HELP ! - External hard drive query ?

[hobo]

Not clued up about computers so please bear with me.

I have various clients for whom I work directly, of which none have the software I frequently use, on thier computers.

Would it be possible for me to buy an external hard drive (such as a Maxtor 80GB) and load onto it the program I use (say for example Photoshop) and when I go to someone elses offices, take the external drive, plug it into thier computer & run the program from there.

As the software I use only has single-user licence, would this affect it ?

[agent006]

No, not unless you use Macs rather than PCs.

[pdV6]

Horrendous licensing implications with that scenario!
As Agent006 says, 99% certain it won't work in a Windoze environment anyway...

[Spyke]

Hmmm... unlikely to work due to all the Windows registry nastiness and DLLs being distributed randomly all over the C: drive.

Bring back .ini files!!

[agent006]

if they've got an internet connection of any sort, try www.gotomypc.com

[dontlift]

Just buy a laptop

[hobo]

Well it worked.

Bought a Maxtor 40gb external hard drive for £60, copy & pasted the program straight over.

Just saved myself a small fortune.

[manek]

Better hope that Adobe's licence police don't read this thread, then...

[zumbruk]

As long as the software's only installed in one place at once, why should they care?

[annodomini2]

Spyke said:

Bring back .ini files!!

Apparently they are for longhorn!

[hobo]

zumbruk said:

As long as the software's only installed in one place at once, why should they care?

Exactly. The only place the software is installed is on the hard drive, which I take from place to place & just plug in.

Surely, as I have single user licence rights, this is no different to the norm.