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I hope you really appreciate this my friend ;-) I signed up to answer it.
What can I say I used to love messing with every school network I ever used ;-)
What the guy suggested with simply putting it on a flash drive *may* work...sometimes you get lucky and programs create their own reg entries again when run.....Possibly it won't. You may also need some .dll librarys from C:\windows\system and C:\windows\system32
The good news is you can get round this - it's likely not to be too hard... Though sometimes It can be a pain.
For a start download regmon and filemon (this is the easiest way to do it)
And run them as you install the program (keep it running while you configure your device as well). Then export the file as a .reg and pop it on your USB stick as well.
Also run fileman during the install to spot all the .dlls the program places outside the application directory. Luckily these files tend to work just as well if you dump them in the application directory. So put them there. (if there are still errors on your school computer then you may have to attempt to copy them to the right folder (if in doubt copy to both of them) on the Uni computer).
Then when you insert the flash card:
1. Run the .reg file, it'll say do you want to integrate this into the registry bla bla. Click yes or ok or whatever it is.
2. Attempt to run the program from the USB stick. This may now succeed.
if it fails then
3. Copy the folder over to C:\program files\Microsoft Activesync\
Attempt again.
4. If you get any .dll errors then copy the relevent .dll to both system and system32 (easier than figuring out which it is) and try again.
5. If this still doesn't work then throw a fit of maniac rage pick up the monitor and throw it out of a window. This won't help you solve your problem. But it may make you feel better about your inadequecies.
6. Once you've got it installed it may be an idea to goto 'start' -->'run' then type 'msconfig' (if this doesn't work simply right click on a shortcut goto properties and change it to msconfig apply then click on the shortcut. If right click is disabled highlight the shortcut then use Alt + Enter to get properties that way). If all that fails browse to C:\windows\system32\ and find msconfig.exe manually. Once you've done that edit the bootup to remove activesync from it if it's there......Wouldn't want to key everyone onto your changes.......It may be your network won't save the registry changes between sessions anyway...still covering your tracks is safest.
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Installing without activesync:
Yes it's possible. There are a few ways. I'm still having problems figuring out how to use a non default directory way....anyway this is how to do it (if your admin has left you such privilages).
Download the program's install. If you've directly got the .cab file great. Copy it to an SD card and slot that into your PDA. If your computer doesn't have an SD card slot you may need a USB card reader (if it's plug and play then all should be well).
Else run the install program (if you hit administrative rights problems then you'll have to play with the registry but I'm not going to tell you how as you may get in a LOT of problem for that kind of thing). If you get rights violations when trying to install it direct it to the computer's temporary directory - you MUST have right privilages in that directory for the computer to function normally.
Anyway then browse to the install directory find the cabs and copy them accross.
On your PDA all you have to do then is run the cabs. They'll install to the default directory. It's probibly possible to play with the cab files to direct them to install to the memory card or something............donno never had to play with it.
Hope that helps mate.
When you install a program with active
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