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Subject: Re: Menu Help About Jan 23

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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