Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 20:49:29 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 19:11:18, Jason Gwardiak wrote: >Help! I just bought Chessmaster 5500 and then downloaded the patch from >Chessamster.com. I thought those would work together to make the program run on >Win NT 4.0, but they didn't. The install went well and the game started, but I >moved one pawn and then got the hourglass forever... >Is there anything I can do????? If not, is there a cool program for NT? ChessMaster 5500 patch 1 (executable dated 25/11/97) I got this from KK links on Gambitsoft.com I myself ran CM5K on NT 4 BUT I had to edit the EXE fiel, forgot the procedure though but If u search the Net or NEwsgroups u will find it. Also these programs will run under NT4: Komputer Korner's List of Chess programs that run under WIN NT - version 25 Arasan Bookup 1.53 , CA Chess Openings 1.0, CA Strategy 1.0 CB6 with dongle runs CB7 without dongle runs CB DEMO program Championship Chess 1.0 Chenard, ChessAcademy 3.0 Win NT 4 version Chess Assistant 2.02 and 3.02 for Windows ChessBase Light and the CM5000 will run under WIN NT 4 with a little tweaking. Chessica ChessMaster 5500 patch 1 (executable dated 25/11/97) Chess Mentor 1.5 Chess Partner 4.0 Corel Chess Crafty, DBSCHESS runs in the DOS prompt of WIN NT 4.0 Diep Encyclopedia of Middlegames by CA Essentia Extreme Chess Fritz 2, and Fritz 4.01 and Fritz 5 will ( I know this for a fact as i ran ver 5) Genius 3 Genius 4 will run under WIN NT 4 but you have to insert the disk each time and it takes 10 minutes each time to overcome the copy protection. Genius 5 with Genius WIN NT patch will run Gnuchess, Hiarcs 6 will run under WIN NT 4 but you have to install it under DOS by booting up under DOS. Junior 5 Knightmoves M-Chess Pro 7.1 and 8 will run under WIN NT 4, but you have to install it from the DOS prompt. Nero NIC 3 and Rebel Decade Nimzo 99 Shredder Schach Champ, Schiller Teaches Chess SSEChess Studies 2.0 by CA Tascbase 2.0 runs under WIN NT if you first install to WIN95 on a separate partition and then copy the directory to the WIN NT partition and then rename the drives in the Tascbase.ini file. Tasc Chess Tutor The Crazy Bishop The software program from the Chessmasternetwork Virtual Chess 2 Winboard Y Chess Zarkov 4.3 (Masterchess 98) Best bet is to get Fritz6 and then all u have to do is get various engines that run through the interface ... u get various playing styles and excellent features
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