What does it mean?

[Brian Gladman]

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 but I get an obscure message when I try
to run the InkBall game:

"InkBall is not working on your computer right now. Restart your
computer, and then try again. If the problem persists, contact your
system administrator"

Rebooting doesn't fix it and contacting my system admin (me!) doesn't
either. It looks like a permissions issue but other games with the same
permissions run OK.

I would be most grateful to anyone who can offer some clues as to what
might be causing this and how to fix it.

Brian Gladman

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Might get some answers posting your question in the following ng:
microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc

 

[Brian Gladman]

Might get some answers posting your question in the following ng:
microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc

Thanks Andre, its not a place I would have thought of asking since I am
not running a tablet PC!

How did you conclude that this was the place to ask?

Brian Gladman

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Ink Ball is really a Tablet based application, so expert folks their might
have indepth knowledge of its inner workings.

 

[Family Tree Mike]

Ink Ball is really a Tablet based application, so expert folks their might
have indepth knowledge of its inner workings.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry

I don't know where that idea came from as it runs fine on my x64 version
(desktop) and I enjoy it... Sorry, I don't have any ideas for the original
poster unless there is an option in control panel similar to the old xp way
of removing then adding the windows component "solitaire" or "paint".

 

[Brian Gladman]

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 but I get an obscure message when I try
to run the InkBall game:

"InkBall is not working on your computer right now. Restart your
computer, and then try again. If the problem persists, contact your
system administrator"

Rebooting doesn't fix it and contacting my system admin (me!) doesn't
either. It looks like a permissions issue but other games with the same
permissions run OK.

I would be most grateful to anyone who can offer some clues as to what
might be causing this and how to fix it.

Thanks to all who have offerred their thoughts on this - I much
appreciate it. But it remains a mystery.

I wonder if I am alone in starting to doubt whether it is worth
bothering to continue with Windows when (a) it offers obscure error
messages that don't help in solving a problem, (b) nobody has a clue
about what the message means, what the cause of the problem is or how to
solve it, and (c) I don't hear even the _slightest_ from anyone in
Microsoft about the issue.

I must admit that I am starting to doubt my own sanity in continuing to
support Microsoft when I get so little in return.

Brian Gladman