INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 OVER THE CAMPUS NETWORK

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003 ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Microsoft Office 2000 is available to all students at Georgetown College as a result of the College's participation in Microsoft's Campus Agreement Program.  The following instructions will download and install and fully functioning version of Office 2000 to your computer that will run independently without being connected to Georgetown's network.  This installation will thus work off-campus and under Campus Agreement the installation is legally yours to keep when you leave Georgetown.

This Office 2000 installation includes the latest versions of Microsoft Word (word processor), Excel (spreadsheet), Powerpoint (presentation software), and Access (database).  Office 2000 requires at least Windows 95 to run, and ITS recommends a minimum 166mhz Pentium computer with 32MB RAM.  This installation requires 518MB free disk space.

This installation takes approximately 1 hour to complete on a 166mhz Pentium with 32MB RAM.  You computer will reboot once during the installation, so exit all applications before running this installation routine.

1. Click the Start Button, choose Run, then type net use t: \\roscoe\ms2000 and click OK.
2. Click the Start Button, choose Run, then type t:\setup.exe
3. At the "Welcome" screen enter your name and initials (initials optional) and click Next.
4. At the "Ready to Install screen click the Customize button.
5. At the "Install Office 2000 at" screen click Next.
6. The "Removing Previous Versions Screen" will list any previous versions of Microsoft Office products you have installed.  ITS recommends replacing all previous versions by clicking Next.  Documents and other files created by these earlier version will not be deleted.
7. At the "Internet Explorer Upgrade" screen accept the default value "Standard" and click Next.
8. At the "Selecting Features" screen, click the Microsoft Office disk icon at the top of the listing and then click "Run all from my computer."
9. Click Install Now.
10. After some time the Installer will want to restart your computer.  Let it by clicking Yes.

After your system reboots, log back on.  The Windows Update box will appear and the installation will continue.  This could take several minutes, depending on what Microsoft products  and versions were previously installed on your computer, particularly Internet Explorer.

When all installation routines have completed, 1-3 new icons will appear on your desktop:

1. Microsoft Outlook
2. Internet Explorer (if it was not previously installed)
3. Connect to the Internet (if Internet Explorer was not previously installed)

On your Programs menu icons for Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, and Microsoft Word will be added as well.

Configuring Internet Access with Internet Explorer

If the icon "Connect to the Internet" installed to your desktop, double click it.  Otherwise, stick a fork in yourself, you're done.

1. Check the button ". . . I want to connect through a local area network (LAN)" and click Next.

2. Check "I connect through a local area network (LAN)" (even though you just did that before) and click Next.

3. Check "Automatic discovery of proxy server" and click Next.

4. Check "No" for setting up an Internet email account and click Next.

5. Click Finish.

IE5 will launch and connect to a Microsoft site.  You can do whatever you like from here.

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