Hi put your data base on your the thumb drive and point legacy in both computers to it. Thats what I do and I am always working with the latest data
On 23/01/06, Barbara Jobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Legacy installed on both but would like to have just one database to > work from instead of my laptop always being outdated. My desktop is my > primary PC. I am going to give it a try. > Barbara > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Weiss > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on a Thumb Drive > > Barbara, > If you have your own two computers you can install a copy of Legacy on > each, and then keep your data on the external drive. Set the file > paths in both copies of Legacy to point to the external drive. > > It would be helpful to have Legacy installed on the drive itself if > you want to use it with someone else's computer, for example in a > library. > > Rob > > On 1/23/06, Barbara Jobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think we asked this question when the cruise was taking place and never > > got back to it. I would love to have the same thing. Right now I always > back > > up to my thumb drive then plug it into my laptop and open the database > > there. I also have a Seagate 40GB portable hard drive. I want to put > Legacy > > on it then just move the Seagate back and forth between my laptop and > > Desktop. I have Windows XP on both. Does anyone think there would be a > > problem with this? > > Barbara > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > > Wilkinson > > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 2:39 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy on a Thumb Drive > > > > Just read Legacy News about 23 things to do with a thumb drive. Wouldn't > > it be great if there were a 24th? I've thought for a while now that > > Legacy would be a perfect candidate to be made portable. > > > > I don't know what it takes, but I've seen other applications made > > portable so that they can be placed on a thumb drive and be used where > > ever the user can find a PC that will accept it. > > > > Isn't there someone out there clever enough to do this? > > > > David > > Legacy User Group 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 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 1/20/2006 > > > > > > Legacy User Group 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 > > > Legacy User Group 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 1/20/2006 > > Legacy User Group 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 > -- Regards, Laurence E Stephenson www.users.bigpond.net.au/steppayne I am Researching:- Butcher..............Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.................>1856 Fortune..............Berwickshire, Scotland................................>1858 Garlick...............Liverpool, Lancashire, England.....................>1863 Mee...................Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine)................>1884 Payne................Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England........>1863 Ritchie...............Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.................>1860 Stephenson........Pickering, Yorkshire, England .....................>1856 Wittick...... .......(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England........>1822 Heartnet = Heart support = http://heartnet.cci.ecu.edu.au/ Legacy User Group 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
