Freecell Problem

[Lora Miller]

I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a problem I can't
figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards visible. All other
games like solitaire work fine.

I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and Norton Anti-Virus.

I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the game via the
win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS updates, but I
still have the same problem.

I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D processor.

What can we do next?

Johnny

[Dapper Dan]

Lora
Not sure if I understood correctly. When you select FREECELL, it comes
up empty in a green screen with a couple of options to select; either
Games or Help. You must select Games and then select New Game. Then
the cards are dealt.

If you are saying there are no cards dealt, then you may have to
reload the games. Go to;
Start/Settings/Add Remove and then select WINDOWS SETUP. Highlight
ACCESSORIES and click on the DETAILS button. Remove the checkmark in
the box next to GAMES. I believe you must then reboot. Follow the
exact same procedure, except re-insert a checkmark in the GAMES box.
You may need your CD at this point. I'm not sure if you must reboot
again for it to take effect.

Hope this is helpful

"Lora Miller" > wrote in message
...
> I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a problem I
can't
> figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards visible. All
other
> games like solitaire work fine.
>
> I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and Norton
Anti-Virus.
>
> I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the game via
the
> win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS updates,
but I
> still have the same problem.
>
> I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D processor.
>
> What can we do next?
>
> Johnny
>
>

[Lora Miller]

Dapper,

You pretty well got it, because I have only a green screen and no cards are
dealt. I tried your suggestions before though, and it doesn't fix it.

Johnny


"Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Lora
> Not sure if I understood correctly. When you select FREECELL, it comes
> up empty in a green screen with a couple of options to select; either
> Games or Help. You must select Games and then select New Game. Then
> the cards are dealt.
>
> If you are saying there are no cards dealt, then you may have to
> reload the games. Go to;
> Start/Settings/Add Remove and then select WINDOWS SETUP. Highlight
> ACCESSORIES and click on the DETAILS button. Remove the checkmark in
> the box next to GAMES. I believe you must then reboot. Follow the
> exact same procedure, except re-insert a checkmark in the GAMES box.
> You may need your CD at this point. I'm not sure if you must reboot
> again for it to take effect.
>
> Hope this is helpful
>
> "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a problem I
> can't
> > figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards visible. All
> other
> > games like solitaire work fine.
> >
> > I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and Norton
> Anti-Virus.
> >
> > I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the game via
> the
> > win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS updates,
> but I
> > still have the same problem.
> >
> > I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D processor.
> >
> > What can we do next?
> >
> > Johnny
> >
> >
>
>

[Dapper Dan]

You don't have GAME and HELP listed on the top left corner of the
green screen???

"Lora Miller" > wrote in message
...
> Dapper,
>
> You pretty well got it, because I have only a green screen and no
cards are
> dealt. I tried your suggestions before though, and it doesn't fix
it.
>
> Johnny
>
>
> "Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Lora
> > Not sure if I understood correctly. When you select FREECELL, it
comes
> > up empty in a green screen with a couple of options to select;
either
> > Games or Help. You must select Games and then select New Game.
Then
> > the cards are dealt.
> >
> > If you are saying there are no cards dealt, then you may have to
> > reload the games. Go to;
> > Start/Settings/Add Remove and then select WINDOWS SETUP. Highlight
> > ACCESSORIES and click on the DETAILS button. Remove the checkmark
in
> > the box next to GAMES. I believe you must then reboot. Follow the
> > exact same procedure, except re-insert a checkmark in the GAMES
box.
> > You may need your CD at this point. I'm not sure if you must
reboot
> > again for it to take effect.
> >
> > Hope this is helpful
> >
> > "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a
problem I
> > can't
> > > figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards visible.
All
> > other
> > > games like solitaire work fine.
> > >
> > > I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and Norton
> > Anti-Virus.
> > >
> > > I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the game
via
> > the
> > > win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS
updates,
> > but I
> > > still have the same problem.
> > >
> > > I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D processor.
> > >
> > > What can we do next?
> > >
> > > Johnny
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Lora Miller]

Dan,

I DO have GAME and HELP in the top left corner. Pushing Help works, but
doesn't give any info about this problem. When I push Game then choose "New
Game" it blinks and sometimes I get the little king symbol in the upper left
corner and sometimes I get two or four cards stacked on top of each other
down in the bottom left corner. Pushing any other thing under Game just
freezes everything.

