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These instructions will concentrate on using the Windows installer. The other two options are available if a more customized installation is desired or necessary.
Once the installation file has been downloaded, executing the installer should open a window

Select all the components. Next, the installer will ask for a location. This location should have sufficient rights for read/write

Clicking install will start the installation. After the installation is complete, there should be a folder containing the program contents

Also, if you open the Local Services control panel for the machine, there should be a service named "CruiseControl Service" available that has not been started yet. Go ahead and start the service to start CruiseControl.
CruiseControl ships with a default Java project named ConnectFour. When CruiseControl starts, it will try to build this project (using Ant) and return a result. To see if this has occurred, open the CruiseControl dashboard at the following location: http://<serveraddress_or_localhost>:8080/dashboard|||\. The application dashboard will launch and you should see a screen like below

If the build has passed, then CruiseControl is configured and running properly in its default state.
Some troubleshooting tips if installation does not work:

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Install CruiseControl into the c:/SoftwareFactory/CruiseControl folder. Instructions
This is also a good time to make configuration changes to the wrapper.conf file Instructions <<LINK>> To work in this environment, we need to change and add some lines to wrapper.conf for the run directory and classpath:
Add two lines right above the wrapper.java.classpath lines in the wrapper.conf

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