i bought the tacbase for my home computer so it runs vista when i installed it all it is is the cover picture it does nothing so i even bought an old laptop which has xp on it and its the same thing , i bought it on amazon did i get a bad copy ? has anyone else experienced a situation like this?

Right, you have to go in manually and install the files. I wrote an article on the thing. Once you get it working it's really nice.

Just go on to the disc and yank out the pgn file. Then open it with whatever program you like. I use Fritz 10, but just about anything will work.

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thanks for the info but im also horrible with computers , how do you go into the disk and take anything out? if you could please give me more advice , step by step i would really appreciate it to the fullest , i know where all busy but if you have the time.

If running XP, go to `My Computer`. If running Vista, go to `Computer`. From there, pick the CD/DVD drive (usually E, but could be different). Then you'll see a yellow and black type icon that says `TacBase Vol 1` on it. That is the file that can be opened by any chess program, including Fritz and Winboard.

OR, if you have your chess client open already, just go to `Open New Database` and search for it the same way. I copied the pgn base directly into my Chessbase folder so that it can be opened quickly, and without the disc because I think they get annoying lol. Try that, and I'll watch this thread to see if it worked for ya.