If what you do is download the "Full Setup" (not the "Install from Web"), then download it directly to that USB device or onto one of the PC's and then copy it onto the USB device. Then, run the setup file from the USB device when it is attached to each of the PC's.
At 2005-10-15 10:37 PM, you wrote:
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
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