory name where "Longhorn" is installed.
  • You can install "Longhorn" onto a partition or drive that meets the following criteria:
  • By default, the installation partition is assigned the drive letter C: when the "Longhorn" installation starts. If you want to specify a different drive letter, you can use an unattended installation with the following parameter (where X: is the drive you want to specify):
    • assign =X:
  • The user interface for "Longhorn" Setup does not currently support joining a domain. If you want to join a domain, you can do one of the following:
    • Install "Longhorn" using Unattend.xml. (You can find Unattend.xml in the /docs folder of your "Longhorn" installation medium.)
    • -or-

    • Join the domain just as you would join a domain for Windows XP after Setup has completed. To do this, open Control Panel, click User Accounts, and then click Start the Network Identification Wizard.
  • To install "Longhorn" on the same hard disk as Windows XP, you must do the following:
    • Before you install "Longhorn," install Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later or Windows XP Home Edition with SP1 or later.
    • Install "Longhorn" on a partition that is separate from the partition on which Windows XP is installed.
    • If you want to run "Longhorn" as part of a dual-boot system, you can do so only on a computer that is running either Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition.

Installing "Longhorn" if Microsoft does not currently provide a driver for your hard-disk controller

This note applies if Microsoft does not currently provide a driver for your hard-disk controller, and you must therefore use a driver supplied by the storage device manufacturer. Before you install "Longhorn," you must use Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) to install the driver that the manufacturer has supplied.

This is explained in the following procedure.

To install "Longhorn" if Microsoft does not currently provide a driver for your hard-disk controller

  1. When you are prompted to install a non-Microsoft SCSI driver or redundant array of independent disks (RAID) driver, press F6.
  2. Insert the floppy disk provided by the storage device manufacturer.
  3. Setup then starts Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).
  4. After Windows PE starts, if you installed one of the drivers described in Step 1, press F6 again when you are prompted to do so.
  5. Setup searches for and installs drivers from the device-driver floppy disk.
  6. After Step 5 is completed, Setup will finish installing "Longhorn."

Automatic Updates

The Automatic Updates feature, which helps keep your computer current with critical updates, is not included in this version of Windows Code Name "Longhorn." To help keep your computer secure, you can obtain the latest updates for this version of Windows from the Microsoft Download Center.

Windows File Protection

Windows File Protection has been disabled for this preliminary release of "Longhorn." The SfcGetNextProtectedFile and SfcIsFileProtected application programming interfaces (APIs) are also not supported in this preliminary release. As a result, Windows File Protection cannot help protect the critical Windows system files.

For additional information about Windows File Protection, see article 22193, "Description of the Windows File Protection Feature," on the Microsoft Knowledge Base.



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This document supports a preliminary release of a software program that bears the project code name, "Longhorn."

Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice and is provided for informational purposes only. The entire risk of the use or results from the use of this document remains with the user, and Microsoft Corporation makes no warranties, either express or implied. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation.

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This product contains graphics filter software; this software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Getting Started for the Preliminary Release of Microsoft® Windows® Code Name "Longhorn"

Getting Started
for the Preliminary Release of
Microsoft® Windows®
Code Name "Longhorn"

This document provides general information and step-by-step instructions for setting up Microsoft® Windows® Code Name "Longhorn."

Note

  • The following installation instructions are for a preliminary release of a product that is still in development. Any or all of the following information might change.

Information you must provide during the setup process

During the setup process, you will be asked for the information listed in this section. Be sure to have this information ready so that you can provide it when you are prompted to do so.
  • Windows Code Name "Longhorn" installation medium.
  • Product key (25 characters).
  • Pen or pencil. You might need to write down settings and other important information.
  • Internet information. If you plan to connect to the Internet, you might need the name of your Internet service provider (ISP) and other information provided by your ISP. You can configure your settings during the setup process, or you can postpone this until after Setup is complete.
  • Network information. If your computer is currently connected to a network, obtain the following information before you run Setup:
    • Name of your computer.
    • Name of the workgroup or domain.
    • If your computer is a member of a domain, your domain user name and password.
    • IP address (if your network does not have a DHCP server).

Upgrading to Windows Code Name "Longhorn"

The option to upgrade is not available in this pre-release version of "Longhorn."

Performing a clean installation of Windows Code Name "Longhorn"

You can use the clean installation option to install "Longhorn" on a new hard disk or computer. You can replace an existing Windows installation, removing all of its files and settings. You must reinstall your programs when Setup is done.

You can also use this option to install "Longhorn" on a different drive or partition if you want to have more than one operating system on the same computer. This is called a dual-boot or multi-boot configuration.

Note

  • Before installing "Longhorn," you should remove virus-protection software. In addition, you might want to run the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool to test your computer's random access memory (RAM). To use the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool, follow the instructions at the Microsoft Web site.

To perform a clean installation

  1. With Windows running, insert the Windows Code Name "Longhorn" installation medium into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
  2. Restart your computer.
  3. When the message "Press any key to boot from CD" appears, press a key. Setup begins.
  4. On the What do you want to do? page, click Install Longhorn.
  5. On the Welcome to Windows Setup page, click Next.
    • (From this point on, these instructions assume that you will click Next each time it appears.)
  6. On the Type your product key page, type the 25-character product key.
  7. On the Review the Microsoft Windows License Agreement page, read the agreement, and if you accept the terms, click Yes, I accept the terms of this agreement.
  8. On the Which type of setup do you want? page, click Clean installation.
  9. On the Setup will use these settings page, change settings as appropriate.
  10. To reconfigure partitions, click Installation location, and then follow the instructions on the screen. To return to the Setup will use these settings page after making changes, click Continue.
  11. Continue to follow the instructions on your screen.

Important

  • Be sure to reinstall your virus-protection software after Setup is finished.