Sounds like you want some portability of your Legacy data, have you thought about using Pocket Genealogist on a Windows powered PDA or GedStar on a Palm powered device? I have both, and I can't say enough. I am always so glad to have my PDA in my car. You can take Legacy data with you, and synchronize in *either* direction. Btw, I demo Pocket Genealogist locally, and people are always amazed at how many people are in one of my family files.
Robert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: 2005-10-15 21:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy On a USB Device Thanks for the response. I realized that I would have to do the INITIAL install on each computer in order to get the registry updated; however, I hadn't thought about Legacy possibly updating something outside of it's folder. Sounds like I would be safer to NOT install on the USB drive. Thanks again. On 10/15/05, BE Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The biggest gotchas to installing any program on an external > drive and then trying to use it on more than one machine is that > when a program is installed: > > a. entries are made in the windows registry for the installed > program; and > b. some essential files for the program are not installed in the > program directory but are installed in the Windows and > Windows\System directory. > > You would have to repeat the installation on each machine to get > those parts of Windows set up correctly. > > Updating might also be a problem if some of the revisions affect > files in the Windows folder(s). > > You could certainly download the setup program only once and save > it on the USB Drive as a source for the updates of each machine. > In your case I think the time taken to download a full > installation version each time might be less than the time taken > to update each machine separately since the update program > downloads the needed files from the internet. > > Once the Millenia people return from their cruise they may be > able to provide more insight into the impact on an existing > installation of the updates. If all the revised elements are in > the Legacy folder you would only have to update once. > > Bruce Jones wrote: > > Should I install Legacy on a USB drive? > > > > I am currently running with Legacy installed on both my desktop and my > > laptop with my data on a USB drive which I move to the computer I am > > using. This allows me to use whichever computer I want or need to us > > without having to remember to "sync" the data each time I move to the > > other computer. > > > > Since I use a dialup connection, the download of Legacy Updates is > > quite slow. So I am now wondering if I should remove Legacy from the > > two computers and install it instead on my 40GB USB drive. > > > > I see two benefits from this change: 1. I will only need to download > > the Legacy updates once instead of downloading twice (once to each > > computer). 2. Any user settings I make will be in effect for both > > computers (I now need to make these changes twice). > > > > Are there any downsides or gotchas to this approach? > > > > Thanks, > > Bruce Jones Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
