Hello, Lester:

The CD-RW(read-write) doesn't do this, i.e. make the files read only. Only
CD-R make the copied files read only.

In any case, what I was trying to say is that I'm actually running the app
directly from the CD-RW, to keep everything the same from one system to
another and there is something about this particular XP-Home edition set up
(it came pre configured from Fry's) that doesn't seem to allow FB to run from
my app. The app on the CD-RW runs fine otherwise on the other two computers
from the actual CD.

BTW, all XP versions are SP1.

Right now, I'm wondering if it would be worth the trouble to reformat the HD
of the cheapo computer and install XP Pro on it.

Or, is there some setting that I'm missing?

Thanks,

Chuck Belanger

Lester Caine wrote:

> Chuck Belanger wrote:
>
> > I made a CD-RW disk which has the application and database on it with
> > the firebird.conf file and expected directory structure. On my system, I
> > turned off the Firebird guardian, since I'm running the fully installed
> > FB. The application runs fine from the CD. It runs fine using my wife's
> > lap top from this CD, but it doesn't run on the new desktop system.
>
> Just a thought - because I keep forgetting to do it all the time - If
> you have copied off the CD are the files still read only? I dump
> versions of databases over like this, but until I make them R/W again
> they don't work ;)
>
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> Lester Caine
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> L.S.Caine Electronic Services