Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 12:38:34 04/01/01
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On April 01, 2001 at 11:07:52, James T. Walker wrote: >On April 01, 2001 at 03:41:03, Chris Taylor wrote: > >>On April 01, 2001 at 03:14:10, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On March 31, 2001 at 22:49:46, Thomas Mayer wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Wayne, >>>> >>>>>Installed Fritz6 on new comp (win98se) >>>>so far so good... >>>> >>>>> Downloaded fritz6e update and unziped it to Fritz6 engines did not work, >>>>> unziped it to chessbase, did not work, updated it to fritz6 did not work. I >>>>> have removed fritz6 on each of the above. I had a devil of a time getting the >>>>> patch to work on my old comp but eventually >>>>> did. Now samo samo >>>> >>>>that is not the way... Install FRITZ 6... download the update... unzip it e.g. >>>>in \windows\temp\ - start the setup.exe ... follow everything, restart, delete >>>>everything in \windows\temp ... and well, there you have the newest Fritz 6... >>>> >>>>Greets, Thomas >>> >>> >>>That naturally works but IMO the critical thing is the path. >>>C:\Program files\chessbase\Fritz6 and also choosing repair >>>if you have installed a previous patch. >>> >>>Following is the actual text from Chessbase. >>> >>>"This is how you install a service pack: >>> >>>1. Download the file for the language you require (click and then "save as..."). >>> >>>2. Unzip the zip file on your hard disk. >>> >>>3. Run the file setup.exe, which you have extracted from the zip file. Fritz has >>>to be in the original installation folder. The setup software will automatically >>>locate the folder for the update. >>> >>>4. The last service pack supercedes all previous ones. So if you install Fritz >>>from the original CD and then upgrade it with one of the service packs below you >>>with then have the very latest version of the program. >>> >>>5. If you have already installed a previous service pack, chose the option >>>"Repair" in the setup software. This will overwrite all newer files. >>> >>>6.To check if the upgrade was successful open Menu: Help - About Fritz. It >>>should now show Jan 9 2001." >>> >>> >>>Sarah. >> >>When I look in help, my version shows the date "Jan 23" >> >>Chris Taylor > >I believe the Jan 23 2001 date is correct. The "SP" was changed a couple of >days after the initial posting and it appears the instructions were not updated. >Jim Aweeeee yes, I think you are right Jim cause I noticed the Fritz logo _was_ there and as I recall that was once of the assurances. But now I do not have the choice of old fritz6 and new fritz6e as I do on my other older comp in the Engines folder. WAyne
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