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=
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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.