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Play WoW without installing?

• Thread starter qwertyaas
• Beginning engagement Aug xiii, 2009

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I wasn't sure where to post this so I thought why non in PC games.

I am starting to go away on business and wanted to play WoW while in the Hotels tardily nighttime (not much else to do where I am going...). Trouble is, my work laptop is very limited on rights - I can not install Annihilation at all or really modify anything on the XP install. At present, I know you lot tin play WoW without even installing and it just updates the registry for it automatically and I can merely delete all the Blizzard entries afterward.

Now my question is, will that... work? Go on in mind, I don't desire to have a trace of the game on that laptop since they attempt to keep it pretty secured.

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why not bring your own personal laptop along? thats what id do, also no take chances for getting in trouble

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why not bring your ain personal laptop along? thats what id practice, also no chance for getting in problem

maybe because, you know, he doesn't have his own laptop?

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Install WoW to your user folder. It should nonetheless let you as long equally y'all don't get the admin popup. If it does pop upwardly asking for that, try to run equally the (hidden) Administrator business relationship, which a lot of admins go out without a password because they're stupid.

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I have an older Mac but regardless, I don't desire to carry around 2 laptops.

Install WoW to your user binder. It should still let you as long as yous don't get the admin popup. If it does pop up asking for that, effort to run as the (hidden) Administrator account, which a lot of admins leave without a password because they're stupid.

Nope, can't go anything installed there at all. Tin can't switch users, nothing. Only I'grand pretty certain WoW can be played equally a "portable" game while information technology auto-updates your Registry. I'k only curious if it leaves any other traces other than in the Blizzard registry entries.

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Play it off a USB stick or some external device. My friend used to do that during some of our labs at college.

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Play it off a USB stick or some external device. My friend used to do that during some of our labs at college.

And afterward all I need to do is delete the registry entries for it right? It doesn't leave any other trace? Don't really want them to find traces of WoW on my work laptop

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And later on all I need to do is delete the registry entries for it right? It doesn't leave any other trace? Don't actually want them to discover traces of WoW on my piece of work laptop

well if y'all need to clear yous registry... if your company goes that deep to spy on whatsoever yous do... maybe its time for your own laptop.

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just copy the entire wow binder off of your desktop onto the hdd. then make a desktop shortcut to wow.exe and happilly play. when you need to plow the laptop back in, delete the shortcut and folder and its clean. y'all could proably play rom a usb hdd, merely information technology the slow speed might cause some problems with loading.

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just copy the entire wow folder off of your desktop onto the hdd. and then make a desktop shortcut to wow.exe and happilly play. when you need to turn the laptop back in, delete the shortcut and folder and its clean. y'all could proably play rom a usb hdd, just information technology the slow speed might crusade some problems with loading.

Yeah, the unabridged WoW folder is self contained. I tested information technology myself past loading it into a WD passport and plugging it into each laptop that my dad had lying around. I was able to log into my server easily in each one, without having to transfer information technology over to the actual system. I tin can't say for sure if it leaves whatsoever "traces" or whatnot, only it certainly is spiffy.

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If y'all dont take enough rights to install stuff on the laptop there is probably a good reason for that.

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Install WoW to your user binder. Information technology should still let you equally long as you don't go the admin popup. If it does pop upwards request for that, attempt to run as the (hidden) Administrator business relationship, which a lot of admins leave without a password because they're stupid.

Speaking as an admin, i'm hurt you'd call me names. I don't call yous users stupid. hmm okay thats a prevarication, nevermind.

FYI any competent Admin volition not leave the password blank. Additionally if y'all don't have the correct to install you dont have the right to install regardless of binder. Your admin might take some unusual folder permissions that brand your experience unique.

OP: Have you tried looking into Thinstall? It'due south all the rage. Honestly though y'all should just get your ain laptop. Avert the temptation to screw with your work laptop sounds like a slipery gradient.

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well if you need to clear you lot registry... if your company goes that deep to spy on whatever you lot do... peradventure its time for your own laptop.

OP: Have you tried looking into Thinstall? It'south all the rage. Honestly though you should just go your own laptop. Avoid the temptation to spiral with your piece of work laptop sounds like a slipery slope.

Well, WoW itself acts as a "portable" on information technology'south own without Thinstall doesn't it? I believe Warcraft 3 is the aforementioned, as in, information technology could be played with simply copying over the dir and it machine updates the registry.

