Mac App Store, Lion, Remote Desktop

Just installed Lion. Minimal problems. One is that I can't use the Mac App Store. The application runs, but I can't sign in, or (obviously) do anything that requires signing in. Just get "Connection failed." Similar problem with iTunes Store. No idea. Another, very similar, machine on the same LAN, running 10.6.8, has no trouble sigining in with the same credentials, so it's not my account.
But that's not my question: I want to buy Apple Remote Desktop from the app store. But I want to run it on the Lion machine, not the Snow Leopard machine. So the question is, can I buy it on one machine and install it on another? Does it use an installer, or can I just drag the application file from one machine to the other? Any idea if this will work, or will it be a bigger pain than it's worth.
Were it not for the $80 price tag, I'd just try it and find out. But I'm a little leery under the circumstances.

Purchases made through the App Store both download and install via the App Store application, not via a stand-alone installer that is downloaded to your computer and you run it.
There is nothing preventing you from copying the installed application to another computer, but there is no guarantee it will work. At a minimum, you could be asked for your Apple ID and password to verify a legal purchase, which wouldn't be a problem in your case. But, if the app you copy requires files that reside outside the Applications folder, and you don't copy them all, your app may not work as expected, or at all.
In short, sure, you could try it, and it might work just fine, but if it doesn't, you'll need to identify the source of your App Store connection problem to install the software properly.

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