Introduction to the general process of installing computer software

What is the general process for installing a soft year on a computer? For some people who are familiar with computers, installing computer software is not a very difficult thing, but for the novice, it is still a bit confusing. Now the general process of installing computer software is simple for novices. Introduction.

There are countless applications that can be installed and used in Windows systems, some need to be downloaded from the Internet, and some need to be installed from the disk. General application software needs to run the installer to install, of course, the green program is not installed. Some software only has one running program, and the running program is also an installer, which can be directly run and installed, such as QQ, FlashGet, etc. downloaded from the Internet.

Some installation programs are compression software, such as RAR, ZIP and other formats, here you need to use decompression software, such as WinRAR, WinZIP and other software to decompress, and then run the installation program. Some software needs to be stored on a CD or floppy disk. Users need to purchase CDs or floppy disks to install them. For example, Microsoft Office, WPS, etc., such software generally has a main installation program, Setup.exe, Install.exe, etc., to run the program. It can be installed.

When running the installer, most software has an installation wizard, which generally requires the following steps.

1. First run the installer, most software has "License Agreement", the user needs to accept or agree to the license agreement to continue the installation, if there is an option for the user to choose whether to agree or accept the license agreement, You need to choose to agree or accept this option.

2. In the installation, the user needs to set the installation path. Generally, after accepting the license agreement, the dialog box for setting the installation path will appear. You can use the default installation path or change to other paths.

3. Some softwares need to enter the serial number, which is usually on the back of the disc cartridge of the installation CD or the accompanying documentation. If it is downloaded from the Internet, it usually comes with a description file, such as Readme.txt. The serial number is mostly stored in the file. Enter it according to the serial number.

4. Sometimes the software needs to be restarted after the software installation is completed. After clicking OK in the completion dialog box, the computer may restart. In this case, close other running programs, then click &ldquo ; Complete the & rdquo; button and restart the computer.

The above introduction is the general process of installing software. I also hope that although the program of the unit still has some help for new computer users, it is worth collecting and learning.