Installing Firefox on Windows

Software name : Firefox
Homepage : http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Software version used for this installation : Firefox 2.0.0.3
Operating System use for this installation : Windows 2000
Recommended Hardware : 200 MHz processor, 11MB free Hard disk space

To install Firefox on Windows you need to first download the installer from the Firefox home page.

Dowload Firefox

Probably if you want to download Firefox on Windows you will already have Internet Explorer installed. In which case open it (or any other browser) and visit the Firefox download page. You can download Firefox from the very front of the Firefox site as the page detects what language and what operating system you are using on your computer. It then gives you the option to download Firefox immediately : 

If you decide you do not want to download this version (you need another language or you want to download the software for another operating system) then you can visit this page - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all

From the above webpage you can choose from about 40 different languages and each has a version of Firefox suitable for Windows.

Lets assume you just want the version listed on the front page. In this case just click the big green button :

 

Now yopu will be redirected to a download page and the installer should just start downloading automatically :

What you see as you download depends on the browser you are using to download the file. If you use Internet Explorer you will probably see something like the above. Whatever you use, make sure you know where on your computer you are saving the installer. I usually save everything to the Desktop. In my case I would just press OK and choose to save the file on the Desktop like so:

 

I just press Save and the download begins:

When the download has finished I will see the following :

Now, I could just press Open here and the newly downloaded installer would begin. I could do this, but since I don't know if you are downloading in a similar fashion lets just close this (I press Close) and we will then open the directory where the installer has been downloaded. In my case  the installer is on the Desktop and if I go there I see the installer icon :

Now double-click on this icon and you should see the following screen :

When the 'extracting' screen stops doing its job (it might take a while on slower computers) then you will be presented with the first set-up screen :

Click on Next > and then you will see the licence agreemnt displayed:

 

You can decide to read the license if you want but generally its more interesting watching paint dry. Click on I accept the terms in the License Agreement and press Next > and you will see the following screen asking for you to choose what kind of installation you require:

Lets make life easy on ourselves and just leave the installation with the standard settings, in this case we just press Next >  and off we go to the next window which shows you the progress of the software being installed:

 

When the process has completed it will inform you :

 

That means that all is well, press Finish and Firefox should open up :