System and methods for applying social computing paradigm to software installation and configuration

A system for installation and configuration of at least one software product comprising:

• at least one client install package capable of utilizing a social network for installing software;
• transmitting configuration settings;
• transmitting post-installation configuration settings;
• and responding to post-installation configuration modifications;
• a server that stores and aggregates the configuration settings of a plurality of users, forming at least one social network, and processes a transitive comparison of a user's configuration settings of a software product with configuration settings of other users' software products, and
• uses the transitive comparison to download configuration settings of a second product for the user when the other users have the second product installed.