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)?
>
>(Right now I only keep my passwords and a few other important private
>documents on my thumb drive, a copy of my email program, and various
>utilities.)
Could be done on Windows, I don't know about Macs.
I don't think it can be done on Windows -- the registration number
necessary to have a fully-functional version of Finale is determined by
some secret formula based on the physical attributes of the host
computer (processor speed, motherboard stuff, ram, other hardware
installed, OS, tons of stuff) which is then forwarded to MakeMusic who
then responds with an answering number, both of which have to conform to
some preset standard, within a small range of variations.
So if you add a hard-drive you probably won't have to re-register
Finale, but if you change enough components or upgrade your operating
system, you need to reregister.
I don't see how that can be placed on a thumb drive and used on any
random computer with completely different components so that Finale's
checking on things to verify that it's a legal installation will
generate a faulty code which won't allow Finale to work.
--
David H. Bailey
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