Author: Brian Katz
Date: 16:20:34 01/23/02
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On January 23, 2002 at 16:02:46, William Penn wrote: >On January 23, 2002 at 07:34:43, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>Probably you just downloaded the upgrade, and it wasn't installed. >> >>Login again at the Playchess server and see if you're prompted for another >>upgrade. If so, close the program, go to your Fritz7 folder, and run >>IUpgrade.exe, as indicated when you login. >> >>When done you should get a message that the upgrade is installed properly. Also >>check the info in the help menu after starting the program; it should read Jan >>22, 2002. >> >>J. > >The 7.0.0.6 upgrade worked correctly for me on my W98se/Celeron500 system. Note >that I was careful. I made sure that Fritz7 was working OK first. Also I >performed a system maintenance first, scandisk & defrag, etc. Then just before I >went for the upgrade, I closed all other software on my computer -- so there was >no possible interference from other running processes. > >I decided to try to capture this upgrade before it was installed, so I could >apply it again later if necessary. I was able to do so, using a simple copy & >paste operation. The upgrade module is "GUI7.iup" which was loaded into the >Fritz7 folder. Then I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it's a two-step >process, so the upgrade isn't installed until after pressing a button to give >your OK. > >I don't know what installation process it uses, such as scripting(?), nor the >system requirements. However I'll note that I recently had a hard drive crash >and had to install a new hard drive, my windows op system, and all of my >software. I didn't bother to upgrade DirectX to version 7.0 until I noticed that >the Deep Fritz GUI crashes without it. Probably the same is true of other later >Fritz GUI's such as Fritz7, but I don't know exactly which ones. Anyway, the >Fritz7 GUI might be expected to have some fairly rigorous system requirements, >so some older systems might not work(?). >WP Thank for the useful advice on the Fritz 7 Upgrade. I downloaded the upgrade a 2nd time and installed it with the program closed. The Help>About Fritz 7 window now reads January 22 2002 instead of November 22. I also removed the upgraded 7006 engine from last night and put back a copy of the Fritz 7 7002. Last night I received the Fritz 7 7006 engine but the interface did not get the upgrade. The New Fritz 7 engine stayed in the Fritz 7 folder after last nights upgrade. I had to manually copy and paste the upgraded engine from there into my engine folder. I then Downloaded the Fritz 7 Upgrade and went thru the entire process again. After the Download, I shut down the Fritz 7 program. I then clicked onto OK in the UPGRADE NOW dialogue box and the upgrade went thru without a hitch. The Fritz 7 engine now reads 7006 after clicking the version tab in properties, which it did do last night. The Help>About Fritz 7 now reads Jahuary 22 2002 which it did not do last night. Either shutting down the program and then installing the downloaded upgrade, or just the fact that the First Download was corrupted and the Second one was fine, may have had something to do with the fixing the problem I had. Thanks again for the advice. Much appreciated. It seems that a few out there are having problems. Brian
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