Microsoft® Windows® XP Unleashed

Chapter 12. Installing and Removing Applications

In This Chapter

• What Happens When You Install an Application on Windows XP

• Use Your Autorun CD

• Using Add/Remove Programs

• Installing or Removing Windows XP Components

• After the Application or Component Installation

Windows XP Professional builds on technologies that were first introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 to help make installing applications much easier for you. You will learn about some of these techniques in this chapter, but before you begin to install a new application on your computer, there are three important things you should do first.

First, create an emergency repair disk (see Chapter 23, “Disaster Recovery Planning”). Second, back up your system, especially the ...