Accessing program applications files on a Home Network

This is what i'm trying to do....I have a MCE2005 that I want to use as a
Server/Media Server and all my programs are loading unto that machine
(ei..Microsoft Office... etc.) I would like to be able to access the
microsoft applications from another computer on the home network. I have set
up all the folder to shared but when I click on the .exe file its states the
program must to install on the computer...

Can I used programs install on the server or do I need to have it installed
on all the computers?

Thanks for any advise....

On Oct 9, 4:06*pm, Scared Confused
<ScaredConfu...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> This is what i'm trying to do....I have a MCE2005 that I want to use as a
> Server/Media Server and all my programs are loading unto that machine
> (ei..Microsoft Office... etc.) I would like to be able to access the
> microsoft applications from another computer on the home network. *I have set
> up all the folder to shared but when I click on the .exe file its states the
> program must to install on the computer...
>
> Can I used programs install on the server or do I need to have it installed
> on all the computers?
>
> Thanks for any advise....

Most general windows applications must installed locally on every PC
that you wish to use the application on, unless the program is
specifically designed for a client / server install mode. MS Office
is not generally designed for this.

Thanks for the quick response.......

I appreciate the help

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Oct 9, 4:06 pm, Scared Confused
> <ScaredConfu...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > This is what i'm trying to do....I have a MCE2005 that I want to use as a
> > Server/Media Server and all my programs are loading unto that machine
> > (ei..Microsoft Office... etc.) I would like to be able to access the
> > microsoft applications from another computer on the home network. I have set
> > up all the folder to shared but when I click on the .exe file its states the
> > program must to install on the computer...
> >
> > Can I used programs install on the server or do I need to have it installed
> > on all the computers?
> >
> > Thanks for any advise....
>
> Most general windows applications must installed locally on every PC
> that you wish to use the application on, unless the program is
> specifically designed for a client / server install mode. MS Office
> is not generally designed for this.
>