Author: F. Huber
Date: 08:54:11 03/13/04
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On March 13, 2004 at 11:48:03, William Penn wrote: >On March 13, 2004 at 11:32:30, Mishmash wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Here's where it gets interesting ! >> >>I deleted all of the ini files as you suggested. I then deleted everything to do >>with chessbase from previous installations so as far as i was concerned I was >>starting off afresh with a chessbase clean PC. I then checked DirectX and I am >>running version 8.1. I loaded Fritz8 up again, turned off the firewall and >>Norton Antivirus and hey presto it worked !!! I got into the program, >>registered, played Fritz and went on Playchess - Great !! >> >>Not Really >> >>I turned the program off as something in my mind was saying would it work if I >>retried it ! >> >>NO !! >> >>Its doing the same old thing, with the box disappearing after about half a >>second (not 5) >> >>HELP > >I can't guess the cause, unless it's your firewall or anti-virus. Does it work >OK if you leave them turned off? My other notion would be to temporarily turn >off everything in msconfig startup to see if something in there is interfering. > >Thanks to F. Huber, there's another way to startup the Fritz 8 software that >bypasses that dual option startup box. I use it because I seldom goto the >server, only for updates, and want to select the other option 99% of the time. >It requires downloading a special utility at: >http://fs.dontexist.com/ >Download, unzip, and read the readme file for further instructions. Possibly >this will provide a workaround for your special problem. >WP Hello, if the Fritz8 version is not too old, there´s no longer a need for my little utility ´FritzStarter´. Newer Fritz8 versions can be started with two possible start options: ´Chessprogram8.exe -engine´ starts directly the chess engine! ´Chessprogram8.exe -server´ goes directly to the Playchess server! As you can see - ChessBase has learned from me. ;-) Regards, Franz.
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