Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Lotus Domino Info

Lotus Notes R6.5 Setup on Terminal Server

Log on to the Terminal Server as Administrator
Click Start ->Run and browse the CD DRIVE (Z:) on most Servers. \Clients\W32Intel\Setup.exe
Edit the command line, so that it becomes: setup.exe /A (Administrative Setup)
Click OK then install it to D:\lotus\notes
Create a folder called R6ClientTemplate share this folder, the shared name can be the same as the folder
Once the setup process is completed click Finish
Run the client setup: click Start -> RUN -> D:\lotus\notes\Lotus Notes 6.5.msi
Change the destination folder to D:\notes\data
Continue the setup. Do not launch Notes after the setup has finished!
Move the notes.ini from C:\Windows / C:\WINNT to D:\lotus\notes
The file will look like:
[Notes]
KitType=
=
InstallType=

Create a new Lotus Notes shortcut in the folder: Documents and Settings\All Users.
The target should be:
Target = "D:\Lotus\Notes\program files\Lotus\notes\notes.exe"
Start In = D:\users\%username%
Then log in as a user and complete.
Make sure more than one user can be logged in at a time.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Has anyone use the packaging tool to build packages to fully automate the install of new clients. So the user does not have to enter any information ????