Johnny


"Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
...
> You don't have GAME and HELP listed on the top left corner of the
> green screen???
>
> "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Dapper,
> >
> > You pretty well got it, because I have only a green screen and no
> cards are
> > dealt. I tried your suggestions before though, and it doesn't fix
> it.
> >
> > Johnny
> >
> >
> > "Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Lora
> > > Not sure if I understood correctly. When you select FREECELL, it
> comes
> > > up empty in a green screen with a couple of options to select;
> either
> > > Games or Help. You must select Games and then select New Game.
> Then
> > > the cards are dealt.
> > >
> > > If you are saying there are no cards dealt, then you may have to
> > > reload the games. Go to;
> > > Start/Settings/Add Remove and then select WINDOWS SETUP. Highlight
> > > ACCESSORIES and click on the DETAILS button. Remove the checkmark
> in
> > > the box next to GAMES. I believe you must then reboot. Follow the
> > > exact same procedure, except re-insert a checkmark in the GAMES
> box.
> > > You may need your CD at this point. I'm not sure if you must
> reboot
> > > again for it to take effect.
> > >
> > > Hope this is helpful
> > >
> > > "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a
> problem I
> > > can't
> > > > figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards visible.
> All
> > > other
> > > > games like solitaire work fine.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and Norton
> > > Anti-Virus.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the game
> via
> > > the
> > > > win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS
> updates,
> > > but I
> > > > still have the same problem.
> > > >
> > > > I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D processor.
> > > >
> > > > What can we do next?
> > > >
> > > > Johnny
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Dapper Dan]

Sorry but the only way I can think of to fix this problem would be to
uninstall and then reinstall the games as indicated in my first
posting. However you indicated that you tried that, but to no avail.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will come along and offer help.
If not, I'm wondering if these games are part of IE, and if they are,
whether doing a "repair" of I.E. would solve the problem ?
(Start/Settings/Control Panel/Add Remove. Highlight your version of
I.E. and then click REMOVE but on the next screen click REPAIR).

Good Luck

"Lora Miller" > wrote in message
...
> Dan,
>
> I DO have GAME and HELP in the top left corner. Pushing Help works,
but
> doesn't give any info about this problem. When I push Game then
choose "New
> Game" it blinks and sometimes I get the little king symbol in the
upper left
> corner and sometimes I get two or four cards stacked on top of each
other
> down in the bottom left corner. Pushing any other thing under Game
just
> freezes everything.
>
> Johnny
>
>
> "Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You don't have GAME and HELP listed on the top left corner of the
> > green screen???
> >
> > "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Dapper,
> > >
> > > You pretty well got it, because I have only a green screen and
no
> > cards are
> > > dealt. I tried your suggestions before though, and it doesn't
fix
> > it.
> > >
> > > Johnny
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Lora
> > > > Not sure if I understood correctly. When you select FREECELL,
it
> > comes
> > > > up empty in a green screen with a couple of options to select;
> > either
> > > > Games or Help. You must select Games and then select New Game.
> > Then
> > > > the cards are dealt.
> > > >
> > > > If you are saying there are no cards dealt, then you may have
to
> > > > reload the games. Go to;
> > > > Start/Settings/Add Remove and then select WINDOWS SETUP.
Highlight
> > > > ACCESSORIES and click on the DETAILS button. Remove the
checkmark
> > in
> > > > the box next to GAMES. I believe you must then reboot. Follow
the
> > > > exact same procedure, except re-insert a checkmark in the
GAMES
> > box.
> > > > You may need your CD at this point. I'm not sure if you must
> > reboot
> > > > again for it to take effect.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this is helpful
> > > >
> > > > "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> > > > ...
> > > > > I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a
> > problem I
> > > > can't
> > > > > figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards
visible.
> > All
> > > > other
> > > > > games like solitaire work fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and
Norton
> > > > Anti-Virus.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the
game
> > via
> > > > the
> > > > > win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS
> > updates,
> > > > but I
> > > > > still have the same problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D
processor.
> > > > >
> > > > > What can we do next?
> > > > >
> > > > > Johnny
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[BoB]

>Dan,
>
>I DO have GAME and HELP in the top left corner. Pushing Help works, but
>doesn't give any info about this problem. When I push Game then choose "New
>Game" it blinks and sometimes I get the little king symbol in the upper left
>corner and sometimes I get two or four cards stacked on top of each other
>down in the bottom left corner. Pushing any other thing under Game just
>freezes everything.
>
>Johnny

Freecell was originally [Win3] installed to verify a problem
free Win32 programming, which inherently ties the game into
windows.

