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“Send in the Polak.”My father-in-law got used to this line, working for a big trucking company in the 60’s.A first-generation immigrant from Poland, he was shy and his English was unrecognizable. He arrived in Chicago and was working two days later.His family in America helped him find jobs initially. He couldn’t read or speak English, so he relied on other Polish business owners to hire him.A butcher.A mechanic.A candy shop.A trucking company.Often working two jobs at once, he went through ten different employers in six years. If a company offered him a nickel raise, he was gone.He found a beautiful Polish girl from his hometown and married young. After a long day working two jobs, he would brag about running his own business one day.Always happy to keep him on his toes, she would respond with, “Start by learning the language.”Building His BrandChicago winters are bitterly cold.Working as a mechanic for a large trucking company, he built a reputation as someone who wouldn’t turn down a job.If a steel mill called with a broken down truck on the lake front, he took the job without complaint. While his peers turned those jobs down, he built a reputation as someone who always answered the bell.“Send in the Polak.”He repeats that line fifty years later, with the same sense of pride he probably had as a young man.“They knew I would take any job. Freezing weather in the middle of the night, in a bad neighborhood in Gary, Indiana? I took the job and I did it right. If a job took someone else eight hours, I did it in four.”His self-confidence grew in this job and he decided he could do it on his own. With everything they had, he bought a used truck and a welding machine.Now, he had a side business.Starting UpHe worked during the day and made prospecting calls at night. The first problem was that most businesses didn’t answer phones after 5:00 in those days.The other problem? No one understood him if they did pick up.I cold called for three years right after college. I speak perfect English and still struggled with motivation when cold calling. I wanted to know, was he stressed out making those calls?“I was pouring sweat before I even picked up the phone. It was awful. They hung up on me. Some yelled. Others couldn’t understand me.”His English is still tough to decipher. He has to repeat the punch line to every joke at least twice and he only has 15 jokes that play on a repeating cycle. I love them all.I can only imagine what it was like making those calls as a young man. I asked him what his pitch was.“Do you have any work? I will do it better and cheaper.”Technically, that pitch has it all. Call to action. Benefits clearly articulated. Sounds compelling.Fortunately, he had a reputation as a guy who would do the tough jobs and do them quickly without complaint. His work was as efficient as his cold call pitch.He landed his first customer. He worked several odd jobs over two weeks and felt good enough to quit his main job. He went all in.The beautiful Polish bride of his played a major role in his success. With one baby at home and another on the way, she held down the house while he worked long hours, often on the road.Her English was solid so she wore many hats in the company, from accounting to interacting with lawyers. They made quite the team.SnowballThat customer ran out of work but made a few calls on his behalf, knowing his English was so bad that he might scare them away on his own.“Hey, I got this Polish kid who is really good. He’ll work hard and the price is right.”One referral led to another and pretty soon he was getting steady business.Some of those early customers took advantage of him. Some didn’t pay. Others paid him only a portion of what he was owed, knowing he needed them more than they needed him.It didn’t faze him. His days of cold calling were over.The pride he showed in taking care of customers was all the marketing he ever needed.The quality of his work led to more business. He hasn’t strayed from that strategy once in the last 50 years.He now runs one of the largest trucking service businesses in Chicago, employing 25 on the South side.Giving Without ExpectationOne story from just ten years ago describes his success perfectly.On the way to the city for dinner with my mother-in-law, a semi truck pulled over at the side of the road. The truck was owned by one of his biggest customers.He had some tools in his pickup truck so he pulled over to check. Dressed up for a nice dinner, he proceeded to slide under that truck and fix the brake line.It was snowing and freezing cold. The job took a while because everything was frozen. He finished up, shook the driver’s hand and headed to dinner, smelling like diesel fuel.This happened at a time when his business was firmly established. He was 60 years old and could have easily made a phone call to one of his mechanics to head over.Recently, I asked him some questions about that night.I wanted to know if his customer was appreciative that he pulled over to help.“They never found out.”Wait. What? You didn’t tell them?“Why would I brag about that? The truck driver didn’t know who the hell I was. He probably just thought I was being nice. That company has been good to me for many years. I owed them, not the other way around.”Think about that attitude for a minute.How many people help others without expecting something in return? How many businesses are completely selfless?In his view, telling the customer this story would defeat the point of doing something nice. It would look like he only did it to get more future business.“You know Ian, what goes around, comes around.”If you see a commercial touting some social cause, it is hard to see it as anything other than a profit-driven, calculated move by a big company.People “like” each other’s posts on social media just to get a return “like”.“Follow then Unfollow” is a strategy touted by the gurus.If a customer sends in a complimentary letter to a big company, some manager will inevitably ask if they can write it again, but this time on their website. They want that ROG - Return On Gratitude.When Winston Churchill was a young soldier, he wrote his mom from the front lines, complaining that no one had noticed when he’d dragged a wounded soldier to safety. “Given an audience there is no act too daring or too noble. Without the gallery things are different.”That’s not my father-in-law.He pulled over on the side of a busy highway in the freezing cold because that customer meant something to him.He remembers where he came from and how hard it was to build his business. He hasn’t forgotten what it was like to not have customers.He remembers all ten of those dead-end jobs. He remembers what it was like to cold call without speaking the language.He appreciates every customer.That, is how you become successful in business.Me and my guy “Chief” on a recent trip where I learned more about business than any MBA course could teach.

