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Subject: Re: Problem with Shredder 9 - any help appreciated.

Author: Henrik Dinesen

Date: 02:13:45 04/24/05

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On April 24, 2005 at 01:55:49, Graham Banks wrote:

>On April 24, 2005 at 01:46:14, Steven Edwards wrote:
>
>>On April 24, 2005 at 01:26:33, Graham Banks wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to run Shredder 9 on an old Pentium 3 450 which shouldn't be a
>>>problem theoretically. However every time Shredder 9 reaches move 26 it starts
>>>moving instantly. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, etc, but nothing
>>>helps.
>>>Anybody got a suggestion as to how I can overcome this problem,
>>
>>This sounds like a copy protection problem.  Having neither Shredder nor a
>>Windows machine, I can't say for sure.  Is it possible that both machines are
>>connected on the same LAN?  I've heard of some commercial applications that
>>attempt chatter with other copies of themselves on the local net so that only
>>one gets to run at a time.  (Or more than one depending on the licensing sheme.)
>
>Yes, our computers are networked. Any way around this problem without disabling
>the network?
>
>Graham.


Can't say I know how solve the problem, but I can tell that I've my several CB
-engines working fine in a network on two computers, without any trouble
whatsoever. Analysis, tournaments and matches; it works flawlesly with all
programs.

My believe is that it must be "something" on your old comp.

Henrik



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