Running poker software off USB keys...

AZK · #1 10-26-2005, 11:29 AM

Is it possible to install all my poker programs on a USB key, take it wherever I go and just play off the key?

Voltron87 · #2 10-26-2005, 11:46 AM

yes, it works. i have done it with the party skins. it even writes hhs to the usb key, so you can just copy them and update to your main hard drive's pt.

i could not get pokertracker or any other heads up display to work though, i think this would be pretty hard.

AZK · #3 10-26-2005, 11:48 AM

OK, thanks, so programs don't have to be in the registry to run? My dad was trying to explain this to me but I was kind of confused. He said most programs when installed, write in the registry, so it'd be possible on the initial computer I install them on, but on subsequent computers they probably wouldn't run? Also he said that I might experience some lag in the computer accessing the USB key...does anyone do this regularly, good or bad experience?

MyMindIsGoing · #4 10-26-2005, 11:49 AM

Your dad seems to know what he is talking about, listen to him.

Voltron87 · #5 10-26-2005, 12:18 PM

ive only done it a couple times, but when i did i could 4 table fine.

Evan · #6 10-29-2005, 05:06 PM

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OK, thanks, so programs don't have to be in the registry to run? My dad was trying to explain this to me but I was kind of confused. He said most programs when installed, write in the registry, so it'd be possible on the initial computer I install them on, but on subsequent computers they probably wouldn't run? Also he said that I might experience some lag in the computer accessing the USB key...does anyone do this regularly, good or bad experience?

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So it won't work unless it's installed on the actual computer? What if I just want to make sure I always have my notes and table images, would that work from the usb key as long as the software was installed on the computer as well?

tpir90036 · #7 10-29-2005, 05:31 PM

Not exactly. Some programs store all of their settings in the registry (Microsoft prefers that people write programs that way)... but it's not mandatory. I think the only important registry information that Party, etc. store is the uninstall information.

Only way to know is to try it out. You could open up your registry and see what the poker sites have added but I don't think there is much of value in there.

Good luck, I am going to try this too... I never thought of it for some reason.

-joey

Nepa · #8 10-29-2005, 08:01 PM

does this work with pokerstars?

Bradyams · #9 10-29-2005, 08:42 PM

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does this work with pokerstars?

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I used to do it with Pokerstars, and it worked fine.

AZK · #10 11-06-2005, 09:23 PM

is it "bad" to leave a USB key in a computer that is on for a long period of time? Does it matter?