Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:01:59 11/05/01
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On November 03, 2001 at 22:37:55, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote: > >>So my advice to you is to invest a little time trying to make CM8K work on your >>machine. Maybe you have already done this - I know some people just can't make >>it work for whatever reason. > >I'm open to suggestion, but I need a hint as to what causes this bug! The >problem is that all tournaments are against the Chessmaster, which means >tournament play is useless. I don't know what to start tweaking. Any ideas? >(John, if you have any idea can you give me a hint, in code?) > >This program *did* work fine on my previous Win2k box but not on this one. > >I will upgrade to XP when Hell freezes over or when they remove all the >timed/dated/expiration/license/passport cruft, whichever happens second. > >On the other hand, I am considering switching this box to Linux and running >VMWare, which would let me put in a Win98 virtual machine for games. VMware for >Win2k costs $299 to license, as opposed to $99 for Linux ($49 if you want the >one-OS version) so it's tempting. > >Sigh, when I was working, I didn't have time to dismantle this box. Now, I am >afraid to take down my only working system. At this time it is unknown what causes this bug with Rated Games. Perhaps soon, when we start doing our XP Compatibility testing, we will discover the problem (assuming that it happens in XP as well). However, this is the one bug that seems unavoidable for the people that it is happening to. The only (complete stab in the dark) suggestion I have is to make sure that your video card's drivers are updated. jm
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