This page was written by Christopher Spry. This guide was started on 7 August 2000, after I had completed installing Microsoft's 'Windows 2000 Professional' on my Tecra 8100 notebook computer. (Note that Windows XP Professional will also run well on this notebook computer. Details of how to install it are on the CIS 'Windows XP' Forum). I hope that my experience will be of use to others. See also my 'Guide to install Microsoft's 'Windows 2000 Professional' on Toshiba Tecra 730 computers'.
Index
Hardware and background information
Dialup networking, TCP/IP and NetBEUI
Hardware and background information
My Tecra 8100 computer has a Pentium III 650-MHz processor, a 14.1" TFT/1024 x 768 Dual display, a RAM Slot Configuration 256MB (128 + 128) SDRAM, an 18.1-G hard drive, a DVD-ROM drive and a built-in K56Flex modem with V.90 support. There is an external/internal 3.5" floppy drive. I also have a 'NetDock Port II replicator' and 'Expansion Station'. I bought them from Micro Solutions Inc.
Details about hardware and software that will run in 'Windows 2000' are at Microsoft's Windows 2000 compatibility site. Hardware Update is a site produced by Microsoft and a number of major PC manufacturers which has information on which computers can run 'Windows 2000' and where to obtain the BIOS and driver updates to run it. Go to Microsoft's hardware compatibility page and enter the names of the components in your system (such as graphics cards, printers, sound cards, and network adapters). If all of them are compatible, your hardware is able to run Windows 2000. Also see Microsoft software compatibility page.
Before starting the installation of 'Windows 2000 Professional', it is best to become familiar with the available ways to control how the computer BIOS can be viewed and altered. You will have to do this quite often if you run 'Windows 2000 Professional' . You can view and alter the BIOS settings either by
(a) pressing 'Esc' repeatedly then 'F1' when prompted, when the machine first starts, or
(b) booting the computer with the DOS diskette and run the 'tsetup.exe' program. If you set a 'boot' password, I recommend that you make a 'password Service Disk' as described after setting the password.
(c) opening a DOS shell and type 'tsetup.exe'.
The following sites provide information that can help you run 'Windows 2000 Professional' on the Tecra 8100 computer:
(a) The Toshiba-USA web site, Toshiba-Canada web site and Toshiba-Australia web-site have downloadable copies of files and drivers for Toshiba computers. Note that these are independent sites. Drivers on one site may not be available on another. For this reason I have described below, how to get the current drivers.
(b) The 'Toshiba portable computer' forum and 'Toshiba Windows 2000' forum on CompuServe (enter a screen name and password) are also places to download files. These forums provides technical support for Toshiba notebook computers by helpful volunteer who can call on the help of TAIS, the professional Toshiba team in the States.
(c) John Saville's NT 'FAQ', which provides the answers to many general questions about 'Windows 2000 Professional'.
(d) I have other suggestions of where to get software and help installing and running 'Windows 2000 Professional'.
There is native support for the Tecra 8100 in 'Windows 2000'. Unfortunately, Toshiba are still updating the driver and other files needed to run Windows 2000 correctly on the Tecra 8100. However, the current set of drivers will work and the operating system is reasonably stable with them.
Download the current files and drivers (1 -11 below) to a location which you will be able to access after installing Windows 2000. Most of the current drivers are on the Toshiba Canada drivers web site. They are updated there are intervals, so it is worth checking back occasionally. The Toshiba US web site usually does not carry the latest drivers, which are on the Toshiba Canada web site. Toshiba USA claim that they take longer to 'test' them than Toshiba Canada. You can also select a Toshiba product, family and model to be taken to the relevant web site with current BIOS and drivers.
I thank Mark Lieberman, a 'Team Toshiba' volunteer for 'Windows 2000' at CompuServe, for providing me with this updated list.
