Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 15:50:03 02/09/05
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On February 09, 2005 at 18:44:45, William Penn wrote: >On February 09, 2005 at 17:33:56, William Penn wrote: > >>I'm a registered owner of Shredder 8, and was always able to login at >>playchess.com in the past. Now when I try to login, it asks for my serial >>number. But it does no good enter it, because the "OK" button is grayed out on >>that dialog box, so it won't let me enter it. It does no good if I'm already >>logged in with "limited functionality", the serial number box doesn't work >>correctly. So what's going on...? >>WP > >A couple of tests... > >It won't let me create a new account then login with Shredder 8 either. The "OK" >button on the serial number entry box remains grayed out (inactive), so it can't >be entered. > >However it still logs-in OK with my old Shredder 7 account which I haven't used >in over a year! It even offers to upgrade my Shredder 8 GUI thereafter, but >that's nonsense. I've previously downloaded and installed their #24, which is >what it offers to upgrade with, so that doesn't make sense. >WP With the new interface I had all sorts of problems relating to the Playchess server. Most of mine came from Windows using the software version of DEP (Data Execution Prevention), and the rest are still unsolved. I can not play a single game under the new interface, yet the old one from Hiarcs that I use works just fine. This problem is a new one that I haven't heard of, but really not all that surprising. Peter
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