Post #28,212
2/13/02 9:14:52 AM
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MS has finally done it!!!
They finally took away my last reason to use Windows.
[link|http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/weekly/1252166|story]
Feb. 12, 2002, 7:00PM
HELP LINE
Freecell doesn't get along with Internet Explorer 6
By JAY LEE
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
Q. When I upgraded to Internet Explorer 6 from version 5.5, my Freecell game stopped functioning. I have read on the Internet that other users experienced the same problem. Is there a fix?
A. I did some research on this problem, and you are correct, there are many people experiencing the same problem. Apparently Microsoft isn't commenting.
The only thing I can suggest is reverting back to Internet Explorer 5.5 and reinstalling Freecell from the CD.
To do this, go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. Find Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools in the list of installed programs, and then click Add/Remove. Click "Restore the previous Windows configuration" and then click OK. The Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools Setup dialogue box appears. When Setup starts, click OK to restore the previous version of Internet Explorer and shared components, including Outlook Express.
When you are prompted to verify that you want to restore the previous version. Click Yes to start the uninstall process. When this job is done you will be prompted to restart Windows. Go ahead and do this.
Once you have restarted your computer, return to the Add/Remove Programs tool, click the Windows Setup tab, and reinstall the Freecell from your Windows CD.
That should do it. If you want to keep using Internet Explorer 6.0, you may want to check out Freecell Online at www.freecell.com and play there.
BConnors
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Post #28,217
2/13/02 9:47:37 AM
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You mean Cairo is finally out?!?! ... Oh. :-)
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Post #28,224
2/13/02 10:17:08 AM
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THAT particular last reason has been dead for some time
[link|http://www2.giganet.net/~nakayama/index.html|Freecell for linux]
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Post #28,225
2/13/02 10:17:28 AM
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FBOG
Freecell! What the HELL could that possibly share with IE6 that causes problems? That's just ... I mean ... it's ... wow.
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Post #28,227
2/13/02 10:24:22 AM
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Re: FBOG
Well.....
GDI is in Ring 0...
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #28,240
2/13/02 11:12:25 AM
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Well, (IIRC), historically...
DrooK boggles: Freecell! What the HELL could that possibly share with IE6 that causes problems? That's just ... I mean ... it's ... wow. As I recall, FreeCell was introduced with Windows for Workgroups, precisely to show off its *network* capabilities, so... It's not *totally* unreasonable that it has dependencies on network code. You never played FreeCell over the LAN, against your colleagues in stead of the built-in "players"? What sucks, of course, is that IE (which -- in a *sane* universe! -- would be supposed to be an *application*, running *on top* of the network layer) apparently updates lower-level networking shtuff too, when you install it. But, hey, that's what makes it "part of the operating system", right...? :-( Not all that surprising, though... on the contrary, when I think about it, it's amazing they hadn't broken it long before IE6! Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #28,242
2/13/02 11:26:38 AM
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That was 'Hearts', not Freecell.
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Steve
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Post #28,247
2/13/02 12:40:18 PM
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Duh! Yes, of course! Thanks, and sorry.
So, uh, les'see, if the one I was thinking of (Hearts sounds about right, now that you say it) was a player-vs-player game, then Freecell is a solitaire game rather like the original Windows 3 Solitaire, right?
(Only with more, and uglier, cards? Oh, I don't know any more -- as I just said in another post, I'm not much of a game player! :-)
Sorry about the confusion -- but now I can only join Drew in his. What the FUCK would a Web browser upgrade screw up a *solitaire* game for???
Stupid Microsoft assholes.
Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #28,306
2/13/02 10:03:48 PM
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It moves the shuffle routine
that freecell uses to generate new layouts.
IE6 needs it to decide which error to generate.
Regards,
Ric
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Post #28,476
2/15/02 9:29:32 AM
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*chortle*
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
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Post #28,314
2/13/02 11:16:54 PM
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Freecell was first distributed with . . .
. . the Win32 add-on for Windows 3.1. This was, I presume, to try to make you think you needed 32 bits for something.
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Post #28,859
2/18/02 7:30:47 PM
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Lucky or what?
Gee all my win2000, win 9x machines w/ IE6 all seem to run Freecell just fine
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Post #29,107
2/20/02 3:35:47 PM
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Works fine here too.
Win2k, SP2, IE6, no problemo.
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