hi
I am going to teach a short intro to PD at a uni where it is really difficult to get permission to install applications on the computers.
is there a way to have pd extended to fully work on a windows machine without running the installer? I need it to load the externals on startup, this is important.
I tried copying it from my machine but it does not load the externals i need and i cannot introduce them manually into the startup because i dont have permissions to mess with the registry. I could run PD from a bat file but i dont like this solution, the windows console pops up and experience tells me this is scary for this students.
is there any simple solution to this?
thanks!
enrike
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 14:30 +0200, altern wrote:
the windows console pops up and experience tells me this is scary for this students.
i think, that especially students should be able to get confronted with the scary reality of a popping-up console window ;-)
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On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 14:30 +0200, altern wrote:
the windows console pops up and experience tells me this is scary for this students.
i think, that especially students should be able to get confronted with the scary reality of a popping-up console window ;-)
me too and i would love to force them to use linux on this just so that they can see that there are "other worlds" in the galaxy. But I still remember their faces last year when I explained how to add numbers and multiply with PD, I think they did not remember any more what an addition and multiplication was...
enrike
If you can't install the included pd-settings.reg, then you'll have
to use a .bat file. I can't think of any way around that,
unfortunately. You could use the pure:dyne LiveCD if those machines
let you boot from the CDROM drive.
Try double-clicking the included pd-settings.reg and see if it let's
you. It should install into the user's preferences, so most machines
allow write access to that, even when they are locked down.
.hc
On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:30 AM, altern wrote:
hi
I am going to teach a short intro to PD at a uni where it is really difficult to get permission to install applications on the computers.
is there a way to have pd extended to fully work on a windows machine without running the installer? I need it to load the externals on startup, this is important.
I tried copying it from my machine but it does not load the
externals i need and i cannot introduce them manually into the startup because i dont have permissions to mess with the registry. I could run PD from a bat file but i dont like this solution, the windows console pops up
and experience tells me this is scary for this students.is there any simple solution to this?
thanks!
enrike
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If you can't install the included pd-settings.reg, then you'll have to use a .bat file. I can't think of any way around that, unfortunately.
You could use the pure:dyne LiveCD if those machines let you boot from the CDROM drive.Try double-clicking the included pd-settings.reg and see if it let's you. It should install into the user's preferences, so most machines allow write access to that, even when they are locked down.
ok, i will try this as well. thanks. I was told there are some windows apps that allow to create standalone applications from applications which are not standalone like photoshop etc... but i guess this case is different.
thanks!
enrike
On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:30 AM, altern wrote:
hi
I am going to teach a short intro to PD at a uni where it is really difficult to get permission to install applications on the computers.
is there a way to have pd extended to fully work on a windows machine without running the installer? I need it to load the externals on startup, this is important.
I tried copying it from my machine but it does not load the externals i need and i cannot introduce them manually into the startup because i dont have permissions to mess with the registry. I could run PD from a bat file but i dont like this solution, the windows console pops up and experience tells me this is scary for this students.
is there any simple solution to this?
thanks!
enrike
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I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. - General Smedley Butler