KB: Running ZoomText 7.1 and 8.0 with Freecell



KB#: 070
Last updated: March 01 2006



The information in this article applies to:

  • ZoomText 8.0
  • ZoomText Xtra (version 7)


PROBLEM

On some systems, if ZoomText is active while attempting to start Microsoft Freecell, the Freecell program will freeze or crash, generating a Window blue screen error.

CAUSE

Under investigation.

WORKAROUND

On most systems, you can work around this problem as follows:

  1. Start ZoomText.
  2. Toggle ZoomText off using the Disable ZoomText hotkey: ALT + DELETE
  3. Start Freecell
  4. Toggle ZoomText on using the Enable ZoomText hotkey: ALT + INSERT