I don't travel that much for me to really want a laptop. Just a few days a twelvemonth. My trips are for the most part, a single nights so that isn't a trouble at all, this time is simply a week long.

I highly doubt they would even bother to cheque the registry since there are even people here that can't open files on a CD if it doesn't autoplay. I merely like to play it safe - very safe (but truthful, if I am this 'paranoid' with this stuff, it's best non to bother with it). But when going away for a week to a location with not much to practice, this could help! And the reason I ask almost WoW is this is the only game I know of that works without installing information technology.

Well, hopefully there volition exist some decent bars overthere, then problem solved! But yes, I guess I'll just leave it lonely. I don't fifty-fifty play it much if at all - just looking for something to do in case of insane boredom up in that location!

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quite honestly its a work laptop you should not be using it for other purposes.

one of the sales guys at our place was using his laptop to torrent needless to saay he got a severe dressing down

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quite honestly its a work laptop you should not exist using information technology for other purposes.

ane of the sales guys at our place was using his laptop to torrent needless to saay he got a astringent dressing downwardly

Aforementioned hither, caught members of our call centre downloading with torrents on their work auto and dwelling house laptops. Duh...

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quite honestly its a piece of work laptop you should non be using it for other purposes.

ane of the sales guys at our identify was using his laptop to torrent needless to saay he got a severe dressing downwardly

Aforementioned hither, defenseless members of our call centre downloading with torrents on their work auto and home laptops. Duh...

This is no way is meant to be used during work [or work hours] at all which is as well why I do not] want to install it (even if I could) on the laptop but just use it via USB. I would admittedly not put my personal things on my piece of work laptop for information technology being simply that, my work laptop.

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This is no fashion is meant to be used during work [or piece of work hours] at all which is also why I do not] want to install it (even if I could) on the laptop but just utilize it via USB. I would absolutely not put my personal things on my work laptop for it being merely that, my work laptop.

best game to play via usb central?

plants vs zombie , youll have a smash!

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You can in fact play WoW without really installing it. Simply copy the entire game folder over! I figured this out when I was trying to break myself from playing WoW after over a twelvemonth on a private server. I figured if I uninstall the game I wouldn't be able to play anymore. Withal, since it's a pain in the ass to hunt down erstwhile patches, old interface addition versions, and configure my pitbull and bartender UI'southward (the individual server doesn't run the latest Alive version virtually of the time), I copied my entire game folder over to my external HDD I use for backup purposes. Well, one day I was really itching to play WoW, and decided to encounter if I could run the game simply by clicking the .exe in the backup located on my external. Sure plenty it booted up and my attempt to quit was a consummate failure. This was over 4 months ago and I still haven't installed it properly on my system drive, I just run it from the backup.

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If this is a Vista machine (I thnk y'all said XP though), WoW could be redirected to save some files in the virtual shop if you tried to run it from within certain folders (e.g. Plan Files).

Another thing WoW does is cheque to see if it's registry entries exist. If they don't it'll recreate them. Simply look under HKLM\Software\Blizzard for them (64-bit machines will be redirected to "HKLM\Wow6432Node\Blizzard Entertainment").

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If this is a Vista machine (I thnk you said XP though), WoW could be redirected to salve some files in the virtual store if you tried to run it from within certain folders (e.g. Program Files).

Another affair WoW does is bank check to run across if it's registry entries exist. If they don't it'll recreate them. Just look under HKLM\Software\Blizzard for them (64-scrap machines volition be redirected to "HKLM\Wow6432Node\Blizzard Entertainment").

Yes information technology is XP. The second function I was aware of only information technology does it create any other entries/files anywhere also your registry? I actually never paid attending to that before when I tried it off of my external.

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Aye it is XP. The 2nd part I was enlightened of but information technology does it create any other entries/files anywhere besides your registry? I actually never paid attention to that before when I tried it off of my external.

Not to my cognition.

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Wow doesn't shop any disquisitional information in the registry. It might mess with it, but if it does it's seamless and isn't required to run the game.

Y'all can literally copy and paste the entire game binder to a wink bulldoze and run information technology on a different computer off the flash bulldoze.

You can even reformat your PC/reinstall windows, and restore the wow game folder back to its original spot on your hard disk, and play equally normal. (I've done information technology)

It's i affair Blizzard got right.

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You can literally copy and paste the entire game folder to a flash drive and run it on a unlike calculator off the wink bulldoze.

All games used to be that way but not anymore...it'due south one thing they should become back to. Self-Contained installations.

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