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Installing Lotus Notes on Your Computer
Lotus Notes release 7.0.X
You can install Lotus Notes on your PC just as you would install any other software.
You may download the installation file or order the CD from the following web site where you will be prompted for
your UWin id and your UWin password: http://www.uwindsor.ca/softwaredepot
Windows 2000 Professional(Service Pack 4), Windows XP Professional(Service Pack 1), Windows XP Tablet
PC Edition 2005, are the supported Operating Systems and a minimum 128 MB of RAM (256 is recommended)
with 275 MB of empty hard drive space & a Pentium II or more is recommended.
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Upgrading an older version: You do not need to remove the previous version of Notes prior to installing Version
7. The installation program will search your drives for the previous versions of Notes. If you have an older version
of Notes installed, it is recommended to install the new one in the same directory. All settings such as user preferences, icons on your workspace, Personal Address Book, etc. will be preserved.
****Important Note: Before installing the Lotus Notes software, please close all other applications your are
running on your PC. This will include any anti-virus software you may be running as it may view the installation as “malicious code”.
To Install from the Downoaded File:
Once you have downloaded the file from the softwaredepot, double-click on the file
to initiate set up. The
InstallShield Wizard (Fig. 1) will begin, showing with the path where the temporary files will be downloaded. Click on
Next > to continue.
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You will then see a dialogue box that shows you the files are being extracted. (Fig. 2 below) Skip now to page 3 to
follow the instructions and complete your installation.
Fig. 2 ►
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To install from the Lotus Notes CD
Insert the Lotus Notes 7 installation CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. If the Auto Run option is enabled
for you computer’s CD-ROM drive, an installation wizard will be launched automatically. Otherwise launch Windows
Explorer, browse the CD-ROM drive files and double click on the Client folder, then double click on the Win32Intel
folder. Then double click on the setup.exe file to invoke the Lotus Notes installation wizard. You will be greeted by
the Please Select: screen (see Fig. 3)
To install the Lotus Notes client click on the square box on the left to select the Install Lotus Notes 7.
Fig. 3 ►
* If you plan to build your own Notes databases, you should select Domino Designer as well, in order to install
additional client, components, and database samples. Please note that this option will require about 100 MB more
of available disk space.
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You will see a dialogue box “Preparing to Install…” (Fig. 4)
◄ Fig. 4
The Lotus Notes Installation screen will then
appear (see Fig. 5), read the message and
click Next > to continue. The Setup program
will copy temporary installation files onto your
hard drive.
Fig. 5 ►
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A dialogue box will appear next , prompting you to
read the License Agreement (See Fig. 6). You can
press the Page down key or use the scroll bar to
see the rest of the agreement. To install Notes
you must accept this agreement. If you choose
No Setup will exit. Click Next > to continue.
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On the next screen (see Fig. 7) type your user name and your company’s name. Make sure that Only for me
(Single User Install) is selected then click on Next > to go to the next screen.
◄ Fig. 7
You will now be prompted to choose the location for the Lotus Notes files (see Fig. 8 on the next page).
Upgrading older version: The installation program will search your drives for previous versions of Notes. If you
have an older version of Notes installed, you have to install the new version in the same directory, in order to preserve your settings.
First Time Installation: If you don’t change the default settings and this is the first time installation ( you’re not
upgrading a previous installation), Setup will install Notes on your C: drive in the following folders:
Program Files C:\Program Files\lotus\notes
Data Files
C:\Program Files\lotus\notes\data
Sometimes you may need to install Notes on a different drive (for example you may not have enough free space on
the C: drive). You can click Change to select the drive on which Notes will be installed (default is C: drive). If necessary, it is OK to put the Lotus\Notes folder on the one drive and Lotus\Notes\Data folder on another drive.
Click Next > to move to the next step.
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Fig. 8 ▼
The next screen will be the Custom Setup screen (Fig. 9); however, please be cautioned to accept only the defaults
on this page by clicking on the Next > button to move to the next screen. * If you had selected Domino Designer to
be installed as well, you would see both Notes Client and Domino Designer options on the Custom Setup screen.
◄Fig. 9
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You have finally reached the Ready To Install Program box. (Fig. 10) Click on Install to begin the installation of
program.
◄ Fig. 10
While the Setup program
copies all the required
files from the CD-ROM to
your hard drive, an indicator box will remain on
your screen informing
you of the installation
progress. (Fig. 11)
Fig. 11 ►
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Once all the required files are copied successfully to your hard drive, a dialogue box will come up telling you that
The Install Wizard has successfully installed Lotus Notes 7.(Fig. 12) You will then click on Finish to complete the
installation process.
Fig. 12 ►
If this is a first time installation, you will need to initialize your Notes Workstation before you will be able to use the
software on a regular basis. Please see the handout, Initializing Lotus Notes for more information.
If you were upgrading a previously configured installation, no additional setup is required. When you start Lotus
Notes 7 for the first time, your workspace pages will be migrated to Version 7 Bookmarks and the design of you
Personal Address Book will be upgraded using the Notes 7 template.
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Module 1— last modified January 2006
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