1. BIOS v 2.30 of 20 September 2000
2. S3 Savage MX/IX Display Driver v 7.31.04 of 17 July 2000
3. Display Power Save Driver v 1.1.0 of 24 March 2000
3. Yamaha DS-XG Sound Driver v 5.12.01.2226-RC2 of 20 July 2000
4. Utility (Fn-esse/HWSetup) v 1.02.03 of 26 April 2000 (but see the problem I had with it).
5. ACPI modules v 1.00.04 of 24 March 2000
6. Power Extensions v 3.00.00 of 25 May 2000
7. Mobile Extensions v 1.07.00 of 12 July 2000. Note that although this is a driver for the Satellite 4100, it also works well on the Tecra 8100 and it is a later version than the Mobile Extensions driver posted for the Tecra 8100 at Toshiba Canada.
8. Internal V.90 modem driver v 5.77 of 22 July 2000 for 56k V.90 internal modems. Do not use the older Toshiba Internal V.90 Modem driver v 2.01 of 17 February 2000 at Toshiba Canada.
9. IR Drivers v 2.21 of 26 April 2000 (This driver can produce sound 'skipping', when MP3 and DVD files are played. If this happens on your system, 'disable' IR functions).
10. I have bought and use the Microsoft's 'Intellipoint' mouse with 'IntelliEye' and I use the driver version v 3.2, which is supported under Windows 2000 Professional. If you do not use this mouse, which is useful for portable computers, download the Logitech MouseWare mouse driver v 9.01.78 of 23 June 2000, which supports most other types of mouse.
11. FDC driver update v 1.0 of 26 April 2000
First check the BIOS version of your computer. Start the computer and press 'Esc' several times, then 'F1' when requested. The BIOS version is shown on the top right of the screen. If the computer has an earlier version, download and install BIOS v 2.30. To install the update, insert a formatted 1.44MB floppy diskette into the A: floppy drive and 'execute' the downloaded file that contains the BIOS update. This creates a bootable diskette. Details of what to do next are in the 'readme' file on the diskette. In brief, restart the computer with this diskette in drive A:. This will boot the diskette and run the BIOS update process automatically. Reboot again without the diskette in A:, to use the new BIOS.
Installation
of 'Windows 2000 Professional'
It is essential that 'Windows 2000 Professional' is installed to a 'clean' system hard disk which does not contain any other operating system. You must not 'update' your current operating system, even if it is 'Windows NT 4', the version that proceeded 'Windows 2000'.
Installation of 'Windows 2000 Professional' to a Tecra 8100 will erase all the files and data on the system hard disk. If you will be replacing an operating system that you have already used, you should make a complete backup of the computer and ensure that you have copies of the computer's current configured resources and user files, before starting the installation of the Windows 2000, if you want to use them in the new installation.
Ensure that the computer is 'undocked' e.g. not attached to the 'NetDock Port II'.
You may want to put an ethernet PC-card into the PC-card slot to enable you to connect later to the computer where you downloaded the drivers above.
Install 'Windows 2000 Professional' as a 'clean' installation: Put the first of the two 'Windows 2000 Professional' CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and press the button at the side of the computer to shutdown and then to restart the computer. Hold down the 'C' key as it starts, to force the computer to boot from the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM will begin to be read. This will start the installation of 'Windows 2000 Professional' as a new installation. Do not upgrade from any another operating system, or there may be a wide range of problems later on.
Important: In a few moments, when you see 'Press F6 for SCSI drivers', etc, quickly press 'F5' instead. Do not hesitate too long when you get the 'Press F6 ..' prompt, or it will continue automatically, so watch for this near the beginning of the installation. After pressing F5, you are offered a list of options. Use the up-arrow key to select the correct option, which is three from the top of the list and is called 'Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC'. If you select any of the other possible options, ACPI will not install properly and the notebook computer will not be able to be 'suspended' or 'hibernated'. Press return and it starts to load files. Three options are presented to 'Setup'. 'Repair' and 'Quit' installing 'Windows 2000 Professional'. Select 'Setup'. Press 'Page Down' to read, then accept the licence agreement by pressing 'F8'. If it finds a copy of 'Windows 2000 Professional' to repair, press 'Esc' to install a new copy. Select any partitions and delete them. Press 'C' to create a partition and use the maximal size offered. Press 'Enter' to install 'Windows 2000 Professional' on the unformatted partition. Select 'Format the partition using NTFS'. Formatting then starts and takes up to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the hard disk.