This is going to be a bullet FAQ on starting a business.  I've started about 20 businesses. Some major successes. Some major failures.I'm also invested in about 30 startups. I've seen some blow up. I've seen some return 10,000%. So take this for what it's worth but I wish someone had told me these things when I did my first startup or two. If you’re a lawyer, feel free to disagree with me, so you can charge someone your BS fees to give the same advice. If you can think of anything to add, please do so. I might be missing things. If you want to argue with me, feel free. I might be wrong on any of the items below.Every situation is different. But I find these rules are generally applicable in almost every situation. But every question here is a question I've been asked by a startup CEO. So I know these are relevant questions. The rules are: I’m going to give no explanations. Just listen to me.1) C Corp or S Corp or LLC?C-Corp if you ever want to take on investors or sell to another company. You can start LLC but you'll need to switch to C Corp if you raise investors. 2) What state should you incorporate in?Delaware.3) Should founders vest?Yes, over a period of four years. On any change of control the vesting speeds up.4) Should you go for venture capital money?First build a product, then get a customer, then get friends-and-family money (or money from revenues which is cheapest of all) and then think about raising money. But only then. Don’t be an amateur.5) Should you patent your idea?Get customers first. Patent later. Don’t talk to lawyers until the last possible moment.6) Should you require venture capitalists to sign NDAs?No. Nobody is going to steal your idea. VC's view NDAs as amateur hour.7) How much equity should you give a partner?Divide things up into these categories: manage the company; raise the money; had the idea; brings in the revenues; built the product (or performs the services). Divide up in equal portions.8) Should you have a technical co-founder if you are not technical?No. If you don’t already have a technical co-founder you can always outsource technology and not give up equity.9) Should you barter equity for services?No. You get what you pay for.10) How do you market your app?Friends and then word of mouth. And then blog on multiple platforms. And then add new features. 11) Should you build a product?Maybe. But first see if, manually, your product works. Then think about providing it as a service. Then productize the commonly used services. Too many people do this in reverse and then fail.Oracle is a great example of a company that did this. They had a "database" but really they had an army of consultants that would go in and "install" the database. After about five years of this they finally had a database. 12) How much dilution is too much dilution?If someone wants to give you money, then take it. The old saying, 100 percent of nothing is worth less than 1 percent of something.13) Do you listen to venture capitalist?Yes, of course. They gave you money. But then don’t do anything they ask you to do.14) What if nobody seems to be buying your product?Then change to a service and do whatever anyone is willing to pay for using the skills you developed while making your product.“You’re gonna rattle the stars, you are.”15) If a client wants you to hire their friend or they won’t give you the business (e.g. like a bribe) what should you do?Always do the ethical thing: Hire the friend and get the client’s business.16) What do you do when a customer rejects you in a B2B business?Stay in touch once a month. Never be angry.17) In a B2C business?Release fast. Add new features every week. Very important. Constantly unwrap a suprise. 18) How do you get new clients?The best new clients are old clients. Always offer new services. Think every day of new services to offer old clients.19) What’s the best thing to do for a new client?Over-deliver for the first 100 days. Then you will never lose them.20) What if your client asks you to do something not in your business plan?Do it, or find someone who can do it, even if it’s a competitor.21) Should I ever focus on SEO?No.22) Should I do social media marketing?No.23) Should I ever talk badly about a partner of an employee even though they are awful?Never gossip. Always be straight with the culprit. NONE of your employees should ever say bad things about the client. I just saw this rule violated in a $100 million revenues company. Now they are losing the client and can't figure out why. 24) I have lots of ideas. How do I pick the right one?Do as many ideas as possible. The right idea will pick you.25) What is the sign of an amateur?— Asking for an NDA.— Trying to raise VC money before product or customers.