Installing Windows 2000 Professional

After Setup has finished, you can install optional components. In Windows 2000 Professional, components that were optional with Windows NT 4.0 or earlier and Windows 95 or Windows 98 are now automatically installed by Setup, such as Notepad, Paint, and some network-related components. To support the installation of these optional components, Windows 2000 Setup provides a mechanism that allows any number of these components to be installed on a stand-alone computer after setup has finished.

If you want to install additional components from within Windows 2000 Professional, you can use the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. After you click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon, a screen appears, giving a list of components. These include:

• Indexing Service

• Internet Information Services

• Management and Monitoring Tools

• Message Queuing Services

• Networking Services

• Other Network File and Print Services

• Script Debugger

Note

If you want to install or remove components after Setup has finished, you must have administrator privileges.

Figure 4.10 shows the optional components available for Windows 2000 Professional.

Figure 4.10 Windows 2000 Professional Optional Components

Some components contain subcomponents. These can be viewed by clicking the Details button, located on the Windows Components Wizard dialog box. Figure 4.11 shows the subcomponents of the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) component.

Figure 4.11 IIS Details

You can add or remove additional components by using the Add/Remove Programs facility, which can be accessed in Control Panel .

After choosing the optional components you want, you are asked to restart the computer to complete the configuration.