Files are then copied to the setup folder. It asks for Regional settings: I customized it for English (UK). This set the keyboard for UK too. I 'Personalized' the software and gave it a computer name. I set an Administrator's password. I set the date, time and timezone. It then set up the network settings. I connected the ethernet PC-card to the local network. The 'typical settings' had 'client for Microsoft networks', 'File and print sharing' and 'TCP/IP' with automatic addressing. I close 'Custom settings'. It had found the Intel ethernet PC-card, file, printer sharing, TCP/IP, and local network connections. I selected to install NetBEUI. (You will require this if you are using a local network with other Windows computers). I entered the IP address for the computer, which our network manager had given me, the two DNS servers but not a WINS server, as we do not have one on our network.
I selected 'No this computer is not on a network….' and put the 'group' name the to use in the Workgroup box. It then installed the network components. I waited while Setup 'installs the Start menu items, register components, saves settings and removes any temporary files used'. This took several minutes. Then it asked me to remove the CD from the drive and it restarted. It started the 'Welcome to the Network Identification Wizard'. I selected 'Users must use a username and password to log into the computer'. I logged on as Administrator. I disabled the 'Getting Started' screen and my desktop started. This was in a 640 x 480 pixels. I right clicked on the desktop and 'smoothed' the fonts. I right clicked on 'My Computer' and disabled content indexing for the whole computer, named the drive as 'PC4_C' and shared it on the network under that name. It took a few minutes to alter the attributes on the files so that they would not be indexed. Indexing slows the computer and I have not found it to be useful. I setup a user called myself so that I could login from other computers and copy over the files that I had saved elsewhere.
Online
Registration of 'Windows 2000 Professional'
I
ran 'Start | Run | regwiz /r'. I entered my data but not the hardware
information and was told the product identification number to use for support
calls.
Install the new 'Windows 2000 service pack 1' as soon as you have finished installing 'Windows 2000 Professional'. It provides, in one place, the bug fixes for Windows 2000 that have already been released individually since February 2000 and adds stability and installation improvements. Download the service pack or order the service pack on CD-ROM. Related links are: Microsoft's Knowledge Base article with a list of bug fixes, release notes, 'slipstream' functions, a review of it at 'Wininformant'. Before installing it, turn off any AntiVirus tools that may be running, as some, including Norton AntiVirus may give a false positive when you install SP1.
If you install 'Windows Service Pack 1' at a later stage and are running a personal firewall, such as ZoneAlarm or BlackIce, installing the Service Pack can take away your Internet and network access. The problem has been discussed and a fix is available, including one at ZoneLabs.
Installing the
Tecra 8100 system drivers
The
Tecra 8100 is compliant
with the 'Advanced Configuration and Power Interface' (ACPI)
and it will run power management function, including
'Standby' and 'Hibernate'. Unfortunately, the implementation of ACPI on the
Tecra 8100 is such that there is only one way to install the software so that
these functions can be used. This is the main reason for following these
guidelines, as they enabled both
'Standby' and 'Hibernate' on my Tecra 8100. I recommend that you install the
following drivers exactly as described below. See also Toshiba's recommendations
for installing these drivers on Tecra 8100 computers.
After installing 'Windows 2000 Professional', first install the video driver. I used WinZip to extract the video driver package T810B2DP.EXE to a temporary file. I used Device Manager (Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Device Manager node) to find the entry for the video controller (Other devices -> VGA-compatible video). I right-clicked on the device, selected 'Properties', then the 'Driver' tab and clicked the 'Update Driver' button. I directed the wizard to look in the temporary folder where the video driver was unpacked and specified the .INF file there. The driver was found and it installed and the computer restarted. An attached monitor
is able to show 1,280 x 1024 in 16 bit colour at 85 Hz using this driver. Note that the 'Default' screensaver can be set to 'blank' the screen after a defined time. To do this, right click on the desktop, select 'Properties' and 'Screen Saver' and 'Default screen saver'. There is no option for 'Blank Screen' as in 'Windows NT 4'.
1. Install the ACPI modules. When it has installed, reboot the
computer.