— Having fights with partners in the first year. Fire them or split before anything gets out of control.— Worrying about dilution.— Trying to get Mark Cuban to invest because “this would be great for the Dallas Mavericks.”— Asking people you barely know to introduce you to Mark Cuban.— Asking people for five minutes of their time. It’s never five minutes, so you are establishing yourself as a liar.— Having a PowerPoint that doesn’t show me arbitrage. I need to know that there is a small chance there is a 100x return on money.— Catch 22: showing people there’s a small chance there’s 100x return on their money. The secret of salesmanship is getting through the Catch 22.— Rejecting a cash offer for your company when you have almost no revenues. Hello Friendster and Foursquare.26) What is the sign of a professional?— Going from bullshit product to services to product to SaaS product. (Corollary: the reverse is amateur hour).— Cutting costs every day.— Selling every day, every minute.— When you have a billion in revenues, staying focused. When you have zero revenues, staying unfocused and coming up with new ideas every day.— Saying “no” to people who are obvious losers.— Saying “yes” to any meeting at all with someone who is an obvious winner.— Knowing how to distinguish between winners and losers (subject of an entire other post but in your gut you know — trust me).27) When should I hire people full time?When you have revenues28) How long does it take to raise money?In a GREAT business, six months. In a mediocre business, infinity.29) Should I get an office?No, not unless you have revenues.30) Should I do market research?Yes, find one customer who DEFINITELY, without a doubt, will buy a service from you. Note that I don’t say buy your product, because your initial product is always not what the customer wanted.31) Should I pay taxes?No. You should always reinvest your money and operate at a loss.32) Should I pay dividends?See above.33) What should the CEO salary be?No more than 2x your lowest employee if you are not profitable. This even assumes you are funded. If you are not funded your salary should be zero until your revenues can pay your salary last. Important RULE: the CEO salary is the last expense paid in every business.34) When should I fire employees?When you have fewer than six months’ burn in the bank and you aren’t getting revenues growing fast enough.35) When should you have sex with an employee?When you love her/him and the feeling is mutual.36) What other reasons should one fire an employee?— When they gossip.— When they don’t over-deliver constantly.— When they ask for a raise because they think they are making below industry standard.— When they talk badly about a client.— When they have an attitude.37) When should you give a raise?Rarely.38) How big should the employee option pool be?15 to 20 percent.39) How much do advisers get?One-fourth of 1 percent. Advisers are useless. Don’t even have an advisory board.40) How much do board members get?Nothing. They should all be investors. If they aren’t an investor, then one-half of 1 percent.41) What if one client is almost all of my revenues?Treat them very nicely. Don’t forget the Christmas gift basket.People say: don't have one customer be more than X% of your revenues. That's great in a textbook but it doesn't work that way in reality. 42) What’s the best way to sell anything?Show arbitrage: If they pay X now they are buying something worth X * Y. That is the ONLY way to sell.43) What is the best way to sell anything?Part II: fear and agitation. Get them afraid (the world is falling apart). Get them agitated (this is the only way to stop it).44) What’s the best way to talk about your competition in a meeting?Use “choice ambiguity” (Google it). Say, “all of my competition is great. I wouldn’t even know how to choose among them.”45) What’s the best way to value a company?Ask yourself (no BS): How much would it cost to recreate the technology, services, brand and customers you have already built. Then quadruple it and see what people would pay.46) Should I ever worry about the news or the economy?Absolutely not. The best businesses are started in horrible economies.47) What happened to all of my friends?You don’t have anymore friends.48) How do I charge more for my services?Itemize as finely as possible and charge for each item.49) Do I charge per hour or per project or per month?First per project, then per-month maintenance.50) How do I prepare for a meeting?Know everything about the clients: competition, employees, industry. Over-read everything.Read everything.51) What is the only effective email marketing?Highly targeted email marketing written by professional copywriters, and the email list