Dell Inspiron 5000 - Manual (Page 11)

Operating System Setup 2-5
2. Turn on your computer.
The Software Licenses screen appears. It is important that you read and under-
stand the license agreements. You must accept the agreements to proceed with
the setup of your system.
3. Press any key if you accept the Dell-installed software license agreements.
The Important Technical Support Information screen appears.
4. Press any key to continue.
Your system restarts and the Windows 2000 Professional Setup License
Agreement window appears.
5. Click I accept this agreement. Click Next.
The Personalize Your Software window appears.
Type your name and the name of your organization. You must type in a name, but
the organization field is optional.
6. Click Next.
The Computer Name and Administrator Password window appears. A sug-
gested name for your computer appears in the name box that you can change or
accept. Leaving the password field empty is acceptable if you prefer not to use a
password. Although the administrator password is optional, it is useful for pro-
tecting against unauthorized access to operating system settings. You may add a
password of up to 14 characters in length. You may add or change a password
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More information on administrator and user logins is available from the Windows
2000 Help feature.
7. Click Next.
The Date and Time Settings window appears.
8. Verify that the settings are correct for your time and time zone and click Next.
The Networking Settings window appears. You may choose whether to use typ-
ical or custom settings. See your network administrator if you need to add
custom settings at this point.
9. Click Next to accept the default typical settings.
The Workgroup or Computer Domain window appears. You may add a work-
group name, but it is not required. Check with your network administrator if you
need to add a computer domain.