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Windows 7 : Installing and Upgrading Programs - Common Installation Prompts (part 2) - Type of Installation

8/23/2013 5:01:57 PM
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7. Type of Installation

Sometimes you'll be given some choices as to how and where you want to install the program. Figure 5 shows an example from Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007. Unless your computer is low on disk space, it's generally a good idea to install the program with all features. Otherwise, months later you may go to use some advanced feature of the program only to get an error message saying it's not installed. A nice compromise in Microsoft Office Setup is to choose the Installed on First Use option for a feature, which causes Setup to run when you try to use a feature that is not yet installed. Then, you just pop in the CD or DVD, let Setup install the feature, and continue working.

Figure 4. Sample End User License Agreement.

As to the "where" to install the program, there is rarely any reason to change the suggested location. That will typically be some folder in C:\Program Files. Don't change that unless you really have some good reason for doing it. Whatever you do, don't make the common newbie mistake of installing it in your Documents folder or someplace like that. You're not installing a document. You're installing a program. And it's best to keep all your programs in subfolders under C:\Program Files.

8. Installation summary

The installation procedure might give you a summary of the options you chose along the way. Typically you'll have a Back button or some other means to back up and make changes if needed.

9. Setup completed

The last page of the installation options might offer a couple of final options, like in the example shown in Figure 6. Whether or not you choose these options is relatively unimportant. You can check the Web for updates and additional downloads at any time, whether through the program itself or by visiting the software company's Web site (or the Microsoft Update site).

Some applications give you the option of keeping installation files on the computer rather than deleting them. Keeping the installation files can make it easier to change program settings or install missing components in the future. They usually don't take up any significant amount of disk space. Click Finish, remove the CD from the drive, and put it someplace safe in case you ever need to reinstall in the future.

Figure 5. Type of installation.

Figure 6. Setup complete.

Figure 7. New program on the Start menu.

NOTE

Most insurance policies don't cover computer software. So if at all possible, consider keeping your original program CDs in a fireproof safe.

10. Using the installed program

Once the program is installed, you can run it from the Start menu. In the preceding steps, I installed Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007. So to run it, I'd click the Start button, then click the Visio item as shown in Figure 7. Or, I can choose All Programs => Microsoft Office, then click Microsoft Office Visio 2007.

 
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