How To Install Windows 7 Part 2 (English Version)
Step 13 - You can now type the product key that came with Windows 7 and click next. If you do not enter the product key you can still proceed to the next stage. However Windows 7 will run in trial mode for 30 days. You must therefore activate Windows within 30 days otherwise you can not access your computer after 30 days.
Step 14 - Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically. Choose Use recommended settings.
Step 15 - Review your time and date settings. Select your time zone, correct the date and time and click next to continue.
Step 16 - Select your computer's
current location. If you are a home user then choose Home network
otherwise select the appropriate option.
Step 17 - Windows will now finalize the settings for your computer and restart.
Step 18 - After the final restart Windows 7 will start to boot up.
Step 20 - After you have logged
on to Windows 7 for the first time, you will see similar desktop to the
image below. At this point you can start using your computer. However it
may not be fully configured. You need to make sure that all the
hardware is detected correctly and the necessary device drivers are
installed. This can be done from the device manager.
Step 21 - To go to device manager click - Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Device Manager.
You will see all your hardware listed as shown on the image below. You
need to check if you have any yellow exclamation marks next to the
name of the devices, similar to "Multimedia Audio Controller" on the
image below. This indicates that the driver has not been installed for
this device.
At this stage you can install the driver for this device. To do so, Right Mouse click on Multimedia Audio Controller -> Update Driver Software...
Step 22 - You can choose to
"Search automatically for updated driver software" or "Browse my
computer for driver software". If you have the driver CD or if the
driver is on a USB drive then choose "browse my computer for driver
software". Window 7 will search and install the driver from the CD or
you can locate the driver manually.
Once you have removed all the yellow exclamation
marks from the device manager your Windows 7 configuration would be
fully complete.
Step 23 - Finally check if you have successfully activated Windows 7. Click Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> System.
You will get a window similar to the image below. Towards the bottom
you will see Windows is activated followed by your product ID. This
shows that your copy of Windows 7 is fully activated.
