Temporary install on my laptop

[chstoyer]

As you may remember, I have not been able to use the new Intel Fortran since purchasing it in October. The projects I have tried so far either do not compile or have funny behaviors in release mode which is not duplicated in debug mode (and therefore cannot be easily debugged). I have not had the time to devote a dedicated effort to getting my code to work under thenew system, so I have resigned myself to keeping an XP machine going indefinitely so I can continue to develop and support our software under CVF and VS 2000.

Now, I am going on a business trip for 10 days. If this trip is anything like last year, I will have a lot of free time. I was hoping to take this opportunity to work with the Intel compiler to try to sort this out. Bad news is that I will be 15 hrs ahead of MST so that may cause some delays.

I tried to install Intel Fortran on my Win 7 laptop and it won't let me, presumably because it is already installed on my desktop.

1) Is there a way to deactivate the installation on my desktop without uninstalling it so I can move it to my laptop (and maybe move back and forth later as I need)? I am only one person and can only work on one of my products on one machine at a time. I don't mind moving a software key but I really don't want to go to the effort of installing and uninstalling.

2) It will apparently allow me to install a 31-day evaluation version, which will be sufficient for now. Is this evaluation version limited in any way besides the 31 days? That would solve the short term problem but not the long term problem of maybe wanting to use my laptop when traveling.

I really want to get this working because I know there will come a day when Win XP developed 32-bit applications will no longer be sufficient and I will likely need to move to the Win 7 based 64-bit apps. And I really don't want to move to another Fortran platform, such as Lahey, Salfordor Absoft. I have had mixed resuts with Lahey in the past and I know nothing about Salford or Absoft. And I like the Visual Studio interface and the ability to incorporate C code if needs be.

Thanks for your advice,

Charles

[Steven_L_Intel1]

As long as you have a "single user" license, and not a floating license, you may install the compiler on as many PCs as you like. Just use the same serial number.

If we can be of assistance in getting your applications up and running with the Intel compiler, please let us know.

[TimP]

If you have ifort installed on one copy of Windows, you should be able to copy the license file over to another (normal location Program Files\Common Files\Intel\Licenses\ (Program files (x86) for 64-bit WIndows)
Hide or delete the eval license.
With the license present, your installation should see it and (if re-installing) ask if you wish to use the existing license, so you don't need a connection to the Intel server for installation.

[chstoyer]

Thanks for the advice. I didn't realize it, but I dug a little and discovered that the serial number for the update was different from the serial number from the original purchase. I installed the update on top of my desktop installation and apparently didn't need the new serial number. On the laptop, the update was the initial installation so I needed the new serial.

For sure I will be contacting you with the issues when I have a chance to fully concentrate on them without distractions from day to day business.

Charles