2. Install the Power Extensions. When it has installed, reboot the
computer. The 'Light Bulb' icon will be on the task bar once the Power Saver utility had been installed and the system has been rebooted.
Use this to alter power settings, later.
3. Install the Display Power Save Driver.
When it has installed, reboot the computer.
4. Install the Mobile Extensions. When it has installed, reboot the
computer.
5. Install the Yamaha DS-XG Sound Driver. When it has installed, reboot the
computer twice to install it properly.
6. Install the Modem driver
by executing 's221mdm2.exe', which will autorun. When it has installed, reboot the computer.
7. Install the
'Intellimouse' or 'MouseWare' mouse driver, see above.
8. Install the IR Drivers,
if you use the IR port.
9. Install the FDC driver update.
The Utility (Fn-esse/HWSetup) provides (a) a way to start programs using defined keystrokes and (b) a windows shell to set the parameters that are normally set using DOS 'tsetup.exe' program, when you first start the computer. I recommend that you do not install this Utility (Fn-esse/HWSetup). On my system it gave 'SCI' and 'HCI' errors when I used 'Control Panel'. I find it easier to set these functions when starting up the computer, by pressing 'Esc' then 'F1'.
As
a security measure, I then installed the 'Windows 2000 recovery
console', which enables an Administrator to gain access to a 'Windows
2000' system from a command session to replace damaged
files and to disable or enable services. When installed it adds an option to the
Windows 2000 start menu.
To install it, perform the following. Boot into 'Windows 2000 Professional'. Insert the installation 'Windows 2000 Professional' CD-ROM. From a command prompt move to the CD-ROM '\I386' directory and type:
C:\> winnt32 /cmdcons
A
dialog will be displayed asking for confirmation. Click 'Yes'.
Some of the most useful commands, if you need to use it, are:
These are most easily obtained by connecting to the Windows Update resource. The computer will be 'checked' and you will be advised about updates which will be installed by clicking on the selected items.
Internet Information Server v 5 (IIS5)
'IIS', which is also called the Personal Web server' is not installed by default. Put the 'Windows 2000 Professional' disk back into the CD drive, select 'Additional services' and install IIS5 from there, if you need it. Note that you can uninstall the 'Indexing services', which are installed by default, at the same time. The 'Indexing Services' are seldom needed and can use the processor at times when you need it for other things.
Dialup networking, TCP/IP and NetBEUI
I set up my dialup services and email accounts for the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that I use. If you find that these can not be installed from 'Start | settings | Network and Dialup Connections', then open 'Outlook 2000' and 'add' connection settings to an email account. They have the same function. Note that NetBEUI is not installed by default. If you need it, install it but as most dialup connections to Internet Service Providers do not use it, remove the NetBEUI options in the each dialup connection where it is not wanted, or it will generate an error message when you try to connect.
I started telnet services in the Computer Management MMC snap-in (Start - Programs - Administrative Tools - Computer Manager), expanded the 'Services and Applications' branch, selected the Services leaf and right clicked on 'Telnet' and selected 'Start'. I selected Properties for telnet and set the startup to 'automatic'. ftp services had started automatically
after installing 'Windows 2000 Professional' and they could be controlled in the same way as 'telnet'. The ftp root directory was 'c:\inetpub\ftproot' and this can be altered here.To open 'Fax Service Management', click 'Start', point to 'Programs', point to 'Accessories', point to 'Communications', click 'Fax', and then click 'Fax Service Management'. In the console tree, click 'Devices'. In the details pane, right-click the device you want to configure and select 'Properties'.
Enable send
Select this check box to send faxes. This
is checked by default.
Enable receive Select this check box to receive faxes.
Rings before answer Type the number of rings allowed before Fax answers a
call. Fax transmissions are
answered automatically.
I set it to receive a fax after 6 rings, to play a sound and to save them in 'C:\Documents and Settings\cspry\Documents\Faxes\Received Faxes'.
