jmarino13

Join Date 01/2005

Installing in my office

I have desktop x, Icon Changer and all the sweeeeet! programs on my home computer..I love the widgets especially.
My one thing i have been trying to do is install the "notes" widget on my computer at work. I used a USB disk to save the "notes"
widget and tried copying to my work computer, but my work computer said I need Active Desktop installed. Then have a firewall up so i cant download it.
Is there a way i can take the Active Desktop program from my home computer and install it on my work computer,so i can then install some of the widgets I like?
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Joe

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werewolf

Join Date 04/2001

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If it is a regular widget, you don't need Active Desktop, you need to have DesktopX installed on your work computer.

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how do i install desktop x then on my office computer?

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Need to check with an admin regarding home/work and if it falls under the 2 puters but only one is used at a time - me thinks it don't

left an option at your other post regarding this

odds are, if you don't have permissions to download you don't have them to install either.

check with your employer, maybe he/she will buy if for you

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paxx

Join Date 03/2001

If you purchased Desktop X, your license allows you (and Stardock actually encourages you to) install it on both your home and your work computers, as long as you are the main user of both these computers. Stardock licenses are per user, not per computer. So as long as both computers aren't used at once (by two different people), it's fine.

From Stardock's sales FAQ:

Can I install my copy on more than one machine?

Yes, to a point. Only one copy of the product can be used at once per license. But if you want to have it on both home and work or install it on the road that is not only allowed but recommended. As long as only one copy is actively in use (someone sitting at the computer) at any one time, and you are the primary user of each computer, you are covered.

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paxx

Join Date 03/2001

As for your firewall issue, your best bet is to burn a CD with Desktop X on it. Did you purchase Desktop X alone or as part of Object Desktop? If you got it through Stardock Central, you may not know how to save a copy of it. Here's how to make a backup of your Object Desktop programs through Stardock Central. You'll just need to install Stardock Central on your work computer and use the restore option.

To make a backup of ObjectDesktop, please use the File->Archive Application function. This will back up the application to the \program files\stardock\SDCentral\backup folder. Once each of the packages are backed up, please move the \backup folder to a safe place. (here's where you burn your CD) When you would like to restore from the backup (on your work computer), install stardockCentral, copy the backup folder back to the \Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\ folder. Now in StardockCentral go to File->Restore Applications to get them back.

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If you have an active Object Desktop subscription, for $10 (media + s/h costs) you can a CD snapshot of the 2005 Object Desktop from Stardock, only takes a couple of days. https://www.stardock.com/products/odnt/cdsnapshot.asp

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me thinks it don't

there are times when it's cool to find out you're wrong

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