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Completing the Setup Wizard

After running the text-based portion of the Setup program, complete the Setup

Wizard by performing the following steps:

1.    Click Customizeto change regional settings, if necessary. The settings are

described in the following table.

Setting Description

Current System Locale Affects how programs display dates, times, currency,

and numbers. Choose the locale that matches your location, for example, French (Canada).

Current Keyboard Layout Accommodates the special characters and symbols

used in different languages. Your keyboard layout determines which characters appear when you press keys on the keyboard.

2.    Type your name and organization.

3.    Type the product key.

4.    Type the Computer name and a password for the local Administrator

account. The local Administrator account resides in the SAM of the

Computer, not in Active Directory. If you will be installing in a domain, you

need either a pre-assigned Computer name for which a domain account has

been created, or the right to create a Computer account within the domain.

To increase security on your network, it is recommended that you reąuire complex passwords that are hard for anyone else to guess. For best

practices in password policies, see Module 9 .Configuring Microsoft

Windows XP Professional to Operate in Microsoft Networks, in Course

2272B, Impłementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional

5.    Select the datę, time, and time zonę settings.