Use Your Autorun CD
You can easily install most programs because they come with their own CDs with the Autorun feature enabled. You simply insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, wait a few seconds, and the installation wizard program pops up to guide you through the installation process.
For older programs, use the Command Prompt or Windows Explorer to search for a file called setup.exe or install.exe on floppy disks or CDs if the application was created before the Autorun feature became popular.
Again, once the Setup program starts running, just follow the directions to install the application. A point made earlier in this chapter bears mentioning again for older applications: Read the documentation first. It may be that your older application ...
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