At 10:28 AM 3/10/06 -0500, Phil Daley wrote: >At 3/10/2006 10:04 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > >I've seen folks now & then run various programs when they are traveling by > >using a thumb drive (those small memory devices that plug into USB ports). > >They plug it in and run the executable on the thumb drive, and save their > >documents there as well. That way they can work on material when they are > >away from their own machines. > > > >Do you know if this is possible with Finale? To carry Finale, its fonts, > >and whatever registration info is needed so it can be run on any machine > >without ever installing it at all on that machine, and still be my legal > >copy (complete with tether information)? > >Could be done on Windows, I don't know about Macs.
I'm on Windows. Finale puts a lot of stuff in the registry (at least in 2K5), and probably puts the license info there too. The issue came up because a friend (who uses 2K6 at home) has resorted to Finale Notepad when she visits relatives, and much is lost in going to and from it. She has a second unused license for Finale, but it's not practical to commission and decommission every few days when she's visiting. A thumb drive would be the perfect solution. Any clues on how it would run completely on the separate thumb drive? I'd like to try it first (since I have several computers here), but both my licenses are used and the last thing I want to do is screw *that* up! I always need to keep ..... very ..... very ..... calm ..... when thinking about tethered programs. :) Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
