Common Software Installation Issues and How to Resolve Them

When installing new software occasionally you will come up against problems.
One of the most common problems with installing software, well the most common issue I see, is that the person installing the software does not have the permissions to do so.
Generally you have to have administrator priviliges to be able to install software, so you may find if you are not the administrator you will be unable to install software. The easiest way to solve this is to contact your system administrator.

If you are the administrator and you are still having problems installing software it could be that you already have the program installed on your computer. The easiest way to check is to open the control panel and select add or remove programs. A list of the programs installed on your computer will then come up and you can check if you already have the program installed.

If that doesn't solve the problem it could be that there is no free space on your hard drive. The easiest way to solve this problem is to delete any programs that you don't need or don't use. You could also move any media and files onto an external hard drive or upload it to the cloud, and then you can free up a lot of space! You could also try perform a disk cleanup, Windows will then remove any temporary internet files and other things that are taking up space.

So, those are the simplest solutions to new software installation issues, if you have come across any other problems, or know of any solutions, drop them in the comments box!