#73 Review on solution for stand alone/portable SEB

[Itangalo]

A hurdle with using SEB in classrooms is that it normally needs to be installed on student computers, with in turn can lead to costs and/or a lot of waiting on it admins.

Based on some release notes I found for SEB 1.8 I've experimented with a stand alone/portable version. I have basically taken all the files found in the program folder (when installed), put them on another computer, and run SEB from there. It works just fine, after a few tweaks. I'd like to know if someone who actually knows the code/project sees any problems with this approach.

Problems I've seen so far (and how I've solved them):

• There is no config file in the default place, so SEB can't start in a normal way. (Solution so far: I've added a .bat file that calls SEB along with a config file placed in the same folder.)
• There is no service running alongside with SEB, preventing system updates or ctrl+alt+del. (Solution so far: Live with it – SEB locks down in every scenario I've tried for exiting the browser, which is good enough for my purposes.)
• SEB by default warns/complains that no service is running. (Solution: Change the setting in the config file to allow SEB to run without service without warning.)

Are there any other potential problems? Could running SEB like this lock the computer in a bad way, for example, or hurt it in some other way?