1. IT1001 – Personal Computer Hardware & System Operations Week 6 - Introduction to software installation

2. Learning outcomes At the end of this lesson the student will be able to install/uninstall an application

3. Theory/Practical Theory ◦ Introduction to software installation Practical ◦ Installing/uninstalling packages

4. What is software? is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it In this chapter, Mainly consider application software installing.( Languages & packages)

5. Considering factors when installing a software Compatibility of software with OS /version License key (internet required to online update or register) Prerequisite component installed (Microsoft.NET frame work, java virtual machine) Hardware requirements ◦ RAM size ◦ Processor speed ◦ Hard disk space (remaining volume)

6. Installing Software Software comes with CD or you can download from internet Must have license key to install software Must have administrative rights to install software Two ways to install software ◦ Run setup.exe file come with the software & follow the instruction ◦ Using control panel, add remove program

7. Uninstall software If you don’t want a application any more, can remove the program from computer Two ways ◦ Using control panel, add remove program ◦ Start menu-> all programs -> go to the software that you want uninstall & select the uninstall short cut

8. Uninstalling using Control Panel

9. Uninstalling Using Start Menu

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