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Subject: Re: Help with CM9000 install please

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 19:22:35 03/04/06

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On March 04, 2006 at 21:36:59, John Merlino wrote:

>On March 04, 2006 at 20:45:05, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>I have "uninstalled" ChessMaster 9000 several times in an attempt to re-install
>>it so it will work.  I get an error message when installing like this:
>>D3D8.DLL is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:lockCB
>>Both of those files are located on my computer.  Also during the install I get a
>>message that a previous uninstall was not completed.  I should exit and finish
>>the uninstall before doing the re-install.  Of course I've done the un-install
>>several times and can't get rid of these messages.  Any help is appreciated.
>>Thanks,
>>Jim Walker
>
>My first guess is that your DirectX installation is corrupted. The error message
>is not referring to either of those files being missing, but rather a specific
>function (lockCB) is not present in your version of DDRAW.DLL.
>
>You can get the latest version of DirectX either via Windows Update or by going
>to www.microsoft.com/directx.
>
>jm

Thank you very much John.  I downloaded directx 9.0 and ChessMaster works OK
now.
Jim



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