Install Windows software
Software we will install on Windows virtual machine will show up on all Client PCs of the laboratory and can be used by all users. So we maintain one Windows installation for many workstations.
With installation file
We should not execute setup files from our personal network folder X:\ (My Documents) or directly from a usb stick, installation may fail this way.
Instead we create a temp folder on C:\, copy setup there and execute from C:\temp. After installation we delete setup file. Keep in mind also, that we have a storage limit on our personal folder X:\ (My Documents) so downloading a big file should be saved directly on C:\temp.
Installing specific applications like MSOffice while connected with our network personal user with administrator rights may fail. To solve this we connect as a local administrator .\Administrator or .\root and retry installation
Without installation file
In case there is no installation file and we only need to do a simple copy to install and we need also to create a link in the desktop of all users, we do the following :
Create a desktop shortcut for all users
If we have installed without an installation file or from an installation file but no shortcuts to the desktop were created we do the following:
We login as local administrator .\Administrator or .\root
We enter the folder where the program was installed and drag the executable to our desktop to create a shortcut.
From My Computer we enter C: folder.
We click on addrees and type manually C:\Users\Public\Desktop and press ENTER to see folder contents
We copy the shortcutwe have created previously from our Desktop to folder C:\Users\Public\Desktop.
Getting the application
Download from Internet
This installation is applicable while
remotely connected through VNC console from internet
connected from a client PC on local network
connected through VNC console from server PC.
This is the easiest way to install. We do the following. We download the installation file from the Internet and save to folder C:\\temp. Then proceed with the installation.
with a usb stick
This installation is applicable while
We do the following
We insert a usb stick on a client PC on local network
We connect to this PC with our network personal user with administrator rights.
On Windows file manager it will show up as a device folder usb_disk στον ltsp
On this Client PC that booted from network,
we should not be simultaneously connected to Linux OS as well, because it will lock the usb drive and we will not be able to see it on Windows. We disconnect from Linux
OS to be able to use the usb stick on Windows.
with a cdrom/dvd
For simplicity reasons we can copy installation files to a usb stick and follow usb installation instructions, avoiding installation from cd/dvd medium
This installation is applicable while
Installation from cdrom/dvd can be done with 2 ways
From a Client PC the same way as if we installed from a usb stick.
Through VNC console from server PC.
We insert the cdrom/dvd on Server PC
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On the left pane we select Datacenter and double click on hosta.
We select Windows virtual machine and click on Hardware tab.
We select CD/DVD drive and press Edit
We select Use physical CD/DVD Drive
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We can now access cdrom from file manager and install.
After we finish installation, we restore the CD/DVD drive from the virtual machine settings to option Do not use any media like it was before.
Send from ftp/sftp
This installation is applicable while we are remotely connected from then internet
If the installation file is for example on our personal
home PC, or even our
cellphone, we can send it
through FTP or SFTP, with an
FTP client software like
filezilla or even from our cellphone with a mobile application like
Cx File Explorer on android.
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We copy setup files on C:/temp and proceed with installation.