Update AF & AD on non-internet connected machine

[alanlacey]

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)

[walt.farrell]

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)

[alanlacey]

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

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome. And yes, I was referring to getting the files transferred.

[alanlacey]

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

[walt.farrell]

Uninstalling happens automatically during the update process.

[alanlacey]

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

[alanlacey]

Not sure why it duplicated my original posting?

[wonderings]

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.

[walt.farrell]

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?

[alanlacey]

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.