

I don`t want these features to be installed on my PC since I don`t need them and I will choose to continue without them. If you want to keep one or all of these features you can choose the first step or you can check all of them.


Install ICQ Guard to protect your search settings Make ICQ Search my default search engine The second one which is optional it`s called `` Customize Installation``. A lot of software publishers offers a toolbar when you`re installing their software but ICQ developers were kind enough to allow us to avoid the installation of such a toolbar. I would recommend you to choose the second option called `` Customize Installation`` and from there, make sure to uncheck all the following boxes/boxes called : The default one that you will see it`s called ``Full Installation`` and as you can see it`s recommended and says that it will install ICQ, ICQ Toolbar, ICQ Search, it will set your homepage to ICQ, ICQ Guard which will protect your ICQ search settings. This window is called `` ICQ Installation Options`` and offers two types of installation. Here we are, at the second step of our installation, this is very important and you have to be careful. To continue press the `` I Agree`` button. You will also need to accept the license agreement, and you may want to check the second box called ``Install Adobe Flash Player if it`s not already installed, to let me fully experience all ICQ features``. It also shows you the default path to where it will be installed ( the default location is in `` C:Program FilesICQ7.7`` - depending on what version you will use, 7.7 is the latest version at the time that I was writing this article, you can see another version ) and you can change this location, to do so click on the `` Browse`` link.

Open this setup file and ICQ installation should start and you will see a window that says `` Welcome to ICQ 7.7!`` and it will ask you to select your language ( the default language is English (US) ). The setup file should look like in this picture : Let`s get started, first you will need to obtain a copy of this program. Right now, ICQ has over 50 million of registered accounts. Before starting with the installation you should know that ICQ was first developed in 1996 by the Israeli company Mirabilis which was acquired by America Online ( AOL ) in 1998. It will also show you how to avoid installing the ICQ toolbar or making additional changes to your browser that could make ICQ Search your default search engine or your default homepage. This article will show you how to install ICQ on a PC running Windows.
