[mso] Re: Can I install & run Office from a memory stick?

  • From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:38:19 +1000

I don't think the question involved moving the stick to other computers, did 
it?  If it did, though, then what you say is going to be very true.

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James S. Huggins (mso)" <MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:14 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: Can I install & run Office from a memory stick?


>
> ======================================
> Where a memory stick is treated by Windows as a disk drive, I see no 
> reason
> why any application could not be installed on the named logical disk 
> [memory
> stick] provide the application supports alternate placement..
> ======================================
>
> That little thing called "The Registry".
>
> Many programs exist in exe files. They don't need The Registry. Any
> configuration information that needs to be saved from execution to
> execution, or shared with other programs, are store in files, frequently
> simple text files (e.g., ini files).
>
> But if you allowed that, people would load the programs onto whatever is 
> the
> latest equivalent of a floppy, and carry that program around from computer
> to computer using it. That could reduce sales.
>
> The solution is simple. Develop ways to limit this behavior, to anchor the
> program to a single machine. The requirement for The Registry is one such
> technique.
>
>
>
> James S. Huggins
>
>
>
> ...
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