Author: Slater Wold
Date: 20:44:09 10/27/01
Go up one level in this thread
On October 27, 2001 at 23:23:09, John Merlino wrote: >On October 27, 2001 at 18:53:02, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On October 27, 2001 at 15:44:43, John Merlino wrote: >> >>Just to let you know, I run Chessmaster 8k on Windows 2000 Server, and the only >>problem I have is the boxes not redrawing properly. :) > >What boxes? 90% of them I have seen. (Which might be 10% of all of them!) Mostly the personality window. If I want to change who I am playing, it will pop up all messed up. If you'd like, I could send you some screen shots! > >>>And, of course, all of these could be directly traced to Windows 2000/NT. This >>>was making me dread how well CM8000 would work on XP. >>> >>>Thankfully, by all accounts (which, admittedly, is still less than a dozen), >>>there are no problems. >>> >>>However, I STILL hate the fact that you can't install it on more than one >>>machine. And if you want to have ANY "fully-compliant" XP program on more than >>>one computer you have to buy two copies of it. At least, that's what I've heard, >>>but the only programs that I've actually been told enforce this requirement are >>>Microsoft programs (such as Office XP). >> >>This could *not* be further from the truth. >> >>They will let you install it on any computer that belongs to you, that you use >>*personally*. It can NOT be owned by your company, or furnished by your >>company. I myself have 3 computers, in which I registered Office XP for all 3 >>of them. I did not have to register my copy of Windows XP. >> >>Of course, you'll have a hard time explaining to MS why you have 20 comptuers. >>But home LAN's are pretty common now. > >I have no personal experience with XP. However, my boss (who is exceptionally >computer savvy, and would know as much about these things as anybody) told me >that Office XP would NOT (i.e. refused to) install on a second machine, >apparently because it was already installed on a different machine. When I called in to "register" my copy of XP, I told the lady I had 3 computers. Her response was, "No problem sir, I would be more than happy to give you keys for all of them." >jm
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.