Can PQ software be installed to a network drive or share?
In general, the answer is no. PQ software products depend upon ActiveX (or COM) components that must be installed on the computer that runs the software. These ActiveX components are installed and registered on the local computer during the installation of the PQ software. Even if you specified a network drive as the destination where the PQ software will be installed, these ActiveX components will still be installed on the local computer from which the installation program is running. This does not mean, however, that certain data and configuration files that are used by a PQ application cannot be made available throughout the organization by placing them on a network drive or share. For instance, you could share one or more SQCpack databases among multiple users by placing them on a network drive. Or, you could create a network share that contains GAGEpack reports that will be accessible to all GAGEpack users in the company.
