Making Windows XP Portable
Two others of my series of How To articles deal with
How To Make your Email Portable and
How to Make Your Applications Portable. For the most part, these were fine for me, but not always.
Where I did run into trouble was where I needed to run Microsoft's Excel for a spreadsheet that contained specific macros. Open Office Calc could not do the job, so I needed another way. Enter MojoPac (http://www.mojopac.com) is a way to run Windows XP and Office (and anything else) as if it was your own desktop on another machine.
In this case I knew that my need for this solution was short, so I was able to install Windows XP without activiating it to keep it legal (I think). And the same with Office.
But I did need Administrator rights to each computer that I used. Mostly, in public internet cafes, this was not a problem, especially if the host computer software was designed to restart after each user session. However, I did run into a problem once (and as you'd expect, when time was short and no other options available) and had to convince the internet cafe owner that I was not up to no good and could be trusted. Still, he did the right click thing and selected Run As and entered an administrator password so that I could do what I had to do.
Other Article in this series:
How to write an eBook
How to Take Email on the Go With You
Make Your Applications Portable - Portable Apps
Make Windows XP Portable
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