--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "ove_christensen <ove@b...>"
<ove@b...> wrote:

> I am using Guide7 to astronomy education at my school. Is is run
> from the schools server on the school intranet.
> The problem is, that if one person is using the program his data -

or

> should I call it settings - are often transmitted to others. Often
> we use Guide as a database to get stellar information. It does not
> work in this multiuser system (Windows XP) since user get mixed
> their data.
> Presumably the program keeps a file for settings for the program
> rather than a file of settings for each user.
>
> Is there any fix?
> The school could buy a copy of version 8 if it works better!
>
> Ove Christensen
> Denmark

I had a similiar situation a little while back where I wanted to run
guide on my desktop and laptop without having to change CDs on the
laptop(Guide 8 in on two CDs). The desktop had plenty of disk space
but the laptop was very limited. What I did was to do a full install
of the CDs onto the desktop and a minimal install on the laptop. On
the desktop I setup the guide directory for file sharing so it could
be seen as a drive on the laptop. On the laptop I changed the
startup.mar file to point to the shared network "Guide" drive instead
of the CD drive. In this setup each PC has a local copy of the
startup.mar file for settings. You may need to check with Bill on his
license agreement for installing on multiple machines before trying
this solution.