Author: gerold daniels
Date: 15:24:20 09/29/05
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On September 29, 2005 at 16:53:58, Mike Agnos wrote: >Dear Computer Experts, > >I ordered Majestic Chess from wholesalechess.com and it arrived yesterday. I >couldn't wait to start playing it! Hahaha...it installed perfectly, it seems, >but when I clicked "play Majestic Chess," nothing happened, except the CD-ROM >drive spun and spun for about a minute and a half before it finally stopped. I >tried ten more times to play the game with the same result. I finally >uninstalled then reinstalled MC. After about six more attempts MC finally came >on the screen. A miracle! I explored MC, (beautiful graphics!), and even got >crushed in a game. Then I exited MC to see whether I could get back in. I >couldn't. So in uninstalled and reinstalled again. No Majestic Chess. I did >the same thing this morning. No result. My computer exceeds the recommended >system requirememts, by the way. I even cleaned the laser lens in the CD drive. > >This morning, I called support at Vivendi games and the support person told me >"your graphics and CD-ROM drivers need updating." (That's funny, my computer >and Majestic Chess were made and/or put on the market the same year, 2003.) >Then the support person said there may be a way around my "outdated drivers." >He had me disable some start-up items. No effect. Then he had me disable the >CD drive's ability to copy. No effect. He had no more advice for me.. > >So, all you wise and knoweledgable computer people, can you help me get Majestic >Chess running? Or should I try and get my money back? Strange..I did get it to >run once! I thank you all in advance.. > >warm regards >Mikey Hello Mikey. Have you tried running it on another computer.
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