Install Onenote onto a USB

[prasanth]

Although I have read many people transferring the different onenote notebooks
between computers on a USB flash drive I haven't heard anyone being able to
install onenote itself on the drive.

For me I love using onenote to take my medical lecture notes but at work I
move between computers throughout the hospital. We are not allowed to
install any new software on these computers and I can't lug around my laptop
everywhere. Is it possible to install Onenote directly onto a USB flashdrive
and run it from there. That would be the ideal solution for me. Thanks

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Although I have read many people transferring the different onenote
notebooks
between computers on a USB flash drive I haven't heard anyone being able
to
install onenote itself on the drive.

For me I love using onenote to take my medical lecture notes but at work
I
move between computers throughout the hospital. We are not allowed to
install any new software on these computers and I can't lug around my
laptop
everywhere. Is it possible to install Onenote directly onto a USB
flashdrive
and run it from there. That would be the ideal solution for me. Thanks

Unfortunately, no. Like most Windows applications OneNote requires some
registry entries in order to operate and thus has to be installed on each
computer.

There are some awfully small Windows devices these days that will support
OneNote. Maybe you could look into getting Motion's new Tablet or one of
the sub-notebook sized Windows XP devices?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Ed]

Unfortunately, no. Like most Windows applications OneNote requires some
registry entries in order to operate and thus has to be installed on each
computer.

There are some awfully small Windows devices these days that will support
OneNote. Maybe you could look into getting Motion's new Tablet or one of
the sub-notebook sized Windows XP devices?

There are also a lot of Windows apps being written to be portable and use
ini files only. True, most of them are a lot smaller and less sophisticated
than OneNote! But, I think since the advent of cheap USB drives, a lot more
apps will be written to be portable, it can be done. It is certainly a big
selling point for me. Especially for a information centric appplication. I
want to have access to my information no matter where I'm at.

There are quite a few web sites out there now that specialize in hosting
portable apps. There is a lot of interest in this right now.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

There are also a lot of Windows apps being written to be portable and use
ini files only. True, most of them are a lot smaller and less
sophisticated than OneNote! But, I think since the advent of cheap USB
drives, a lot more apps will be written to be portable, it can be done.
It is certainly a big selling point for me. Especially for a information
centric appplication. I want to have access to my information no matter
where I'm at.

There are quite a few web sites out there now that specialize in hosting
portable apps. There is a lot of interest in this right now.

Yes, I know, but OneNote doesn't currently support that installation type
and I'll be surprised if it gets ported to that type of installation any
time soon.

Your best bet along that line might be if somebody comes up with a way to
ghost the entire OS, apps and all, to a bootable USB flash device and you
could boot and run it that way. That's a pretty extreme solution, though,
and require an awfully big flash drive.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[exciter]

There are 8GB memosry sticks out in the market.
But can i really install an operating system on a usb flash drive?
Or how is it going to work really?

There are also a lot of Windows apps being written to be portable and use
ini files only. True, most of them are a lot smaller and less
sophisticated than OneNote! But, I think since the advent of cheap USB
drives, a lot more apps will be written to be portable, it can be done.
It is certainly a big selling point for me. Especially for a information
centric appplication. I want to have access to my information no matter
where I'm at.

There are quite a few web sites out there now that specialize in hosting
portable apps. There is a lot of interest in this right now.

Yes, I know, but OneNote doesn't currently support that installation type
and I'll be surprised if it gets ported to that type of installation any
time soon.

Your best bet along that line might be if somebody comes up with a way to
ghost the entire OS, apps and all, to a bootable USB flash device and you
could boot and run it that way. That's a pretty extreme solution, though,
and require an awfully big flash drive.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

There are 8GB memosry sticks out in the market.
But can i really install an operating system on a usb flash drive?
Or how is it going to work really?

You can, a USB drive is really just a disk device to the computer. As
long as you have a computer that supports booting from the USB device you
can do it. There are a few different flavors of Linux that come that way
already -- in fact I recently saw a USB stick that comes with a build of
Knoppix on it so that you can boot from the stick and run the OS.

I've never seen anybody boot Windows XP off a memory stick, but I don't
see any reason why it couldn't be done.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

Maybe with the appropriate security settings on your desktop and firewall,
and a dedicated Internet connection, maybe you can use the hospital's
wireless network to get into a Remote Desktop session on the desktop
computer.

This way, the information is available from anywhere, and there are no
additional applications to install.

 

[exciter]

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/04/15/113811.aspx

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/04/15/113811.aspx

Interesting reading, thanks.



--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm