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I am a great lover of backgammon. I was fixing to d/l a "free" backgammon off the net when a box popped up and offered a free download manager. I answered no. The box disappeared and I was back at the original site. However, I soon realized that nothing could be downloaded from this site UNLESS you d/led their D/L Mngr first. What is the deal with this? Has anyone run across this before and, if so, why does a site demand it? As I read further, I noticed that tho the d/l mngr was free, you had to pay to get further additional options for it. I already have a good, paid-for, registered d/l mngr. Wouldn't this so-called free one put mine out of operation? Would you d/l the mngr? I think I should forget it and move on but don't have the knowledge to make a reasoned decision. Thanks for any help or advise to a lamentable no-know person.

Hmm... which site is it? Seems like there should be a mirror of that backgammon game somewhere else that doesn't have dictatorial download managers.

And backgammon is pretty cool.

downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d1628.htm

It's called GZ Downloads-Ariston Backgammon Shareware.

Try http://members.aol.com/microgam/ariston.exe

Thank you Santa. Merry Christmas.

It flashes on the screen for just a second and that's it. I read somewhere that if you're not a member of aol, then you can't use anything on their sites. Could this be the problem?

The download works fine for me. If you're talking about the program, the manner in which it operates is not related to which site you may obtain it from.

Yep that's what I'm talking about. The game d/led just fine, then I clicked on ariston.exe and the game flashes on the screen for a very quick second but nothing else. So what did you do?

EDIT: HAH! I figured it out. It works fine now. I'm so proud of myself. Somebody pat me on the back cuz my arm is getting tired.

*pat pat*