Here's something I just thought of. Is the software you are looking to install available from the internet? My network is fairly new and all of the "additional" software I needed / wanted (including radio programing) I was able to get straight off the internet. 73 Lyon KD6RXI Kenneth Finnegan wrote: > This is how I normally do it with systems with broken CD drives, as > well as when I have other guys over for LAN parties and don't feel > like passing the CD around to each person. > > On a desktop Windows computer, right click on the CD drive and go > "Properties" - "Sharing" Share the drive. It'll warn you about how > horrible and awful this is, but we're hams, so we live to ignore these > kinds of dire warnings, right? > > Now on the netbook: Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows > Explorer. Tools menu > Map Network Drive. Pick an endearing letter, > and find the network path to your shared desktop drive (ie \\KWF4\D\). > > Presto! You now have a "drive" on your netbook, which is the CD drive > from your other computer. I've installed many a game using this setup > (Fun Fact: CD drives don't handle >3 simultaneous clients very well). > > When you're done, you can either "unmap" the drive (I think through > right clicking on it), or I usually just leave it there, and then it > just complains when it can't find that other computer. > > Disclaimer: Setting up the network *share* in Vista has always given > me all kinds of problems. So is life. > > Kenneth Finnegan, W6KWF > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Robert > Gundrum<RGundrum@INTERNET. ci.sunnyvale.ca.us> wrote: > >> Since the Netbooks does not have a CD drive, how would one add additional desired software to the unit? >> >> Bob Gundrum ~W6MOL~ >> Emergency Coordinator >> Sunnyvale Amateur Radio Emergency Service (SARES) >> Cell: 408-203-7100 >> >> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> SARES members mailing list: <sares-list@INTERNET. sunnyvaleares.org> >> For help with (un)subscription send e-mail to <majordomo@INTERNET. athm.net> >> >> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > SARES members mailing list: <sares-list@INTERNET. sunnyvaleares.org> > For help with (un)subscription send e-mail to <majordomo@INTERNET. athm.net> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SARES members mailing list: <sares-list@INTERNET. sunnyvaleares.org> For help with (un)subscription send e-mail to <majordomo@INTERNET. athm.net>Received on Mon Sep 07 2009 - 11:18:10 UTC
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