saving web download programmes directly to disc
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 08:46 AM
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Posted 25 June 2009 - 03:40 PM
Edited by appleoddity, 25 June 2009 - 03:43 PM.
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 04:32 AM
My apologies. I think I might have been confusing in my post. I realise the programmes have to be installed on the C: drive and I do have the option then to change the location that it is installed to. What I was asking was if I could download the programme & license key to the C: drive (my docs, desktop etc), and then burn it to disc so that I could use it if I have to reinstall for whatever reason, or would burning it to disc (taking it off the pc/moving it) change the properties. This is what I was told when I asked why my security programmes wouldn't work on reinstall, it was because in moving them from one drive to the other, I had changed the properties, so they would no longer work with the license key I was given, even though these particular programmes were free. I had to download & install them again and ultimately got a different version, so my license key wouldn't work with them.
I thought if I could download them straight to a cd/flash drive that I would have still have the original version when I went to reinstall and therefore the license key would work with them. Then I could reinstall them onto the C: drive to use them again.
You mention about phoning for a key again after reinstalling, but in the cases of the purchased software I mentioned above, I can't ask for my license key again because the company does not keep a record of license keys when they are distributed and these are paid for license keys. But I only found this out after I had paid for the software and installed it. Luckily enough that was the company that provided the burning programme to put the software and license key on cd at the same time it was installed, but not every company offers this and you're not told until after you have made your purchase.
I'm maybe making my question more complicated than it should be, but I thought I'd give the whole picture. Sorry again for any confusion.
Thanks for the help.
hedley
Edited by hedley93, 26 June 2009 - 04:33 AM.
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 08:01 AM
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Posted 27 June 2009 - 07:43 AM
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