# Installing and configuring your Talend Studio

Information noteWarning: Although you can install some external plugins via the Eclipse menu item Help > Install External Software in Talend Studio, Talend provides no guarantee that they can work.

### In this section

* [Unzipping the archive](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/unzipping-archive)
* [Enabling the shared mode for Talend Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/enable-shared-mode-for-studio)
* [Specifying another JVM to launch Talend Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/specify-another-jvm-to-launch-studio)
* [Installing additional Talend packages](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/installing-additional-talend-packages)
* [Configuring repositories for publishing artifacts in Talend Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/configuring-artifact-repositories-in-talend-studio)
* [Rotating encryption keys in Talend Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/rotating-encryption-keys-in-talend-studio)
* [Configuring SVN polling in Talend Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/configuring-svn-polling-in-talend-studio)
* [Configuring a JDK path to build Jobs](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/configuring-jdk-path-to-build-jobs)
* [Disabling Internet access for the Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/disabling-internet-access-for-studio)
* [Optimizing Talend Studio performance](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-windows/7.3/optimizing-talend-studio-performance)