Program on one computer available on other computer

There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

On 6/22/2012 5:15 PM, David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

The program only runs on the local machine. The program does not run on
the remote machines even though they initiated the execution of the
program running locally on the machine.

Big Steel wrote:
On 6/22/2012 5:15 PM, David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

The program only runs on the local machine. The program does not run on
the remote machines even though they initiated the execution of the
program running locally on the machine.

I can use the program on the second PC as if it had been installed on
it. Why is there an icon on the desktop of the second computer, but not
on the desktop of the third PC?

Wolf K wrote:
On 22/06/2012 6:16 PM, David wrote:
Big Steel wrote:
On 6/22/2012 5:15 PM, David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

The program only runs on the local machine. The program does not run on
the remote machines even though they initiated the execution of the
program running locally on the machine.

I can use the program on the second PC as if it had been installed on
it. Why is there an icon on the desktop of the second computer, but not
on the desktop of the third PC?

Because the 3rd PC is not part of the network.

What should I do to make the third computer part of the network? I'm not
asking for a step-by-step tutorial -- I just need to know the general idea.

On 6/22/2012 6:16 PM, David wrote:
Big Steel wrote:
On 6/22/2012 5:15 PM, David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

The program only runs on the local machine. The program does not run on
the remote machines even though they initiated the execution of the
program running locally on the machine.

I can use the program on the second PC as if it had been installed on
it. Why is there an icon on the desktop of the second computer, but not
on the desktop of the third PC?

What program is this?

On 6/23/2012 10:03 AM, Evan Platt wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 07:23:03 -0400,
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:15:21 -0400, David wrote:

There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?



it is not where the program runs that matters. It is where it is displayed
that matters.
while that program is running, open task manager on the second machine and
see if it's listed. If not, then it is not running on the second machine.

"If I double click the program's icon on the second computer, the
program runs."

bullis, you need to stop trying to answer questions.

OMG! What are you talking about? Little richard is right on the money as
to what he is talking about.

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:16:30 -0400, David wrote:

Big Steel wrote:
On 6/22/2012 5:15 PM, David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

The program only runs on the local machine. The program does not run on
the remote machines even though they initiated the execution of the
program running locally on the machine.

I can use the program on the second PC as if it had been installed on
it. Why is there an icon on the desktop of the second computer, but not
on the desktop of the third PC?

Your third PC needs to be part of the network. Go to Control Panel
Network and Internet. You should be able to find a way to connect your
third PC to your network.

Steve

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Big Steel wrote:
On 6/22/2012 6:16 PM, David wrote:
Big Steel wrote:
On 6/22/2012 5:15 PM, David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

The program only runs on the local machine. The program does not run on
the remote machines even though they initiated the execution of the
program running locally on the machine.

I can use the program on the second PC as if it had been installed on
it. Why is there an icon on the desktop of the second computer, but not
on the desktop of the third PC?

What program is this?

PhotoFiltre.

David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

Thanks to those who replied. I'll try to experiment next week.

On 6/23/2012 4:49 PM, David wrote:
David wrote:
There are a couple of Windows 7 computers on a network.

I installed a program on the first computer (Public) and its icon
appeared on the desktops of the first and second computers. If I double
click the program's icon on the second computer, the program runs. How
does it work?

Thanks to those who replied. I'll try to experiment next week.

This sort of behavior has been a "feature" of windows for quite some
time. (Windows 3.1x as I remember, if not even before.) In the 90's DOD
was sometimes using the "walled garden" security concept. The majority
of P/Cs within LANs and even WLANS were not "locked down", and virtually
all the drives and directories were accessible from any other P/C on the
same network.
Originally, there was quite a variety of different application programs
from P/C to P/C, as budgets and use differed from user to user and group
to group. If you didn't have, say Photoshop on your P/C, you could
easily find and run the copy installed on another P/C. The copy ran on
your machine, since it had almost full access to the drives/directories
on both P/Cs.
Some of the early protection schemes were not really too
useful, as windows can be told to tie a local drive and sub-directory
designator to a LAN accessible drive/directory.

Later, the major software companies saw this as a major loss of
potential revenue, and added or changed code to prevent or restrict such
use. During an application install, it's not difficult to tie the
installed copy to an individual P/C, to the point that even a minor
change to the P/C forces a reinstall.

The way it originally worked was that the programs executable was
automatically loaded into the local machine via the LAN, and had access
to the files in "standard" locations on the P/C that was "remote".