Installing to a Local Hard Drive

To install Personal Communications iSeries™, begin by inserting the installation image into the drive. If AutoPlay is on, inserting the installation image automatically invokes the Launchpad welcome dialog.
Note:
If AutoPlay is off, do the following:
  1. Click Run... on the Windows® Start menu.
  2. Type 
    E:\launchpad
    in the Command Line box (where E: is the installation image drive).
From the Launchpad welcome dialog for Personal Communications, you can choose from the following options:
  • Install Product invokes the Windows Installer service and begins the installation process.
  • View Documentation allows you to view the books available in the Personal Communications library and the Personal Communications README file. For more information about viewing documentation, see Viewing Documentation on page Viewing Documentation.
  • Visit Our Web site contains a link that takes you directly to the Personal Communications Web site.

To begin the installation of Personal Communications select Install Product from the Launchpad welcome dialog, then select the appropriate Launch Setup for Personal Communications link based on the language pack you wanted to install.

After the installer determines the system configuration, the installation process begins.
  1. The Windows Installer welcome dialog for Personal Communications opens. Click ReadMe to open a window with the README text or click Next to continue.
  2. The License Agreement dialog opens. Click the button to accept the terms of agreement. You can print the license agreement by clicking Print. If you decline the license agreement, the installation process terminates. Click Next to continue.
  3. The Customer Information dialog opens. Type in your user name and organization information. Choose whether you want to install Personal Communications for use by all users that log on to the workstation or only for yourself. Click Next to continue.
  4. The Setup Type dialog opens. You are given an option to choose a Typical (default) or Custom installation.

The following sections describe Typical and Custom installation choices.