Riya’s fingers trembled as she plugged in the drive. She opened This PC . The drive appeared as (D:). She double-clicked the installer.
Riya’s stomach tightened. Install? Uninstall? She had only ever clicked icons that were already on the screen.
“The second software,” Mr. Sharma handed her a different USB drive. “This is a simple calculator tool. Install it. Then uninstall it. No help.”
Riya smiled. It wasn’t just easy. It was powerful. She had just controlled the computer, not the other way around. class 9 ict practical software installation
For a second, nothing happened. Then Riya turned to Mr. Sharma. He nodded once. “Good. You didn’t just follow steps. You understood them.”
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.
Riya leaned closer. A pop-up window appeared: “Do you want to allow this app to make changes?” Riya’s fingers trembled as she plugged in the drive
“It won’t. It’s just software.”
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?”
“Class,” Mr. Sharma’s voice echoed. “Today’s practical is simple. You will install a free text editor called Notepad++ from a USB drive. Then you will uninstall it using the Control Panel. Step-by-step. No shortcuts.” She double-clicked the installer
“Don’t read all that,” Arjun said, clicking Next three times fast. A green progress bar filled. Done. Notepad++ was installed.
Arjun patted her back. “Told you it was easy.”
But Mr. Sharma had been watching from behind. “Arjun,” he said quietly. “Step aside. Let Riya do the next one alone.”
She clicked Yes .
“Click Yes,” Arjun said.