Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 07:33:52 04/12/04
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On April 12, 2004 at 07:50:23, Brian Kostick wrote:
>On April 12, 2004 at 02:14:41, Randy Adams wrote:
>
>>When I am in Fritz 8, go to new game and set up position, my computer shuts
>>down...no error messages, anything,..just shuts down. Just started several days
>>ago...never a problem before. I can restart it immediately with no problem.
>>Running W98se, AMD 1.0 GHz, 256 RAM, Nvidia FX5600 256 ram. Have been
>>researching over the web, and have cut back on hardware acceleration, cleaned
>>my fans and heatsinks, but still can reproduce the problem. Possibly a hardware
>>prob, though has only happened so far in Fritz. About a month ago, I updated my
>>graphics card (to above)...but only 2 days of problems. Realize this is a bit
>>off-topic, but appreciate any suggestions....
>>(Runs FS 2004 with no problems)
>>thanks much,
>>Randy A
>>Taiwan
>
>
> I will say that Fritz GUI has caused may people trouble in the past. It is
>very slow to exit for me after running on WinXP. Several others decided to turn
>off system restore to make it run (run at all I believe). I haven't heard much
>about this lately but I do think some of their code is leaking or at least not
>correct. While I still ran Win98se Fritz GUI would scramble the left side of the
>Start menu (the color bar), the only program that ever did that too I might add.
>BK
I have never had any problems with Fritz & Co. running
under Win98se except in the following cases:
- one ore more corrupted EGTB-files
- unsufficient cooling system on an Athlon 1.4
and therefore am always wondering why so many people
seem to encounter difficulties with the Fritz-GUI.
Kurt
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