Lotus Domino Administrator 8.5 Help - Installing and upgrading Notes on Windows for multi-user

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.

For example, obtain the installation kit CD or open a browser and navigate to the Web site at which the installation kit resides.

3. Uninstall any Notes Beta installations.

Note

If you are installing or upgrading Notes on Windows Vista™, see the Windows Vista: Considerations for Notes install and upgrade topic in this guide before proceeding.

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.

Note

If a user has the environment variables USERPROFILE, HOMEDRIVE, or HOMEPATH set to a network share, you must use special command line parameters to ensure that all data directories are installed locally, thus eliminating issues with network shares. You can check for these environment variables by typing "SET" at a command prompt. If HOMEDRIVE is not set to C:, review this instruction carefully. For example, if HOMEDRIVE=H: (where "H" may be a mapped network drive).

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.

Note

Install to a directory that is readable but not writeable by all users.

11. Select the features and subfeatures to install and click Next. These options include the following:

Connections -- Select this to install the Connections feature. A Connections server is required to use this feature.
Sametime (integrated) -- Select this to install basic IBM® Lotus® Sametime® capabilities such as chat and live names. A Sametime server is required to use this feature.
IBM Lotus Symphony -- Select this to install IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ including Lotus Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Presentations, and Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets.
Composite Application Editor -- Select this to install the Composite Application Editor for use with composite applications.

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.

You can see application icons on the desktop or by clicking Start - All Programs - Lotus Applications. If you installed the IBM Lotus Symphony, you can see application icons on the desktop and by clicking Start - All Programs.

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.

Related topics

Notes pre-installation checklist

Considerations for installing and deploying Notes on Windows

Windows Vista considerations for Notes install, upgrade, and uninstall

Notes installation directories for Windows

Considerations for enabling GB18030 support on Windows XP

Setting up and customizing Notes installation