The document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Hortonworks Hadoop 1.3 on a single node Windows cluster using Hyper-V. It includes downloading required files, installing pre-requisites like Python, .NET Framework, JDK, and configuring environment variables. The steps also cover starting Hadoop services, running smoke tests and accessing the Hadoop user interfaces. Common issues addressed are configuring the hosts file, opening ports, and manually starting services that do not auto-start.