Windows stand-alone: Prepare the Windows OS
you want to install for information.
To prepare OS:
- Check that the system logon user ID you will use during installation has the following permissions and rights:
 
- The user ID must already exist prior to installation.
 
- The user ID must belong to the Administrators group.
 
- To determine if a user account is a member of the Administrators group:
 
- Click Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management.
 
- Expand Local Users and Groups and select Groups.
 
- Open the Administrators group to see what members belong to it.
 
- Add the user to the Administrators group if necessary.
 
- Consider the following recommendations when installing to avoid excessively long path names:
 If you exceed the 259 maximum character length, you may receive one of the following error messages during configuration or in the wpinstalllog.txt file:
- The input line is too long.
 
- The syntax of the command is incorrect.
 
- The filename is too long.
 
- Use a short installation path. For example, use C:/WebSphere instead of C:/Program Files/IBM/WebSphere.
 
- Specify node names; do not use names longer than 5 characters. For example, you might use node1 instead of longnodename01.
 
- Name WAR files with less than 21 characters. If necessary, modify the file name before installing.
 
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