is made up of people who have bought similar services in the past six months.51a) Corollary: If you have zero skills as a copywriter then everything you write will be boring.52) Should I give stuff for free?Maybe. But don’t expect free customers to turn into paying customers. Your free customers actually hate you and want everything from you for nothing, so you better have a different business model.53) Should I have schwag?No.54) Should I go to SXSW?No.55) Should I go to industry parties and meetups?No.56) Should I blog?Yes. You must. Blog about everything going wrong in your industry. Blog personal stories that you think will scare away customers. They won’t. Customers will be attracted to honesty.57) Should I care about margins?No. Care about revenues.58) Should I spin-off this unrelated idea into a separate business?No. Make one business great. Throw everything in it. Do DBAs to identify different ideas.59) Should I hire people because I can travel on a seven-hour plane ride with them?Don’t be an idiot. If anything, hire people the opposite of you. Or else who will you delegate to?60) When should I say “no” to a client?When they approach you.61) When should I say “yes” to a client?Every other conversation you ever have with them after that initial “no.”62) Should I have sex with an employee?Stop asking that.63) Should I negotiate the best terms with a VC?No. Pick the VC you like. Times are going to get tough at some point, and you need to be able to have a heart-to-heart with them.64) Should I even start a business?No. Make money. Build shit. Then start a business.65) Should I give employees bonuses for a job well done?No. Give them gifts but not bonuses.66) What should I do at Christmas?Send everyone you know a gift basket.67) If my customer just got divorced, what should I say to him?“I can introduce you to lots of women/men.”68) When should I give up on my idea?When you can’t generate revenues, customers, interest, for two months.69) Why didn’t the VC or customer call back after we met yesterday and it was great?They hate you.70) Why didn’t the above call back after we met yesterday and it was great?“Yesterday” was like a split second ago for them and a lifetime for you. There’s the law of entrepreneurial relativity. Figure out what that means and live by it.71) Should I hire a professional CEO?No. Never.72) Should I hire a head of sales?No. The founder is the head of sales until at least 10 million in sales.73) My client called at 3 a.m. Should I tell him to respect boundaries?No. You no longer have any boundaries.74) I made a mistake. Should I tell the client?Yes. Tell him everything that happened. You’re his partner. Not the guy that hides things and then lies about them.75) My investors want me to focus.Should I listen to them? No. Diversify in every way you can.76) I personally need money. Should I borrow from the business?Only if the business can survive for another six months no matter what.77) I just bought two companies. Should I put them under the same roof and start consolidating?No. Not for at least two years.78) Should I quit my job?No. Only if you have salary that can pay you for six months at your startup. Aim to quit your job but don’t quit your job.79) What do I do when I have doubts?Ask your customers if your doubts are trustworthy.80) I have too much competition. What should I do?Competition is good. It shows you have a decent business model. Now simply outperform them.81) My wife/husband thinks I spend too much time on my startup?Divorce them or close your business.82) I’m starting my business, but I have relationship problems. What should I do?Get rid of your relationship.83) Should I expand geographically as quickly as possible?No. Get all the business you can in your local area. Travel is too expensive time-wise.84) How do I keep clients from yelling at me?Document every meeting line-by-line, and send your document to the client right after the meeting.85) I undercharged. What should I do about it?Nothing. Charge the next client more.86) I have an idea for an app but don’t know how to execute. What should I do?Draw every screen and function. Then outsource someone to make the drawings look like they come from a real app. Then outsource the development of the app. Get a specific schedule. Micromanage the schedule.87) I want to buy a franchise in X. Is that a good idea?Only buy a franchise if it’s underperforming and you can see how to improve it. Don’t buy on future hopes; only buy on past mistakes.88) I want to buy a franchise in X. Is that a good idea?Rely on the three Ds: Death, Debt, Divorce. When someone dies, the heirs will sell a business cheap. When someone is in debt, they will sell a business cheap. When someone