Author: Steven J. Brann
Date: 06:16:06 12/01/01
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On November 30, 2001 at 11:42:08, John Merlino wrote: >On November 30, 2001 at 06:49:15, Steven J. Brann wrote: > >>I purchased a new computer... P4 1.9Ghz and naturally, Windoze XP was >>pre-installed. All the applications I've installed work fine except CM8000. >>The install was flawless, and the program comes up fine. However, if I set up a >>tournament to run unattended, it will start just fine but eventually freeze up >>solid. >> >>I take solace in the fact that when I "end the task", it offers to send the >>information about the situation to Microsoft. I did that. I thought I'd stay >>home from work a couple of days to wait for their response. >> >>Any suggestions on what to try? I did notice that the directx version is 8.1 on >>this new computer. I uninstalled CM and did a second intall, no antivirus, no >>other tasks running, reboot afterwards etc. It does exactly the same thing. >> >>Is there any other information I can supply that might help with a fix? >> >>Steve > >What was the time control of the tournament? > >Try this: Go to "Preferences -> Sound -> Piece Movement Tab" and select >something other than "Spoken Move Announcements". That MIGHT fix the problem. > >jm It's been running over night with no problems. This must have taken care of the problem. Thanks again. By the way, there are no menu problems you alluded to before with another XP user. Thanks John Steve
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