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Subject: Re: Infinite Analysis mode bug in new Shredder 7/Fritz 8 GUI (Oct 8 2003)

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 02:22:02 10/10/03

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On October 10, 2003 at 02:45:09, William Penn wrote:

>I've noticed that when running Infinite Analysis mode with Shredder704.eng and
>the new GUI update (Oct 4 2008),
 it stops (freezes) at random. In one case it
>stopped after about 3 minutes. In another case it stopped after about 40
>minutes. The GUI thinks it's still in Infinite Analysis mode, however the engine
>pane clock has stopped and apparently the engine isn't analyzing anymore. At
>that point, clicking the Infinite Analysis mode link in the menu simply turns
>off Infinite Analysis mode. It's then necessary to click it again to turn it
>back on. But then it does not continue from the point where it stopped, and the
>prior analysis is lost.

I have noticed exactly the same strange behaviour.
Shredder 7.04 stopped analysing in a position after 8:13 min.

Michael

>
>Unless this bug can be fixed pronto, I'll definitely roll back to the March 2003
>update, because I only use this software in Infinite Analysis mode.
>
>Of course I'm multitasking other applications including Internet Explorer,
>Outlook Express, an antivirus, a firewall, perhaps a ftp client, and misc
>utilities in Windows XP Home. So it could be difficult to trace the cause, if it
>has an external cause(?).
>
>I've never had this happen before with any prior GUI version, and I've been
>using them for several years...
>WP



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