Downloading, was Re: real one player
- From: Chris Skarstad <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:43:25 -0500
Hi Dave
You already have a perfectly good enough disc to install stuff on man, it's
your hard drive. Ok,
Here's a helpful guide to downloading things, this should help.
This comes from the helpful hints section of the JFW Lite.com website.
http://www.jfwlite.com
Beginner's Guide to Downloading
1. Make a special download directory.
2. Find and download software.
3. Decompress your downloads.
4. Install the software.
5. Clean up your directory.
PART 1:
Make a Download Directory
Downloading can get messy. Unless you neatly file away new software, you'll
be buried under a cluttered desktop, lost files, and overflowing folders. To
keep track of downloaded software and files, you should save them in a
special download folder or directory that you can use over and over. Once
you create this folder and call it something obvious, say, Downloads, you'll
always know where to find your new files.
To make a special folder for storing your downloaded programs, follow these
steps. When your Web browser prompts you to save downloads into a certain
folder, simply save them to the directory you've created.
1. In Windows Explorer select the drive where you'll store the folder.
2. Press alt F for the file menu, select new, then F for folder.
3. A folder will be created with a default name New Folder. Type Downloads
over that name and press Enter.
PART 2:
Find and Download the Software
After you've entered on a link to start a download, your Web browser
determines what happens
next. When the file download dialog begins, hit enter as the default is to
save it to disk. When the save as dialog begins, the file name will
already be in the edit field. To be sure that our downloads folder is
selected:
Tab to the save in combo box.
Press the down arrow to open the combo box.
Press down arrow to select the c drive.
Press tab to move to the list view with the list of folders.
Locate the downloads folder and press enter.
Once you have specified the downloads folder, all your downloads will go to
that
folder until you change it.
PART 3
3. Decompress the file.
If your downloaded file has the extension .exe, it's probably
self-extracting, which means it will automatically install as soon as you
enter on the filename. Once
your
installation is complete, you can skip straight to step five.
If you've downloaded a file that ends in .zip,
however, you'll need to decompress it with a program such as WinZip. Here's
one way to do it:
1. Locate the file and press your windows application key or shift f10.
2. Choose extract to from the context menu.
3. Type in the name of a folder where you wish to extract the files to.
4. Tab to the extract button and hit enter.
**note** that in Windows XP you can do this right from within windows
explorer, Winzip is not needed.
PART 4:
Install the Software
If a file with a .zip extension contains a program called either Install or
Setup that is the program to run to install the program. Check the
downloaded file's readme
file if it has one, a text file that contains special installation
instructions and extra
information about your new application. Once you know what you're getting
into, follow the instructions as they come up. Software
will prompt you through the necessary steps.
PART 5:
Clean Up Your Directory
You may want to hold on to the zip file if you need to reinstall it. You
can create another folder and give it a name you will recognize as being the
permanent folder for installed programs. Then copy the installation program
from the downloads file to your permanent folder. Then you can delete all
the files created during installation and clean up your downloads folder for
the next time.
That's it. You're now ready to enjoy your new program. Just a note anytime
you are going to be downloading files, it is important to have a good
anti-virus
program and to use it. Protect yourself so that nothing stands between you
and discovering all the fun things you can find on the internet.
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