How to install, activate, update and deactivate Pocket Fritz 4
Installation
Connect your PC (desktop or notebook) with the Pocket PC. You will find full
instructions on how to do so in the documentation you received with the Pocket
PC (PPC). Insert the "Pocket Fritz 4"
DVD in the DVD drive of your computer. The installation program on the Pocket
Fritz 4 DVD should start automatically.
If it doesn't start automatically click "Start – Run" at the
bottom left of your screen. Type in
("d:" being the drive letter of your CD ROM drive) and click ”OK”.
Select the English language (for the installation):
Follow the steps of the installation procedure. In general, it is advisable
to keep the default options.
Some decisions during the installation procedure have
to be selected on the mobile device:
You can choose to install the program either on the device's memory or
on the storage card's memory if you have one. Also you may receive warnings
from the Pocket PC, alerting you to the fact that a program is trying to install
itself and asking for your permission. Simply accept it. Once the installation
is complete you will receive a confirmation message.
Starting of the program
Your Pocket Fritz 4 will be installed in the folder Programs > Games.
Select "Programs" in the stating menu in the upper left corner of
the screen of your PPC. Then tap on the folder "Games".
And now you only have to tap the icon labelled "Pocket
Fritz 4" to start the chess program.
Activation and deactivation
When you first start the program you will receive the following
warning:
This means that for the program to funtion properly in all
respects it must be activated. Your
Pocket PC must have an Internet connection available to do this (WiFi,
GPRS, HDPA, etc.) or you can connect
it to Internet while linked to a desktop or notebook computer through the Windows
Mobile Device Center.
You have to arrange the connection settings properly in order
for the Pocket PC to be able to use the main computer's
Internet connection. You can set the value "Automatic"
or "Internet" in the field "This computer is connected to".
Please, be sure to put a tick also in "Allow data connections on device
when connected to PC".
Information on how to make the Internet connection is available
in the help function of the Windows Mobile Center. You may also have to adjust
your firewall.
On the Pocket PC go to Settings >
Connections. Tap on the Connections
icon and then on the Advanced tab, tap on the "Select
Network" button. In "Programms that automatically connect
to the Internet should connect using:" select "My Work Network".
Then edit it and in the "Proxy settings" tab tick
the option "This network connects to the Internet".
As the program itself tells you, the activation is started
with the option "Activate" in the "Help" menu. Then
a new window is opened in which you have to input the serial number given on
the front page of the manual delivered with the program.
When you have typed in the serial number correctly, the "Activate"
button is enabled. If it remains grey the number was
not entered correctly. Please, check it carefully, specially
the letters and numbers that could lead to confusion: 8 and
B, 6 and G, 5 and S, number
zero and letter O, etc. Please check also the order of
the different elements, because this is also relevant.
Once activation has been properly done, you get a confirmation
message. Tap on OK to close it
and to start enjoying the program.
If you have problems with the Internet connection, you will
possibly receive a message like the following one:
Once the program has been activated, the options to deactivate and to update
it will be available in the "Help" menu.
If you want to install the program on a new computer, or you want to re-install
your operating system or to restore your device with its factory
settings, you should first deactivate the current registration online.
The reason for this is the hardware recognition. During the registration the
program sends information about the user’s system configuration to the server.
The deactivation is carried out using the option "Deactivate".
After that en the program can
be re-installed on a different system configuration. If
you want to carry on using the program after changing the system configuration
you also have to deactivate and re-activate the program.
Before performing the deactivation, the programs asks for your
confirmation of the order.
You will receive a confirmation message
after the deactivation has been done. Of course, this
procedure requires also to have an Internet connection available in the Pocket
PC with some of the options mentioned above regarding the activation.
Keeping the program up to date
In Pocket Fritz 4, the updates are called
up by the program itself. In order to have access to
them, it is necessary to have an Internet connection, and for the program to
have been activated as described above.
Menu "Help" > "Update program" starts
the procedure.
When a new update is found, a warning message asks for user's
confirmation before installing it.
After tapping on "Yes", the download of the required file starts.
The installation follows automatically, after which the program is restarted
and a message is shown informing about the success of the operation.
Through the menu "Help" > "About Pocket Fritz 4" it
is possible to check the current version of the installed program.
The updates correct problems that have been found and and improve
the performance of the program's functions, so it is recommended that
users regularly check for available updates and install them.
Pocket Fritz 4 is a program for whenever and wherever
you want to play chess. The new HIARCS engine, written by Mark Uniacke, is impressive
because of its positional play and tactical power. Pocket Fritz 4 is much stronger
than the previous version; in the 2009 Copa Mercosur Grandmaster Tournament
in Buenos Aires it scored an Elo performance of 2938!
You can order it here and now...
Other features to be dealt with in future articles:
- Native support of CBH and CTG database and opening book formats.
- New engine features: next best, lock engine on a position, move selection
for the analysis.
- Elo simulation for playing mode.
- Customizable keys.