divorces, the couple usually has to sell a business cheap. IMPORTANT: even if the trends in the industry are in your favor, you CANNOT predict the future. But you can use the past to help you get a deal. Always get a deal.89) I have a lot of traffic but no revenues. What should I do?Sell your business. There’s only one Google. (Well, there are two or three Googles: Facebook, Twitter … )90) I have no traffic. How do I get traffic?Shut down your business.91) Should I hire a PR firm?No. Do guerilla marketing. Read “Newsjacking” and “Trust me I’m Lying.” PR firms screw up from beginning to end. The first time I hired a PR firm, instead of sending me my contract they accidentally sent me their contract for “Terry Bradshaw.” He was paying $12,000 a month. Was it worth it for him?92) My competition is doing better than me across every metric. What should I do?Don’t be afraid to instantly shut down your business and start over if you can’t sell it. Time is a horrible thing to waste.93) I’ve been in business now for six years, and my business doesn’t seem to be growing. It’s even slowing down. What should I do?Come up with 10 ideas a day about new services your business can offer. Try to get a customer for each new service. I know one business in this situation that refuses to do this because their VCs are telling them to focus more. You’re going to go out of business otherwise.94) Is it unethical to run my business from the side while still at my job?I don’t know. Did God tell you that in a dream?95) My customer called me at 5 p.m. on a Friday and said, “We have to talk.” And now I can’t talk to him until Monday. What does it mean?It means you’re fired.96) XYZ just sold for $100 million. Should I be valued at that? I’m better!No, you should shut up.97) Investors want to meet me and customers want to meet me. Who do I meet if I need money?You should know the answer to that by now.98) If an acquirer asks me why I want to sell, what should I say?That you feel it would be easier for you to grow in the context of a bigger company that has experienced the growing pains you are just starting to go through. That 1+1 = 45.99) I just started my business. What should I do?Sell it as fast as possible (applies in 99 percent of situations). Sell for cash.100) I can change the world with my technology.No you can’t.100a) Corollary: Don’t smoke crack.101) If you’re so smart why aren’t you a billionaire?Because I sold my businesses early, lost everything, started new businesses, sold them, and got lucky every now and then.101a) Corollary: These rules don’t always apply. But like Kurt Vonnegut said, “if you want to break the rules of grammar, first learn the rules of grammar.”RULE #infinity:You create your luck by being healthy and not regretting the past or being anxious about the future.

“Backups? What do you mean, ‘Backups’”?“Oh, yeah, I saw that thing asking me to update my computer. I just closed it.”Variants: “Oh, yeah, I saw that thing asking me to update my anti-virus. I just closed it. Did I do something bad?”“Oh, yeah, I saw that thing asking me to start the backup of my computer. I just closed it. Did I do something bad?”“Oh, yeah, I saw that thing telling me not to reboot my computer. I rebooted anyway. Did I do something bad?”“Oh, yeah, I saw that thing telling me not to turn off my computer. I did it anyway. Did I do something bad?”“Where is the ‘any’ key?”“You mean that email, offering a million dollars if I clicked the link? Of course I clicked it! Who doesn’t want a million dollars?”“You have no idea what you are doing!”Variants: “You’re an idiot”“How’d you become a computer tech? You’re so incompetent!”“My 7-year-old could do a better job than you!” (So why isn’t your seven year-old here now fixing your computer? Oh, right he’s behind a year in kindergarten doing ‘nap-time’ just now).— and then I fix the computer anyway.“Pay you? But you didn’t fix the computer the ‘right’ way!” (Usually said because the client is a cheapskate and chiseller, and doesn’t want to pay the bill).“But we’ve always done it that way!” (usually, obsoletely, inefficiently, or even incompetently).“The last tech did it differently” (So why isn’t HE here doing the work?)“Can I watch?” (No).“Have you tried … ?” (This can actually be helpful, once in every 20 times it’s said).“I know you spent an extra three hours, but can I just pay you for the first hour?” (Why? Are you a cheapskate?).“I prefer paying for MS Office than for that ‘free’ LibreOffice. If it’s free, it’s probably no good.” (Really? You want to pay for mediocre software?)“Ubuntu? What the hell crap software is that?” (Written ON THIS SITE by a die-hard Windows fanboy).“Linux is junk” (Yeah? Why does it run 70–80% of the Internet?)