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Subject: Re: !!!!! FRITZ 7 NOT WORKING UNDER X P !! - !!!!!A SOLUTION !!!!!!!

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 03:06:10 01/04/02

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On January 04, 2002 at 00:25:26, Steve Wilkins wrote:

>On January 02, 2002 at 09:55:36, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2002 at 08:16:03, Steve Wilkins wrote:
>>
>>>On January 02, 2002 at 07:50:57, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>>>
>>>>As Fritz 7 is compatible with XP I would suggest a de- and re-install.
>>>>If you don't want that, you could try win98 compatibility mode.
>>>>
>>>>J.
>>> Neither way worked - it flashes the logo then disappears . Tried compatibilty
>>>with 2000 Win 98 ME and 95 plus a deinstall and reinstall - still ablank screen.
>>>
>>>                                              Baffled      Robert
>>
>>If it's like Fritz 6, you could simply have corrupted tablebase files.  I know
>>for sure that if you have one corrupted tablebase file, Fritz 6 will get to the
>>Logo and then stop without telling you what is wrong.  If you have Crafty 18.10
>>try starting it using the same tablebases.  If there is a problem, Crafty will
>>tell you which tablebase is bad.  Just one thing to try.
>
>
>Worked like a charm - thanks - now tell me how to load Crafty -  I don't have an
>executable Crafty - only ones ending in XXX.eng. Do I load it in a DOS window
>with the executable and some command line params??
>
>                                                          Robert

You can download a crafty executable from Bob Hyatt's ftp site:
ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/
José.



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