You're not stupid, you're just used to having to do everything Backwards because of AutoCAD. 😉
IIRC, that's why AutoCAD is different, because it couldn't use the normal Network Installer like MS Office does for some reason, so you have to do it differently. Revit's more 'standard' in many respects (Printers, Fonts, etc) when it comes to how it works with the rest of your system...