“signNow Flash is really beneficial to websites” (Said by a VERY new web-designer)“Windows is better than Linux/BSD/UNIX” (No comment).“WIndows is the best software in the world! It’s extremely secure and very unlikely to crash” (Again, no comment).“No-one uses Linux any more” (Again, Yeah? Why does it run 70–80% of the Internet?)“I know you’ve been working really hard to fix my computer; could you just please do …..” (Note to self: be prepared to do at least a dozen more tasks — for free).“Oh, thanks for your work in fixing my computer. But [long pause] … I don’t have any way to pay you. Can I pay you $5 every other month?” (She owed me $105; At that rate, she’d have paid me off in three-and-a-half years).“I have a ______ computer that’s ___ years out of date. Can you fix it with new parts?”(Said by an MCSE student): “Hey, when the 90-day version of Windows Server runs out, how do you reinstall it?” (What the HELL are you going to classes for? And what sort of crappy school is it that doesn’t teach its students how to install server software to future system administrators?)Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

If you know how to install Linux in VirtualBox then you can install Oracle Database easily.If you dont know how to install Linux go to below link and follow the tutorial - Deploying a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) on VirtualBoxNow you have Linux, to install Oracle Database download the software and follow tutorial - oracle-baseFor more tasks or recovery scenarios in RMAN, follow my blog I post as soon as I get time.DBA Code

I made it possible without learning coding!I always wanted to put my own game over Play-store and now I have one which crossed 4000+ Downloads in 30 days.I assume you want to make apps to make money through ads! or you want to be a great App Developer and want to work in top-notch companies?Coding is the skill which requires lot of time and effort. So for me, it was not affordable to invest that much time to have your own app over the play store!I personally believe, creating something is very hard, But selling something is way harder than creating! So I always kept learning about the sales/marketing field rather than creating! Because it plays very important role!It might be easy to create a similar application to WhatsApp, it won’t cost you much! But getting 1 Billion downloads to the App?So somehow I managed to find someone who can make an app with my concept for affordable price. He delivered something great.Although I am not generating much revenue from it and not working on that since I uploaded it. But, I have my own app on play store!

Never tried though. You need to download the Linux version of Oracle 11g and install it. Also Oracle provides installation guide for installation and configuration.

I think I can help!First of all, Oracle is a company, you can’t install it. (I assume you want to install Oracle Database 12c)Why don’t you use Google? A simple search would return you all the guides.If you are not using Google (for hell knows why) you should at least mention on what OS (and distribution) would you like to install it.I Google’d it for you, you just have to press the link: LMGTFYIf you are so lazy now, you will not get too far…Next time do a quick search before you ask a question. No one likes to waste their time on trivial things which can be searched in literally 1 seconds!

Either. But why don't you go with MapR instead?I have experience with Cloudera training & certification, (which was great, but I'm sure it cost my company quite a lot of money then, given it was classroom training and they had to get Cloudera trainers from abroad). The tag of being a Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop definitely certainly gave me confidence and some sense of satisfaction, but I guess what eventually mattered was I got a way to learn Hadoop well.However, not every company (or individual) can afford to pay for such training. Also there isn't much flexibility with time or resources for the learning process.MapR, one of the top ranked Hadoop distributions, offers free on-demand training (see Hadoop On-demand Training Courses). They have a wide variety of courses and the course material is detailed and I found them a bit more interesting (they have some new concepts on FileSystem side, ...) . I've completed a few and it was lot easier to manage my learning. I had the freedom of choosing my time and the topic I wanted to focus on. They have follow-up quizzes after each lesson and eventually one could register for certification.I think this would be a better way to go.p.s. I currently work for MapR. But these are my personal thoughts and based on experiences from before.

