Originally Posted By: will

1 - Can I just run it off the portable hard disk with out installing it per the instruction sheet?


It will run, but you won't see certain things and won't hear certain others.

There's an option to Install ONLY the stuff needed to the c: drive, which are the Fonts, PGMusic Plugins and perhaps the included software MIDI synth, in the case of both your OS's that would be the Coyote synth. The option is inside the Installer, selectable by checking what to install and what not to install.

After doing that, you can leave everything including the program itself on the external USB drive and run from there, that's what I do, runs just fine.

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2 - Can I run it if I actually install it onto the hard disk per the instruction sheet?


Yes, of course. If your c: drive has the available space.

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3 - Read another (recent) post where someone was having an issue with Win7 and someone suggested not installing BIAB in the c:\program files\ folder. What about the c:\program files (x86)folder?


Not recommended as that is still inside the Program Files folder, just one layer deeper, and the same Write protection problems will happen. Band in a Box MUST be able to write to certain files on its own to function properly, the "protection" of Win7 and Win8 disallow that because too many "programs" that write automatically to disk these days are now nasty things, like trojans and viruses. Microsoft chose to be rather heavy-handed in protecting us.

Not to worry, though, installing to the default c:/bb folder works well.

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4 - Is it OK to install the software on both machines?

thanks for any help.



The Authorization code that comes with BB2014 allows us to install on up to three machines, so yes, it is OK.

Older versions, no Auth needed, so okay there too.


Have Fun,


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