NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE


Installing and upgrading Notes on Windows for multi-user
IBM® Lotus® Notes®installation on Microsoft® Windows® supports single user install and multi-user install. Multi-user install does not support install or upgrade of the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Designer of IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator client.

The IBM® Lotus® Notes® is available as an install kit. Notes can be installed in graphical mode, silent mode, and by using Smart Upgrade.

See the "Considerations for installing and deploying Notes on Windows" topic in this guide before proceeding.

For additional and related information about Notes deployment on the Windows platform, see postings in the Lotus Notes Support site and the Lotus Notes and Domino wiki.

1. Shut down all applications.

2. Obtain the Notes installation kit.


3. Uninstall any Notes Beta installations.
4. Save the installation kit to a local folder, for example to your C:\temp folder.

5. Navigate to the folder in which you saved the installation kit.

6. Locate and run the SETUP.EXE installation executable.


7. Read the Welcome screen and click Next.

8. Read and accept the license agreement terms and click Next.

9. Enter your user name and organization, choose the "Multi-user Install" setting, and click Next.

10. Accept the default install directory or specify a different directory installation directory and click Next.


11. Select the features and subfeatures to install and click Next. These options include the following: 12. Accept Notes as the default mail, calendar, and contacts programs, read the preview screen, and click Install.

13. When installation is complete, read the summary screen and click Finish to exit the installation wizard and start Notes.


Running the Notes client on Windows as a user after administrative install

After you install the Notes client, users can log in and run Notes.

1. Log in as a non-administrative user.

2. Start Notes using the new desktop shortcut or click Start - Lotus Applications - Lotus Notes.

3. Respond to Notes setup prompts as they appear.

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