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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:edM7BkOgFHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> In news:OgVRnyNgFHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
> cepal <anonymous@ microsoft.com> typed:
>
> > I downloaded the chess game to my computer first, then copied
> > it to
>
>
> You say "downloaded." Did you download it from the internet?
>
> Some people misuse the word "download" to mean "install." If you
> tried to copy an installed program to a CD, the result won't
> work. A program has references in the registry and probably other
> supporting files elsewhere. Copies of installed programs don't
> work. Programs have to installed from the original media.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
That was my perception of his meaning of download as well, considering the
symptoms. Glad I'm not the only one.
> > CD. .right clicked the desk icon, on send to: I clicked the
> > Cd-RW
> > Drive- D and recorded it. I tried the disk in my computer, It
> > worked.
> > I am told now that I didn't copie all the files. It worked on
> > my
> > computer because it used my files.I just sent the game by
> > e-mail with
> > all the files. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for replying
> > promptly
> > "Kevin" <webman6@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uhVUIgNgFHA.3104@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> How did you copy this game? Was this a disk-to-disk copy or
> >> did you
> >> download this game and then copy the executable to the CD?
> >> What
> >> format did you use?
> >>
> >> "cepal" <anonymous@ microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:%23OcxRYNgFHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >>> I have win XPSP2. I copied a game to a CD. gave it to a
> >>> friend that
> >>> has win 98.
> >>> He gets this message: The drive or network connection is
> >>> unavailable. What does this mean?
>
>
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