She exhaled.
“The second software,” Mr. Sharma handed her a different USB drive. “This is a simple calculator tool. Install it. Then uninstall it. No help.”
That evening, Riya went home and uninstalled three old games from the family PC. Her little brother was horrified. But her mother just smiled and said, “Class 9 is doing wonders.”
The wizard opened. But this time, Riya forced herself to read. She chose the default folder. She unchecked an option that said “Install additional toolbar” – she remembered her father once saying those were bad. She clicked Install . The progress bar filled. Success. class 9 ict practical software installation
Arjun grabbed theirs. “Easy,” he whispered. He plugged it in, opened ‘This PC,’ and double-clicked the installer in three seconds.
Riya’s fingers trembled as she plugged in the drive. She opened This PC . The drive appeared as (D:). She double-clicked the installer.
For a second, nothing happened. Then Riya turned to Mr. Sharma. He nodded once. “Good. You didn’t just follow steps. You understood them.” She exhaled
“Don’t read all that,” Arjun said, clicking Next three times fast. A green progress bar filled. Done. Notepad++ was installed.
The software vanished.
Now uninstall. She opened the Control Panel – wait, where was it? Right-click the Start button? No. She searched in the taskbar: “Control Panel.” Opened it. Programs and Features . Found the calculator tool. Right-click – Uninstall . The wizard asked: “Are you sure?” “This is a simple calculator tool
Riya saved her practical file – ict_practical_software_installation.docx – and wrote in her reflection: Today I learned that software is not magic. It’s just instructions. And anyone who can read and click carefully can be the one giving those instructions.
“See?” he grinned. “Nothing to it.”
She clicked Yes . A new window opened – the installation wizard. It was full of options: Destination folder, Components, Additional Tasks.