Test instructions & HW/SW specifications Contents

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1 Test instructions & HW/SW specifications Contents Test instructions... 1 Hardware/software constrains... 2 Test platform hardware specifications:... 2 Virtualization software... 2 Operating systems included in comparison... 2 Introduction... 3 Windows 3.11 Installation guide... 4 Windows 95 Installation Guide... 6 Windows 7 Insallation Guide... 9 References... 10

2 Hardware/software constrains Test platform hardware specifications: Acer Aspire 2920Z - laptop Intel Pentium Dual Core T Ghz 2048 RAM Intel Graphics Media Accelelator X , x 800 Virtualization software WMware Server A free entry-level server virtualization software suite from VMware, Inc., All operating systems are installed on their own virtual machine for comparison Operating systems included in comparison MS-Dos 6.22 with Windows 3.11 for workgroups (Windows 3.11) Released in December bit architecture System rec , 1mb RAM, 6,5mb HDD Windows 95 Released in August /32 architecture System req.:80386 dx, 4mb RAM, 50mb HDD Windows 7 Released in July /64 bit architecture System req.: 1ghz, 1024 RAM, 20GB HDD

3 Introduction Dear Participant, Welcome to our usability research and thank you for participating. In this experiment, we re researching the evolution of usability in Windows OS-product family from the view of an average computer user. This research covers two common tasks, the installation of the operating system and setting up a local area network. We have selected three versions on Microsoft Windows from the period of 16 years; Windows 3.11 for workgroups, Windows 95 and the very latest Windows 7. During the installation procedure, please follow the given installation guides in order to properly accomplish the task. In case you have anything to ask, please feel free to consult the person responsible of the test session. Once again, thank you for participating, You re help is greatly appreciated. Research team

4 Windows 3.11 Installation guide 1. Go to the A: prompt by typing A: and hitting enter 2. Now type Setup 3. The "Welcome to Setup" screen will now appear. Hit enter to continue. 4. You will now be prompted for custom or express setup. Just hit enter for Express 5. Windows will start copying files to the hard drive, let this continue. 6. You will then be prompted for disk 2, insert disk 2 and hit enter to continue. 7. Windows will continue to copy files. 8. Then the screen looking for "Name" and "Company" will appear and the mouse will become active. Fill in your name and company, click on continue when finished. 9. You will then be asked to verify the information, click on continue 10. If using a boot disk to install you will get message about copying system files, click cancel to continue. 11. Now you will be prompted for Disk 3. Insert before clicking on "Continue" 12. Windows will continue to copy files Now you will be prompted for Disk 4. Insert before clicking on "Continue" 14. Windows will continue copying files to the hard drive, let this continue. 15. Now you will be prompted for Disk 5. Insert before clicking on "Continue" 16. Windows will continue copying files to the hard drive, let this continue. 17. Now you will be prompted for Disk 6. Insert before clicking on "Continue" 18. Windows will continue copying files to the hard drive, let this continue. 19. You will get the a warning about config.sys and autoexec.bat changes, click ok to continue. 20. And now you have an option to install your printer. Use no printer attached (you may install a printer from windows itself) and click "Install".

5 21. Windows install is finished. You may now watch the tutorial on using windows and a mouse or you can skip it. Select as needed 22. And that is it all finished. Return to dos and reboot the computer to access windows 3.1

6 Windows 95 Installation Guide 1. Start Setup: At the DOS prompt, enter the command "X:setup" where "X" is replaced by the drive letter of your CD-ROM. Setup will begin. 2. File System Scan: The first thing Windows will do is to invoke the SCANDISK program to check your hard disk for problems before it begins the installation. This should proceed without trouble on a system that has DOS installed on it, but on a new PC, SCANDISK will typically fail immediately because it will say that you do not have an extended memory manager installed. Don't worry about this--on a new system there's nothing on the disk anyway and no real reason to actually have the disk checked. Ignore the error and press {Esc} to continue. 3. Welcome Dialog: The graphical interface for Windows and a "Welcome" box will appear. Check your mouse and make sure that it is working; the setup will be much harder to do without it. Select the "Continue" button. Windows will prepare the "Windows 95 Setup Wizard". 4. License Agreement: The license agreement for Windows will be displayed. Read it, then select "Yes" to continue. 5. Setup Wizard Start: The Setup Wizard box will display, showing you the three phases of the installation. Click "Next". 6. Choose Install Directory: Setup will ask you which directory you want to use for Windows. I strongly recommend that you accept the default, "C:\WINDOWS", for the simple reason that this is the standard. Most Windows reference material is written with instructions that assume this as the location for the Windows files. After you tell Setup to proceed, it will perform some routine checks on your system. 7. Setup Options: You will now be given the choice of whether you want a "Typical", "Portable", "Compact" or "Custom" install. The first three items are pre-set "option packages" that you can use if you are in a hurry, but you won't really even know what you are getting and what you are leaving out. I recommend selecting "Custom", as this will let you choose what components you install and which you do not. 8. Certificate of Authenticity: Enter the product code from your certificate of authenticity to continue the installation. 9. Analyzing Your Computer: The Setup Program will now search your PC to determine what hardware is in it. It is generally best to just let it "do its thing". If you have a network card or a sound, midi or video capture card, check the appropriate boxes. Then press "Next" to continue. The search will take several minutes, and your hard disk will be very active, in fact, it will seem like the hard disk is going crazy. This is normal. :^) Be patient.