If you are unable to fix the problem and would like to play the
game, you can DL a free shareware version which is much more
attractive and is unaffected by windows. 130k
~~~~~~
RusCell95 is a solitaire game for Windows95+. It can be used as
a replacement for Freecell which is included in standard Windows
distribution.

Minimum requirements: 800x600 hi-color (16 bit) or better screen mode.
How to install: run Install_Ruscell.exe.
How to uninstall: select Add/Remove programs from Control Panel.
New in version 1.1: timed game.
~~~~~~~~
http://www.by-art.com/ruscell.htm

BoB

[H Leboeuf]

Here are some issues with Freecell, check them out.

Problems Running FreeCell And Solitaire with Office XP Installed
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=3D304402

To work around this problem, prevent Ctfmon.exe from running. For =
information about how to prevent Ctfmon.exe from running, please see the =
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
282599 - OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-US;282599

Also see:
Error: "FREECELL.EXE has caused a general protection fault in CARDS.DLL" =
when running FreeCell after installing CleanSweep:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/cleansweep.nsf/2d39993bee5be87f85256=
90b0045c40c/2adbd7ff86bc1288852566cf00654c89?OpenDocument

Here are some replies I found in past newsgroup posts:

"I have now found out the problem for myself! It was to do
with having Mcafee Virus Scan 6 installed and when this is
running it causes a conflict with Freecell and Solitaire.
Disable virus scan when playing and everything works fine!"

"He had over 500 emails in his OE in-box
and many 100's more saved in other mailboxes. These had a lot of big
attachments like .JPG and .GIF files. He started cleaning out his =
mailboxes
and moving attachments off the HD to CD-R.
After all this OE mailbox cleanup, FreeCell works!"

"It was a piece of software sent by my ISP (Freeserve) to upgrade my
account to AnyTime. If I press C/A/D and disable its ATdialler, FreeCell
works."

"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. All Works fine now."
--
Source: Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
"Lora Miller" > wrote in message
...
> Dan,
>
> I DO have GAME and HELP in the top left corner. Pushing Help works, but
> doesn't give any info about this problem. When I push Game then choose
"New
> Game" it blinks and sometimes I get the little king symbol in the upper
left
> corner and sometimes I get two or four cards stacked on top of each other
> down in the bottom left corner. Pushing any other thing under Game just
> freezes everything.
>
> Johnny
>
>
> "Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You don't have GAME and HELP listed on the top left corner of the
> > green screen???
> >
> > "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Dapper,
> > >
> > > You pretty well got it, because I have only a green screen and no
> > cards are
> > > dealt. I tried your suggestions before though, and it doesn't fix
> > it.
> > >
> > > Johnny
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dapper Dan" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Lora
> > > > Not sure if I understood correctly. When you select FREECELL, it
> > comes
> > > > up empty in a green screen with a couple of options to select;
> > either
> > > > Games or Help. You must select Games and then select New Game.
> > Then
> > > > the cards are dealt.
> > > >
> > > > If you are saying there are no cards dealt, then you may have to
> > > > reload the games. Go to;
> > > > Start/Settings/Add Remove and then select WINDOWS SETUP. Highlight
> > > > ACCESSORIES and click on the DETAILS button. Remove the checkmark
> > in
> > > > the box next to GAMES. I believe you must then reboot. Follow the
> > > > exact same procedure, except re-insert a checkmark in the GAMES
> > box.
> > > > You may need your CD at this point. I'm not sure if you must
> > reboot
> > > > again for it to take effect.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this is helpful
> > > >
> > > > "Lora Miller" > wrote in message
> > > > ...
> > > > > I am working on my sister-in-law's computer and she has a
> > problem I
> > > > can't
> > > > > figure out. When you go to FreeCell there are no cards visible.
> > All
> > > > other
> > > > > games like solitaire work fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried running: scandisk,...sfc,....AdAware,....and Norton
> > > > Anti-Virus.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried to disable Norton,...delete and re-install the game
> > via
> > > > the
> > > > > win98 Cd,...and even reinstalled win98 and installed all MS
> > updates,
> > > > but I
> > > > > still have the same problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am running Win98Se with 64 mgs ram on an AMD-K6 3D processor.
> > > > >
> > > > > What can we do next?
> > > > >
> > > > > Johnny
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>