Microsoft FrontPage Problem - Help!!!

Sweetchuck

At work, my PC is on a network where I have no admin privileges, which means installing software is not possible. In the past, I've had problems with RealPlayer and Windows Media Player, so I installed WinAmp on my flash disk and simply copied the installation folders over to C/Program Files and this worked a treat, although WinAmp obviously wasn't integrated into the Windows shell the way it would have been if I'd installed it properly.

Now during my downtime at work, I enjoy working on my personal website although only being able to use Word and NotePad is difficult. What I'd like to do is use Microsoft FrontPage, which is what I'm used to at home.

As such, I tried to use the WinAmp trick with FrontPage: copied the application and DLL files onto my flash disk and transferred them to C/Program Files. When I tried to run the application, I got the following Windows message:

The operating system is not presently configured to run this application

Does anybody know if there's any way of overcoming this? I'd dearly love to be able to use FrontPage at work but am unsure whether it's possible or not (using this method, that is).

If you need any more info, just ask. PC is running on XP and FrontPage is part of Office XP so I'm guessing that there should be no general compatibility issues.

Darksun

You'll have to speak to the administrator, installing unauthorised software could breach the IT rules.

You could also take a look into Portable NVU as an alternative.

tigermatt

The network administrator is the person you need to talk to because installing your own software from home might breach IT rules as Darksun said, but there is also the problem with licensing the second FrontPage installation.

The reason you get the error is because the DLL files that you copied are probably only the ones from the FrontPage folder, but lots more are installed to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and they are very difficult if not impossible to identify. DLL files also have to be "registered" with the system and you need admin privileges to do this.

The simple answer is No, you can't get your home Frontpage onto your work PC.

*!*HIBS*!*

Like previous posters have mentioned ask your IT administrator. Like tigermatt has said regarding licensing, your company may not have the license to run Frontpage and if MS found out then your company could be fined.:mad:

We did a case study at Uni a few years ago, about someone continuing to design their software using the computers at work, during their breaks. The company wanted some rights over this software from the people who made this software, as the company said the designers had used their computers. The designers did not dispute this but argued that they only used the computers during their breaks and so the company could not. Who is right?

I think the result was that the company could not claim rights over the piece of software, however I think the designers would have to thank their company during the designing/making of this software.

Therefore, the moral of this post is be wary about doing your website using the computers at work. (Although your working on your website but for others in the same situation designing or working on personal things be cautious using company resources.)