Unless you want to use InfraRed devices, I recommend that you disabled IrDA services for all hardware configurations. It uses resources that may be needed by other devices and occasionally it can conflict with programs playing '*wav' files, see above. To disable IrDA devices, right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties | Hardware | Device Manager | Infrared devices'. Right-click on 'Toshiba FIR port type-DO' and select 'Do not use this device in any hardware profiles'. The computer needs to restart to enable this change.'Windows 2000 Professional' does not include DVD video player software. The DVD video software that I use successfully on my Tecra 8100 under Windows 2000 Professional is 'PowerDVD' v 2.5 by CyberLink Com who are in Taiwan. It is available to purchase and download over internet from Netis Technology Inc. for $49.50.
The default 'Windows 2000 Professional' configuration for the DVD devices can produce problems playing MP3 files or DVD video CDs. For this reason I recommend that you alter the settings for the secondary IDE channel from 'PIO' to 'DMA'. I did this by right clicking on 'My Computer' and selecting 'Properties | Hardware | Device Manager | IDE ATA/ATAPI Device Controllers'. I clicked on the '+' and right-clicked on 'Secondary IDE channels | Advanced Settings | Transfer mode' and altered 'PIO only' to 'DMA if available'.
If
the display of DVD video images
is too dark, you will want to alter the video display's 'gamma value', which is
a measure of the relationship between numerical pixel value and the amount of
light displayed, from the default value of 1.0 to 1.5. Right click on the
desktop and select 'Properties | Settings | Advanced | S3 gamma' and change the
settings for the three colour channels from 1.0 to 1.5.
When
I put the computer onto the CardStation and started the operating system the
computer 'added new hardware' automatically and I rebooted. It now recognized
this resource. When I put the
computer on the Expansion Station, new hardware was found by the operating system. Unfortunately,
there were insufficient resources available for 'Windows 2000 Professional' to
use it, so I had to abandon the attempt to use it. 'Windows 2000 Professional' Resource
Kit Microsoft
has details
of the 'Windows 2000 Professional' Resource Kit. It has a number of programs to help in administering 'Windows 2000'. I
installed a range of software that I use, including: Microsoft's 'Office
2000 Premium' which provided 'Word 2000', 'Access 2000', 'Outlook 2000', 'FrontPage
2000', 'PowerPoint 2000' and 'Excel 2000'. I copied the 'Outlook' address book
file 'cspry.wab' and my '*.pst' email files to the relevant directory under
'Windows 2000'. You probably do not need the 'Office 2000 server
extensions' on CD # 3, unless several people need to administer the server.
If you do install it, it will install 'MSSQL server' which uses 11-MB memory
and runs with an icon in the system tray where it can be turned off and
on. I installed this from the third 'Office 2000' CD. I gave
a name for the database that will be used for the discussions and
subscriptions to this web and a password to secure this database and
the MSDE System Administrators account. I did not create Windows Groups for
the server. I set 'Administrators' to be administrators for this web. I
allowed everyone with a windows account to participate in web discussions
and register for web subscriptions. I said to setup mail server settings
later. The software said that the final stage could take a long time but it
only took a few minutes.
and runs with an icon in the system tray where it can be turned off and
on. I installed this from the third 'Office 2000' CD. I gave
a name for the database that will be used for the discussions and
subscriptions to this web and a password to secure this database and
the MSDE System Administrators account. I did not create Windows Groups for
the server. I set 'Administrators' to be administrators for this web. I
allowed everyone with a windows account to participate in web discussions
and register for web subscriptions. I said to setup mail server settings
later. The software said that the final stage could take a long time but it
only took a few minutes.
PhotoDraw, from the 'Office 2000' CD is a useful graphics package.
'Outlook Express' v 5.5 is not included in the upgrade to 'Internet Explorer' v 5.5 on 'Windows 2000' but it is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and Internet Tools. Outlook Express v 5.5 contains the same features that are available in Microsoft Outlook Express v 5.01 but also includes several fixes.
Norton Internet Security 2000 v 2 for 'Windows 2000' is being released in September 2000 in the UK. This provides a virus checker and personal firewall, both of which are essential for networked computers.
See also the detailed list of application software, which I have installed under 'Windows 2000 Professional' on my Tecra 8100.
If you have any corrections or additions to make to this document, please mail them to me, Christopher Spry. Please note that all standard exclusions and waivers apply to this guide and that all Trademarks and Copyrights are fully acknowledged.
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