Author: William Penn
Date: 14:45:02 08/22/03
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On August 22, 2003 at 17:33:26, Randy Schmidt wrote: >On August 22, 2003 at 17:27:53, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On August 22, 2003 at 17:23:50, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2003 at 17:18:31, Randy Schmidt wrote: >>> >>>>Where can I get my update to this please. Playchess.com and CB have a file >>>>called something like setup Shredder7 uci.exe but when I try to run this file my >>>>Win XP machine says not a valid W32 procedure. >>>> >>>>I tried asking CB USA but they do not appear interested in resolving this >>>>problem for me. My Shredder 7 is dated Nov 2002 and they did say that is an old >>>>version and the new ones will work on Win XP. >>>> >>>>CB in Germany said to log on to playchess and that will update the file but that >>>>is not happening when I try. >>>> >>>>Can anyone help me out with this rather frustrating situation? Thanks!! >>> >>>this is the latest Shredder >>> >>>http://www.reti.de/download/setup%20shredder%20704%20uci.exe >> >>it goes without saying, it will ask for the Shredder 7 CD. > >Mike, > >This is the file I downloaded off of ChessBase Germany and I get the error >message that it is not a valid Win32 Procedure! Thanks for trying however, >unless I am doing something wrong? I don't think you're doing anything wrong - Windows XP is! I had similar problems. I'm not sure how, but eventually I got it to work. Try downloading it into a different folder or location, one where you may have more "permission" to download & run it, etc. XP is replete with obscure & unnecessary security restrictions which nobody understands except BG. I hate it. WP
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