Re: free cell off line

From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 04/04/04


Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:59:37 -0400

Hi VJ,

"vjpowderpuff@hotmail.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1384b01c41a7d$763622b0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
|I lost my free cell game and dont know why .did not
| install any thing it just has same problem as Leserlee
| doese thanks vickie

Here's a few causes for Spider, Solitaire, Free Cell, etc., failing.
This list was originally started by +Elmo_Tech :-)

- Free Cell was locking up until, by reading a message on this Newsgroup,
I turned off IMGICON.EXE on the Start Menu (Control/Alt/Delete).
By instruction from Iomega, after trying updated download for the Iomega
Zip drive, I did a search for IMGICON.EXE and deleted it. It works now.

- Solitaire Caused General Protection Fault in Module:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q234/4/30.asp

- General Protection Fault When Starting Microsoft Solitaire:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q237/9/00.asp

- Problems Running FreeCell And Solitaire with Office XP Installed:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/4/02.asp

- Freecell FAQ: http://home.swipnet.se/staffan/fcfaq.htm

- For more KB articles try: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/solitair.htm

- Press Ctrl/Alt-Delete, click Point32 to highlight, and click End Task.
You may lose mouse acceleration and scrolling selections till you reboot.

- Reinstall the game(s): Windows XP:

Click START / Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs / Add Remove
Windows Components / Accessories and Utilities / [Details...] / Games /
[Details...] / pick your games / Click [OK] 3 times. May require XP CD.

To Install or Uninstall Windows 9x Games:

Click START / Settings / Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs /
Click on the Windows Setup tab and double-click Accessories.
Check the box beside Games, then click OK / click OK again.
You'll need your Windows 98 Setup CD to complete the installation
unless the win98 .cab files directory was saved on your hard drive.

 To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php

You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm

KNOWN SOFTWARE THAT CAUSES CONFLICTS:

"Have you also installed McAfee VirusScan's latest version?
Malfunctioning in Freecell and Solitaire is a known problem for them, and
they suggest a solution on their site."

- AVG does the same thing.. Disable before you start the game.

- Slow Spider Solitaire: "If I open "Start",and then "Help" Spider Solitaire
works fine. That is I must run "Help" while I'm playing Spider Solitaire."

- Pop Up stoppers.

- Cookie Crushers.

- PGP - Pretty Good Protection software.

- Mouse pointers.. Use default, or less-active pointers.

- Internet Explorer 6.

- Iomega zipdisk program conflict with IE6. An article:

"..a post on here a couple of weeks ago that suggested that this has to
do with a Iomega Zip disk file that you have running. IMGICON.EXE This
is loaded from the StartUp folder as Zip Disk Icons. (or it was on my
PC) Hit Ctrl - Alt - Del and see if it's running."

- Cleansweep's usage monitor. Disable.

--
Cheers,                                 Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S.                               http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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