Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-28 Thread James Knott
Web Kracked wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Microsoft has little to do with this issue. Any operating system used >> in a corporate network environment has to support permissions in some >> manner. This means the system administrator can allow or deny a wide >> variety of things. >> > I still r

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread Web Kracked
James Knott wrote: Web Kracked wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: I'd be interested to see a *working* procedure for locking down a Windows system against these programs. I can't decide whether or not I hope such a procedure doesn't (can't) exist. On balance I think I do hope that. You

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread Web Kracked
James Knott wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: I'd be interested to see a *working* procedure for locking down a Windows system against these programs. I can't decide whether or not I hope such a procedure doesn't (can't) exist. On balance I think I do hope that. Forgot to mention. When a Win

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Web Kracked wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: >> >> I'd be interested to see a *working* procedure for locking down a >> Windows system against these programs. I can't decide whether or not >> I hope such a procedure doesn't (can't) exist. On balance I think I >> do hope that. >> > > You thought of it,

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread Web Kracked
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 27/12/2008 20:38, James Knott wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/12/27 Web Kracked James Knott wrote: Web Kracked wrote: I have a question about the "portableapps"? Do you install them on a pc and the run from the pc's drive or from the portable drive? Do th

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: >> >> You can find properly locked down computers in many large companies and >> some small ones. >> >> >> > If the user has physical access to a CD drive I don't believe you can > prevent execution of software from that CD. If you can, please explain > how. > > Also, the use

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 28/12/2008 00:28, James Knott wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: On 27/12/2008 20:38, James Knott wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/12/27 Web Kracked James Knott wrote: Web Kracked wrote: I have a question about the "portableapps"? Do you install them on a pc a

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: > > I'd be interested to see a *working* procedure for locking down a > Windows system against these programs. I can't decide whether or not I > hope such a procedure doesn't (can't) exist. On balance I think I do > hope that. > Forgot to mention. When a Windows computer logs o

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 27/12/2008 20:38, James Knott wrote: >> Harold Fuchs wrote: >> >>> 2008/12/27 Web Kracked >>> >>> James Knott wrote: Web Kracked wrote: I have a question about the "portableapps"? Do you install them on a pc and the run from the

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 27/12/2008 20:38, James Knott wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/12/27 Web Kracked James Knott wrote: Web Kracked wrote: I have a question about the "portableapps"? Do you install them on a pc and the run from the pc's drive or from the portable drive? Do they "parts" on the

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: > 2008/12/27 Web Kracked > > >> James Knott wrote: >> >> Web Kracked wrote: >> >> >> I have a question about the "portableapps"? >> Do you install them on a pc and the run from the pc's drive or from >> the portable drive? Do they "parts" on the computer your plug your >>

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-27 Thread James Knott
Web Kracked wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> The portable apps are generally installed on a USB flash drive and then >> can be used on any Windows computer even those that don't have the app >> installed. >> > > Thanks James; > I never used these portable applications and most of the people that I

Re: [users] OOo installation question.? Now OT re Portable Apps.

2008-12-27 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/12/27 Web Kracked > James Knott wrote: > > Web Kracked wrote: > > > I have a question about the "portableapps"? > Do you install them on a pc and the run from the pc's drive or from > the portable drive? Do they "parts" on the computer your plug your > portable drive into? > > As you see,

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-26 Thread Web Kracked
James Knott wrote: Web Kracked wrote: I have a question about the "portableapps"? Do you install them on a pc and the run from the pc's drive or from the portable drive? Do they "parts" on the computer your plug your portable drive into? As you see, I never used any portable apps. T

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-26 Thread James Knott
Web Kracked wrote: > I have a question about the "portableapps"? > Do you install them on a pc and the run from the pc's drive or from > the portable drive? Do they "parts" on the computer your plug your > portable drive into? > > As you see, I never used any portable apps. > The portable apps ar

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-26 Thread Web Kracked
Fuchs" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:35 AM Subject: Re: [users] OOo installation question.? 2008/12/22 James Elliott - WA Rural Computers When you download OOo and save it to a folder under Win XP, you end up with a file which, when executed, first extracts itself, usually to th

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-26 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
2008 3:35 AM Subject: Re: [users] OOo installation question.? 2008/12/22 James Elliott - WA Rural Computers When you download OOo and save it to a folder under Win XP, you end up with a file which, when executed, first extracts itself, usually to the desktop, and then automatically proceeds

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/12/22 James Elliott - WA Rural Computers > When you download OOo and save it to a folder under Win XP, you end up with > a file which, when executed, first extracts itself, usually to the desktop, > and then automatically proceeds to install itself. > > Afterwards, you are left with two inst

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-22 Thread James Knott
James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: When you download OOo and save it to a folder under Win XP, you end up with a file which, when executed, first extracts itself, usually to the desktop, and then automatically proceeds to install itself. Afterwards, you are left with two installation fo

Re: [users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-22 Thread Web Kracked
James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: When you download OOo and save it to a folder under Win XP, you end up with a file which, when executed, first extracts itself, usually to the desktop, and then automatically proceeds to install itself. Afterwards, you are left with two installation fo

[users] OOo installation question.?

2008-12-22 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
When you download OOo and save it to a folder under Win XP, you end up with a file which, when executed, first extracts itself, usually to the desktop, and then automatically proceeds to install itself. Afterwards, you are left with two installation folders, the one you downloaded, and the one