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Dand
Member
Sitting here thinking about what the license says. You see I actually don't remember. I know other software manufactures agrees to dual installations on one license. Can I have ACDSee installed both on my home computer and my notebook?
If so...what is the best way to move material (and data) between the two?
Another question: Can I install ACDSee on an external USB hard drive together with images? In that way I could use any computer anywhere...
LV_Bill
Member
Dand - I'm very intriqued by your question about a portable copy of ACDSee on an external USB. But first, regarding two copies od ACDSee off of one license e.g. desktop and laptop?.....Yes, 100% legal. Regarding syncing two copies of your image libraries, I've tried lots of solutions and finally settled on a software product called "Allway Sync" (http://allwaysync.com).
My software engineering side is having a blast plotting a "portble ACDSee". The quick answer is NO because ACDSee needs settings from the system registry and some data from Documents & Settings. That said, however, if you knew the right ACD developer.......of course, it COULD be done. You would need to store everything needed with the installed software, and figure a way to fool into ACDSee into looking locally for the needed startup parameters. Hmmmm.
If you ever find the answer to this, please post the solution. Great idea.
Regards, Bill
Philip Weir
Member
There's a company called U3 (may be associated with SanDisk) that have a product to allow portability of software on a USB drive/stick. Don't think ACDSee is one of the available applications but you might want to take a look. - www.u3.com
Philip
LV_Bill
Member
Phillip - Thanks for the tip. U3 - Interesting website. Since ACDSee already has portable viewer options, they certainly could go the next step and make the whole App portable. I guess there's not enough demand for such a thing.
Hey ACD Developers, I'd pay $$$ for this ability. How about making it a separate application called "ACD on the Go"?
Dand
Member
... Since ACDSee already has portable viewer options...
Hey! Somthing I've missed here? What portable viewer?
LV_Bill
Member
Dand - By "portable viewer", I was refering to the independant executable(s) used in making portable slide shows (under: Create/Slideshow File). They are PC independant and can be found in your Program Files\ACD Systems folder along with the main ACDSee.EXE. My point was if they can make some part of the product free-standing, then they could make it all portable. But, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.
However, I do think that a free-standing slide show presentation program is entirely possible if enough people requested it. In other words, you could take your portable presentation program along with your USB backup data and do slideshows on someone else's PC even if they didn't have ACDSee installed. Like I said, I'd pay $$ for that feature.
Bill
Dand
Member
OK, I got the impression that there were some kind of "ACDSee light" - an image-browser-viewer kind of thing - that supported and kept the data added to your images and that you could pack it together with your pictures when you sent it to your customers or friends...
Marc Sabatella
Moderator
Back to the original question - yes, the basic license specifically allows installation on a desktop and laptop. As I recall, it's worded that way specifically (ie, not "two computers", but "a desktop and a laptop"), but of course, there's nothign to stop you from putting a desktop in your lap, or a laptop on your desk to fulfill the terms of the license :-).
Dand
Member
OK... Thanks for the clarification! :-)
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