Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 00:59:37 11/17/00
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On November 16, 2000 at 15:00:21, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: >It crashes for me when I try to open a folder using the explorer >type window, before even trying to open a CB file. Have sent >details to CB info. No problem using file-->open method. > >Also, an interesting sidelight: I have a 1.3 million game >database starting with CB's Big 99 1.1 million game database. >Periodically I add games from various sources, mostly TWIC, and >every now and then eliminate doubles, followed by delete doubles. >No problem in CB7 - I also do backups regularly on Jazz 2 Gig drive. >First time I did this in CB8 and tried to physically delete doubles >it went thru the integrity check program and found hundreds of games >to delete numbered below 1.1 million, that is from the Big 99 part >of the database. The integrity program is, if I remember correctly, >1.2 dated 8/00. Then the integrity program said it could not >reorganize my database. I tried to run the integrity program on >the Big 99 CD without changing database (can't change on CD) >and it froze. Next I copied Bigg 99 to hard drive, deleted read >only, and ran CB8 integrity check without changing, and got same >result - hundreds of games in database to delete. I thought these >CB databases were supposed to be clean????? And it was clean in CB7. >I finally got CB8 integrity with changes to work on one of my >backups and it eliminated hundreds (thousands?) of games from >the first 1.1 base. Program does not give you count of faulty >games it finds. > >Conclusion is that the new integrity program is finding a lot more >faulty games, rightly or wrongly??? Anyone else have this problem? > >Chris > > > >On November 16, 2000 at 13:48:33, Gordon Rattray wrote: > >>On November 16, 2000 at 13:25:16, Eran wrote: >> >>>On November 16, 2000 at 09:53:36, Miguel Arrospide wrote: >>> >>>>I've just received CB 8 and I like it a lot but it crashes more often than any >>>>other chessprogram that I have ever owned. Anybody shares the same experiences. >>>>Is there anything that I can do? >>>>Another question my help menu , does not work. >>>>Anyways I still think is a nice interface but I found a few typos in the menus. >>> >>> >>>Send email to ChessBase for technical support. >>> >>>Email address: info@chessbase.com >> >> >>Good advice. However, I'm also glad that the original post was placed here. >>I'm thinking about buying Chessbase and it's good to see issues getting raised >>without having to explicitly ask. So does it crash a lot? >> >>Gordon Is the big99 database the one that comes with CB7? If so, I am not surprised, since the dupe finder they would have used with it would be the same one you would use in CB7. CB8's dupe finder is supposedly much improved, though I haven't seen the program yet. JW
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