On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Jim Rockford <[email protected]> wrote:
> This issue has come up in older threads, and I was curious to know where it
> stands today. As a long-time lyx user, I am in the unfortunate position of
> being in a Windoze-only (XP) environment without administrator privileges.
> Can anyone offer some insight as to whether I could expect a smooth-running
> lyx experience with Lyx and MikTex installed to a directory of choice for
> just a plain old ordinary Windoze user? Does Aspell still require
> installation to the C:\ directory?
>
One possibility is to use a Linux LiveCD that contains LaTeX and LyX
(for example Knoppix, but look on the wiki). You might also want to
investigate using the Cygwin version of LyX in combination with a
portable Cygwin Live CD.
Liviu
