[RESOLVED] Strange .exe file

[falcon2000]

I apologize if this is the wrong forum but I cannot decide which forum is more appropriate.

I downloaded a patch from Seagate for its DiscWard (the Seagate version of Acronis TrueImage). It's a very small .exe file. It's saved in my laptop's hard drive. It' will run fine there.
Now, I copy this file to a usb drive and try to run it in one of my workstation. Double click on it. Nothing happens.
Try "Run" and put in the path of the file. Nothing happens.
Copy the file from the laptop to the workstation's hard drive via remote access software. Nothing happens.
Bring the usb drive back to the laptop, and try running it from there. Nothing happens.
Try the all the above in another workstation. Same result.
So, thus far, the .exe will only run from the hard drive in the laptop where I originally downloaded it to.

I have thought about admin right issue but it's not it - I log into both workstation as the System Admin but still the result is the same.

Have anyone seen this kind of behavior before? What gives?