Installing and Upgrading from a Disk

Before you get started here, you must have administrative privileges to install a program. In other words, you need to know the password for an administrative account on your computer. If you have a limited user account and don’t know the administrative password, you’ll need to get an administrator to install the program for you.

Most programs that you purchase will be delivered on a CD, DVD, or an Internet download. You should always follow the installation instructions that come with such a program. But just so that you know what to expect, here’s how the process usually works, once you have the installation files or CD/DVD in hand:

1. Although not required, it’s a good idea to run the installation with no other programs running to make sure you have plenty of system resources available and that no files that need to be updated by the installation are in use. Close all open program windows on your desktop by clicking their Close buttons or by right-clicking their taskbar buttons and choosing Close.
Note
You don’t need to close programs whose icons are in the Notification area, unless specifically instructed to by the installation instructions for the program you’re installing.
2. For programs released on a disk, insert the CD or DVD into your computer’s CD or DVD drive and wait a few seconds. Wait for the installation program to appear on your screen. If it doesn’t appear within 30 seconds, see the section “Using the installed program” later in this chapter. Skip to Step 4.
3. For programs released on a download from the Internet, find the installation or setup file, which will usually have an .exe file extension. Double-click that file to launch it.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to perform the installation.

That’s really all there is to it. You will be presented with some questions and options along the way. Exactly what you see varies from one program to the next, but some common items include the End User License Agreement (EULA), and the option to choose a folder in which to store the program, which we discuss in a moment.

For programs on a CD/DVD, sometimes your Windows setup may not launch the installation program automatically. If nothing happens within half a minute or so after you have inserted a program’s installation CD/DVD into your computer’s CD/DVD drive, you may need to start the installation program manually. Here’s how:

1. Open your Computer folder by clicking the File Explorer icon on the desktop taskbar and choosing Computer.
2. Open the icon that represents the drive into which you placed the disk.
3. If the installation program doesn’t start automatically in a few seconds, click (or double-click) the icon named Setup or Setup.exe.

That should be enough to get the installation program started. From there you can follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

The onscreen instructions and prompts you see during the installation vary from one program to the next. The next section discusses some common things you’re likely to come across when installing just about any program.

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