Installing Software/Drivers with 2-User Accounts

Hello,
We just purchased a iMac, running OS 10.4.7. We set up two user accounts, both with admin status.
The problem we're encountering is that when we load new software, it's only appearing and available on the account it was installed under? Same with drivers, etc. that we download from the internet, for e.g., Media Player and bug fixes. Just installed a printer with software, and I imagine it won't be in the second user's account.
What are we doing wrong? Was it a bad idea to set up two users? I don't want to duplicate installs for each account, since we don't want to use up disk space needlessly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

There is an Application and Library folder at the root level of your hard drive. There is also a Library folder in your user folders (Harddrive:Users/[username]/Library) and sometimes an Application folder.
The default for installation that is going to be available to all users of a machine is the root level Applications or Library folders. Applications or files in your user folders are only available to that user (which can be particularly useful depending on the situation - but isn't your current concern).
It sounds like you are installing into the user directories. I would expect that most installers should take care of things and use the root level directories by default but, to the extent that you can control the install location, you should make sure it is the root level folders rather than your user folders.
For applications you can just drag any that are in your user folders to the root level folder (which should also be the one you access from the finder sidebar). Drivers and the like are more complicated and it would probably be safer to try reinstalling those and making sure they install for all users rather than individual users.

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