Windows: Install steps. 1. Create and configure a database 2. Desktop class 3. Oracle base D:\dev\utils\oracle Database Edition Enterprise Edition Character Set Unicode (AL32UTF8) Global database name ihorcl Administrative password System11 4. Remove the following stuff from PATH var: D:\dev\utils\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin; Logs: D:\dev\Utils\oracle\cfgtoollogs\dbca\ D:\dev\Utils\oracle\cfgtoollogs\dbca\ihorcl\ ToBackup: D:\dev\Utils\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\localhost_ihorcl\sysman\config\emkey.ora Non-Locked accounts: SYS, SYSTEM, DBSNMP, SYSMAN Useful Oracle Services OracleServiceIHORCL OracleOraDb11g_home1TNSListener Adjust defaults: sqlplus.exe system/System11@ihorcl SQL> alter system set processes=600 scope=spfile; SQL> alter system set sessions=600 scope=spfile; SQL> alter system set nls_length_semantics='CHAR' scope=both; SQL> exit Restarting Oracle: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/start.htm sqlplus.exe sys/System11@ihorcl as SYSDBA SQL> shutdown immediate Services Start Order: OracleServiceIHORCL OracleOraDb11g_home1TNSListener OracleDBConsoleihorcl