Author: Mike S.
Date: 12:01:25 06/07/03
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On June 07, 2003 at 13:45:06, Brian Kostick wrote: >(...) >6. "And no, my swap file is not too small". Too large could cause swapping. See >if the problem exist with 96MB hash table. Don't leave a bunch of other junk >running. Yes, this sounds like hash was set too large. But I remember similar problem reports when people didn't use the standard installation paths, related to the recovery function of Windows. I'm not sure about that, but it may be that Windows tries to back up large files again and again, under certain circumstances (IIRC, the problems I read of were related to the large opening book files). AFAIK Windows won't do this for files in ..\My Documents\.., but for other folders. Maybe Windows experts can crosscheck if this is correct. I have WinME too and non-default installation paths, but I've disabled that recovery option in the Windows system settings. A tip to use *at your own risk* only. :-) But I guess when the "big crash" happens, that option won't be very useful anyway... and the constant HD and system activity always, although Windows hasn't been told to do anything, was very annoying. >When you first start the program select the PlayChess.com option. Sign up, sign >in, and query for any updates. I think the latest version is dated March 05, >2003 in the Help/About dialogbox. Don't worry if the GUI then claims it's >'Fritz'. Your engines will all still load fine. An he can switch to Shredder in "Extras/Option, Version" which allows to create Shreddermarks (while Fritzmarks require the Fritz engine). With the March 5th GUI version, I'm currently not aware of bugs in the GUI. - I know the windows resizing problem; for the opening book I use only the tab in the notation window, so I don't have to open & close an additional window for that. As for non-functional help buttons, it may be that a keyword search in the F1 help can still bring up some info about these functions. Regards, M.Scheidl
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