7 10. Select Components: Now you will select which components of Windows to install. Choose as you wish; you can select/deselect entire groups or only specific items within groups. I recommend (and always include myself) the following: Accessibility Options, Accessories, Communications, Multimedia, Disk Tools. Choose "Next". 11. Network Configuration: This will pop up even if you don't have a network card, because Windows will by default add a dial-up network adapter. I recommend you just accept the defaults for now and press "Next", as you'll have to adjust the network settings later on anyway. 12. Identification: This is for the network setup; enter your computer name, workgroup and computer description for networking purposes; bear in mind that you can change all of this later on. 13. Computer Settings: Double-check these settings and change any that are incorrect. Note that you can select different brands of the various components here, but only from whatever Windows has in its driver database. You can't install custom or updated drivers here; you'll do this later on. Select "Next". 14. Startup Disk: Setup will ask you if you want a startup disk. You can make one now if you wish; I usually don't bother until I am finished installing and setting up Windows. 15. Start Copying Files: Setup is now done pestering you for a while and will start actually copying the files to your hard disk. This will take a few minutes. 16. Finishing Setup: Select "Finish". Setup will reboot the system. 17. First Windows 95 Boot: The system will reboot and you will see the distinctive deep-blue screen that Windows shows when "Getting ready to run Windows 95 for the first time...". This may take some time. 18. Password: If you allowed Setup to install a network adapter you will be asked for a password. Just hit "Cancel" for now. 19. Setting Up Hardware: Windows will now set up your hardware, look for Plug and Play devices and set them up, and then configure other system settings. 20. Time Zone: Select your region's time zone and then select "Close". Note that the world map cannot be clicked on; it used to work (and was quite cool), but they took it out of OSR2 for political reasons (various countries quabbling over boundary lines as I understand it). 21. Add Printer Wizard: You can add your printer now, but I recommend that you just hit "Cancel" for now and do this later on. 22. Setup Finished: A dialog box appears saying that setup has finished. Click "OK". The system will reboot.

8 23. First "Real" Windows Boot: Windows will boot up. You may see a box saying "Finalizing settings for your computer". Note that the first time you boot Windows it will take longer than it will every time after that. When the boot is done you should see the

9 Windows 7 Insallation Guide 1. Boot the computer from your Windows 7 installation DVD. 2. When prompted, press any key to boot from the installation DVD. 3. Set up your language preferences and click on the Next button. 4. Click on the Install Now button to start the installation. 5. Check the I accept the license terms box and click on Next 6. Click on the Custom (advanced) option. 7. Select the hard drive or partition that you want to install Windows 7 on and click on the Drive Options (advanced) link. 8. Select a hard drive or partiton that you want to do a clean install of Windows 7 on, then click on the Format option to format the it and click on the Next button. 9. The installation of Windows 7 will now begin. 10. After the final restart, you will see this screen for a moment. 11. Type in any user name that you want for your default administrator account and any computer name, then click on the Next button. 12. Type in a password you want for your default administrator account. Type it in again to confirm it, then type in a hint for your password. Click on the Next button. 13. Type in your Windows 7 product key number. (See screenshot below step 14) 14. Uncheck the Automatically activate Windows when I'm online box unchecked, then click on the Next button. 15. Click on Use recommended settings 16. Select your time zone and set your time and date settings, then click on the Next button 17. Click on your computer's location to select it for the correct network location type settings to be applied for that location. 18. Windows 7 will now prepare your desktop to startup

10 References