Fino Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Good afternoon fella's, just wondering im at work at the moment and we have not got any drives on our systems, ive got a USB Memory Stick, can you put football manager on it and play it that way without installing the CD onto the machine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazza Pee Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Not without you needing to download something illegal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fino Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 not really, ive got FM2008, what im thinking is installing it on my home computer, then putting the files on the flash drive and taking it to work, nothing illegal about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robzilla Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by Fino:not really, ive got FM2008, what im thinking is installing it on my home computer, then putting the files on the flash drive and taking it to work, nothing illegal about it. No, he means to run the game without the CD would require the use of illegal software. The only option to run the game without a CD is purchasing the digital download version (of WWSM) which is only available to customers in North America I believe or you can purchase FM from Steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedclough Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 How about getting some work done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fino Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 lol think im gonna have to now, suppose the boss wont be too happy if caught! , if any1 does stumble across how to do it, please post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backpackant Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by jedclough:How about getting some work done! On the hottest day of the year? Are you mad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedclough Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 are you Greek or something! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbananas Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 But surely its not illegal if you own a copy of the game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazza Pee Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by coolbananas:But surely its not illegal if you own a copy of the game? No. It's not illegal then but if he doesn't use the disk and he can play the game, then it's illegal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by Frazza Pee:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by coolbananas: But surely its not illegal if you own a copy of the game? No. It's not illegal then but if he doesn't use the disk and he can play the game, then it's illegal. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Playing without the disc is definately not illegal if you own the game. You just won't be able to open the game. Downloading a 'Crack' to help open the game when you don't have a disc though would be illegal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fino Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 what i was thinking was install the full game on my home computer, then transfer all the setup folders ect onto my USB Memory Stick which is 8GB so more than enough space, then just run the FM.exe file but then again u still need the disk even when installed so i think its virtually impossible to do legally. Never mind ill have to work . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedclough Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I like the way it took you until home time to work that out!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fino Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fino Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 still here pal, suppose to work till 8:30 but ive had enough and the weather is nice so gonna go out for a nice meal and a few pints with the missus!!. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by Ridleys:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Frazza Pee: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by coolbananas: But surely its not illegal if you own a copy of the game? No. It's not illegal then but if he doesn't use the disk and he can play the game, then it's illegal. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Playing without the disc is definately not illegal if you own the game Playing without the disc is definately not illegal if you own the game. You just won't be able to open the game. Downloading a 'Crack' to help open the game when you don't have a disc though would be illegal. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Completely untrue. Any circumvention of the copy-protect software is illegal, whether you own the game or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by Fino:what i was thinking was install the full game on my home computer, then transfer all the setup folders ect onto my USB Memory Stick which is 8GB so more than enough space, then just run the FM.exe file but then again u still need the disk even when installed so i think its virtually impossible to do legally. Never mind ill have to work . It won't work - when the game installs it does things to the registry. If you try to run it on a PC without those registry entries it won't work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 You could carry around an external CD drive and plug it in to the work machines? Likely to be against the computer policy though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Originally posted by Glyn:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ridleys: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Frazza Pee: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by coolbananas: But surely its not illegal if you own a copy of the game? No. It's not illegal then but if he doesn't use the disk and he can play the game, then it's illegal. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Playing without the disc is definately not illegal if you own the game Playing without the disc is definately not illegal if you own the game. You just won't be able to open the game. Downloading a 'Crack' to help open the game when you don't have a disc though would be illegal. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Completely untrue. Any circumvention of the copy-protect software is illegal, whether you own the game or not. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> So taking the disc out halfway through and carrying on playing would be illegal, that was my point. Not explained very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fino Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 yeah i understand fella's, nevermind, thanks for the advice and roll on FM2009! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderblue Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Originally posted by Glyn:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Fino: what i was thinking was install the full game on my home computer, then transfer all the setup folders ect onto my USB Memory Stick which is 8GB so more than enough space, then just run the FM.exe file but then again u still need the disk even when installed so i think its virtually impossible to do legally. Never mind ill have to work . It won't work - when the game installs it does things to the registry. If you try to run it on a PC without those registry entries it won't work. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I'd say that's probably partly untrue. I've formatted C:\ before, and left FM installed on D:\ and then simply ran FM after re-installing windows and it was fine. Installing a patch might have difficulties as it can't find the original install Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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