Nope. At least on windows, you would be missing all of the registry entries. Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Information Systems 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 >>> "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 1/28/13 1:18 PM >>> Would I be able to put an oracle client on a thumb drive and use it from one machine and then another? Couldn't quite get a straight answer from googling it..... ciao, Brian This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l