Re: Fwd: Corporate windows laptop

[Alain Gougeon]

Hi Philippe,

Thank you so very much Sir! This is wonderful. and... as you stated, my corporate laptop does not allow me to run the executable. 

So, thank you so very much for the response, and the help, and may I please ask some more?

I have an Android phone (a Samsung A55, with Android 14), and I read it is possible to install Linux on Android. My phone is corporate but has a personal and a corporate space. I am able to install apps on my personal space, so I presume I would be able to install some Linux on it and then gnubg on that Linux.

Now, I used and installed Unix and Xenix many many years ago, meaning, I presume I know some of this stuff, but in practice, I actually don't because the last time I installed something and touched any Unix, we were in the past century (and not even the last decade, at that...).

So my question now is: is this actually feasible? Does it actually work, or is the interface unusable on a regular smartphone sized screen, or too slow, or probably too complicated to achieve? Has anybody tried? Any preferred Linux?

Your inputs are much much appreciated.

Thanks and regards

Alain

On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 10:43 PM Philippe Michel <philippe.michel7@free.fr> wrote:

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 11:44:07AM +0200, Alain Gougeon wrote:

> I wish to be able to use the GBU Backgammon software on my corporate
> windows laptop (Windows 11 Enterprise, v23H2). Until recently I had another
> older laptop, where I had been able to install, but as of now, it does not
> seem to be possible anymore. The issues I run into are two:
>
> 1) Windows prevents me from even running the install file (.exe).
> The message I get is:
> "Windows protected your PC. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an
> unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
> App: gnubg-1_08_003-20240428-setup.exe, Publisher: Unknown publisher"
>
> 2) I don't have and can't have (anymore) the administrator password, which
> would usually be needed to install software

The second point should not be an issue. If your account doesn't have
administrator rights you can still install the software in your profile
(if you can run the installer...).

> Therefore, even though I don't know much about this stuff, I am wondering
> if you have any plans of making a "portable" version of this magnificent
> piece of technology? By any chance? (or if there is a way to run it from a
> joystick, etc... whatever that could work for my setup)

I have uploaded at http://philippe.michel7.free.fr/gnubg/ a zip file
that contains a version of gnubg 1.08.003 that should be usable as is
(once unarchived). But if your system is set to prevent you from running
an unsigned installer it is just as unlikely to allow you to run the
gnubg executable itself.