Fairly simple...Windows 7 Configuration StepsMake sure you have at least 3 GB of memory on your Windows PC, or that you can allocate 4 GB of memory to your virtual machine (the latter typically requires 8 GB of real memory to avoid extensive disk caching of memory).Install Oracle’s SJDK and run time for Java 6 or 7 on Windows 7 (I installed Java 7). Although either work with the database, you need the Java 6 SDK 32-bit version (at least SJDK 1.6.0_4) for Oracle SQL Developer. This means you need to download the 32-bit version even when you’re installing the 64-bit Oracle Database 11g version. The SQL Developer fix is found in this blog post.Disable Microsoft’s User Access Controls (UAC). I blogged about a set of Windows 7 gripes, and the second point shows you the screen shots that let you disable UAC on Windows 7.Configure your C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file. Use lines 1 through 3 when you’re using a DHCP IP address, and lines 1 through 4 when you’re using a static IP address. If you want to set a static IP address, check this old post on how to set a static IP address. Please note that the hostname needs to be lowercase.127.0.0.1      localhost ::1            localhost 127.0.0.1      db11172.26.126.131 db11Create a user account name that doesn’t have a white space, like admins in the screen shots, and assign it Administrator privileges.The Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) uses port ranges above 5,000, which according to Microsoft requires that you set MaxUserPort key in the Windows Registry. You can find more details at this Microsoft Support page. Personally, I haven’t found this necessary and after adding it to please somebody without setting it everything ran fine in Windows 7.Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ParametersValue NameMaxUserPortValue TypeDWORDValue Data65534Value Range5000-65534 (decimal)Value Default0x1388 (5000 decimal)DescriptionThis parameter controls the maximum port number that is used when a program requests any available user port from the system. Typically, ephemeral (short-lived) ports are allocated between the values of 1024 and 5000 inclusive. After the release of security bulletin MS08-037, the behavior of Windows Server 2003 was changed to more closely match that of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. For more information about Microsoft security bulletin MS08-037Oracle 11g Release 2 Installation StepsThe Oracle Database 11g Release 2 files are broken down into two zip files on the Oracle site. That means you need to download both files, and then expand them into an installation directory. I called my installation directoryC:\OracleInstall, but you can call it whatever works for you. Here’s a screen shot of the directory after expanding both compressed files (done with WinZip 15).You should notice that the two expanded compressed files put everything into a database directory (or folder). Within the installation folder (C:\OracleInstall\database), you double click on the oui icon to launch (start) the Oracle Universal Installer. It’ll open a command prompt that may dwell on the screen for a few seconds up to maybe fifteen seconds.It’s a good idea to provide an email address for security updates no matter what. You can uncheck the box if you don’t want updates via Oracle Support Services. Click the Next button to continue.Most developers want to Create and configure a database. If that’s your desire, leave the default radio button checked. Click the Next button to continue.Most developers install their test instance on a desktop or laptop. If that’s your desire, leave the default Desktop Class radio button checked. Click the Next button to continue.These are default settings and generally the easiest to use. I’d suggest you change the Character Set drop down to Unicode. Then, enter a password twice. Oracle requires that you use at least one capital letter and one number in a 6 character or more long password. Click the Next button to continue.The next screen is a progress bar that checks for prerequisites. You shouldn’t have to do anything here because it automatically advances you to the next dialog screen. This generally takes less than a minute to run but can take two or so. If you’re much beyond 3 minutes there may be a resource problem with your Windows PC or virtual machine.This shows you all the selected values for the installation. Unless you want to abort the installation, click the Finishbutton to proceed.This screen is the main progress bar, and you’ll be here somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes. The downside is that there are some dialogs that will popup during this phase and you need to authorize them, so it’s a bad time to take a break.The first popup screen requires you to authorize the Java runtime to call home. You should click the Allow Accessbutton to proceed.When the progress bar starts configuring the instance, failures can occur. The first may occur during the network configuration, which typically happens if you didn’t preconfigure the hosts file. You don’t need to do anything but watch here unless the installer triggers an error.The following progress bar is launched by the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant. It typically runs without a problem. You don’t need to do anything but watch here unless the installer triggers an error. This takes a few minutes, and unfortunately requires you to stick aroung to again authorize Java.The second popup screen requires you to authorize the Java runtime to call home. You should click the Allow Access button to proceed.The third and last popup screen asks you to whether you want to open other scheme. Generally, you should click the OK button to proceed.The next dialog shows you that the network and database instances are configured. It’s also running the OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager) installation. You can wait here but it won’t be a long wait.This is the last dialog and says you’ve installed Oracle Database 11g Release 2 successfully. You can the click Close button to complete the installation.