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Download files (2)
In Part Two of this Beginners’ Guide on downloading files, Kai
Chandler looks at how to find, download and install a file from the
Internet.
In Part One we
looked at how to download files from Practical PC’s own download
libraries.
In this second and final part, we look at how to
find, download and install a file from the Internet. There’s an
incredible wealth of programs available on the Internet – all you
have to do is find them. Here’s how!
Google is one of the best search engines. If Google
can’t find it then it’s probably not there. Let’s say you want
to find a fishy screensaver. Just as an example.
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Step One
Type www.google.com
into the address bar in AOL or Internet Explorer. Then type
“fish screensaver” into the search field. After a second
of two you’ll see a selection of likely sites. Other
searches might include “zip freeware” for Winzip
equivalents or “wp shareware download” for shareware word
processors.
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Step Two
Google will come up with a list of links.
Choose one by clicking on the blue link.
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Step Three
A page on the website will appear. Look for
and select the invitation to download the program you require.
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Step Four
You may be prompted to Open the file or save
it to your computer. Best to save it so you can install it
whenever you wish.
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Step Five
During the download you may be asked where you
want to save the file. In this example, it’s being saved as
setup.exe in the download folder. It’s best to make a note
of the folder and filename.
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You’ll often see a download status window
showing you the name of the file you are downloading and the
‘download to’ destination.
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Step Six
To install the downloaded program after the
download has completed just right click on the Start icon (at
bottom left of screen) and select the Explore option.
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Chances are that the downloaded program will
be in the folder c:\aol 6.0 \download or similar.
It’ll be the folder you wrote down in Step Five.
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Whatever way you choose,
when you’ve download the software, here’s the result.
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If you want to
make downloading faster and avoid having to restart if the line
drops then why not take a look at Download
Accelerator Plus from our downloads page.
Happy downloading!
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