alanlacey Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Hi, I'm running both Affinity Photo and Designer purchased late 2016 on a Win7Pro workstation that does not now connect to the internet. I'd like to update my software (current = AF v16) to the latest. I've downloaded the exe files but before installing, can I do this on the workstation that has no internet access? Many thanks for your help. Alan Lacey (UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Yes, as long as you can get the installer onto the machine the install should work fine. Of course, the Win7 machine must meet the current requirements for the Affinity applications: Windows® 7 (Service Pack 1; Aero enabled) stokerg 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanlacey Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Thanks so much Walt. By getting the installer on the machine, do you mean getting the exe files transferred? If so no problems. Having fallen out with Microsoft a couple of years ago and Apple a long time before that, I'm practically all Linux now! However the old Win7 box is still in use for AF and other progs I really like. Gimp's great but sadly no macro recorder at present and scripting for gimp is very demanding compared with the simplicity of macros in PS and AF. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 You're welcome. And yes, I was referring to getting the files transferred. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanlacey Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Many many thanks for getting back so quickly. Will I need to uninstall the existing packages before running the exe files or can I just overwrite them? Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Uninstalling happens automatically during the update process. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanlacey Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Hi, I'm running both Affinity Photo and Designer purchased late 2016 on a Win7Pro workstation that does not now connect to the internet. I'd like to update my software (current = AF v16) to the latest. I've downloaded the exe files but before installing, can I do this on the workstation that has no internet access? Many thanks for your help. Alan Lacey (UK Once again thanks A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanlacey Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Not sure why it duplicated my original posting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Just curious but why would you not connect your PC to the internet? Seems like it would make life a whole lot easier and having internet access when working on anything design is just super handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 minute ago, wonderings said: Just curious but why would you not connect your PC to the internet? Seems like it would make life a whole lot easier and having internet access when working on anything design is just super handy. Is it safe to connect a Windows 7 machine to the Internet these days, given that it is Unsupported and security issues are not being fixed? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanlacey Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 It's the lack of security that worries me now Walt. I'm recently retired and have some VERY expensive windows only software running on what's now my last windows machine. A lot , with the attendant hardware, won't run on Win10 so I'm just not taking any chances. Once I'd first heard of the cessation of Win7 support by Microsoft a good few years ago now, I was determined to use Linux for as much as I could from then on. And it's almost all now. Blender replaces Cinema4D and Max, Gimp & Darktable nearly PS & AF, Natron for AfterEffects, Audacity for SoundForge, the list goes on. Amazing and all free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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