Pokerstars.net

Hey guys i got a problem. as we all know in the US pokerstars pay to play has been slammed by the GOVT. my mother "plumsugar" had the orignial Pokerstars installed and being due to her disability pretty much used the Free play games to converse with the outside world. They had me upgrade their computer to WIN7. when we went to download the program they had all the Blah Blah Blah on there and we downloaded the program. everything set up installed and what not however. the program will not allow her to find a player, or display her pictures any more. PokerUS said that feature was taken out of the new program. so i went to my other COMP and copied all the instal files i could and tried to switch them but to no avail the program still won't allow access to find a player and upload picture. Somehow the GOVT thinks those features can allow gambling of which i see no way since the games are shut down for pay/play, however free/play is affected by this and she can not contact her friends nor know which room{s} they are in. so here is my dillemma. i need one of my fellow europeans to help us by downloading the install file for the UK or EU or whatever and we'll figure out a way to exchange it so that mom can contact her friends again and get her off my ass.

Can't she download a chat client like msn, yahoo, etc... Granted it may be hard to find them still if she does not have email to contact them.

Shes old school. took her over a year to get used to it. she won't even do facebook believe me i already tried. she's hell bent on Pokerstars and i can't budge her

Yes, the .net software is brain dead. From PS POV, they are a poker site, not a social site, and why should they do anything to support a market they will never make another penny off of. This particular thing has nothing to do with the government other than they started the ball rolling.

Tell mom she is SOL. Suggest Facebook.

I never really did understand why they had the complete free site. Stupid imo.

so can anyone send the .com install program please

This won't work? http://www.cardschat.com/sites/4.php

from what I gather about this .net stuff is if you uninstall the .com version of pokerstars you will not be allowed to go back to it, instead they allow you to use the .net version instead.

I have kept the .com version since black Friday hit and so far I have been able to use the find a player feature and my player icon has been showing, so no issues there, its just that I can only play play money tables, but at least I still have a cashier window.

My buddy got rid of his .com and he was stuck going with the .net when he tried to put it all back in and he has the same issues as you do, he pretty much stopped playing online now.

no that won't work she is too stubbob. Guy;s listen you have access to the .com version. if possible go to the .com site and download the INSTALL file for it and we can find a way, through e-mail or burn to a cd and send it here what ever. Just DL the INSTALL .com file and get back to me please. Most thank yous

I guess I'm not understanding why you can't just go to the .com site and download from there. All it takes is a couple of clicks and you're done. Why go to all the extra trouble/hassle?

Have you tried to download the eu version? That might work.

Mr Maniacal the old versions have already been posted on many download sites.

Google download pokerstarsinstall.exe

and you will find the install files you are looking for available on many sites in many versions going back over several years.

However I think when your mother logs in it will always try to autoupdate.
Guess it is worth a quick try tho,
Good Luck.

I still have my original version, and it has the find a player option, I don't know if it will find one if I try, but I do still have that option.
I just don't know how to do anything OP has asked, lol.
If you want to send me a pm or post instructions, I might be able to help.

Ooooh, now I get it. He wants an older version. Makes sense now.

If I'm understanding this correctly, I'm assuming you are based in the US and can't download the .com client, only the .net. This version of the client does not have the cashier or the find a player feature, or the player avatars.

I have uploaded the .com installation file I found on my PC from a few weeks ago to 3 different file hosting sites. Download from one of them, run a virus scan (always do this when downloading files from unknown sources) and you should be good!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YEVAZWBV

http://uploading.com/files/5f299be6/...rsInstall.exe/

http://www.fileserve.com/file/sSXHCJk

If these links stop working, feel free to shoot me a PM.

@juiceeQ

He doesn't necessarily need an old version, but a genuine .com version. Since black Friday, US players can either DL the exe from the .net site (with crippled capabilities) or if they try to DL from the .com site, you get a message:

"20 April 2011 - On 15 April 2011, PokerStars ceased providing real-money poker to residents of the United States and related territories. Real money play and deposits by US residents are strictly prohibited. [...] Players from the United States can continue to play on our site for play money only. New players who wish to create an account will need to do so using our play-money-only software, available at http://www.pokerstars.net.


They seem to be doing this based on your IP address' location. I have ULed a .com exe from before all this happened, so he should be good to go.

Thanks i'll try it in the morning and give an update. Muchos grassyas

I think it was so they had a site to send people too from there commercial because they weren't allowed to advertise for a gambling site.

FANTASTIC IT WORKED MBELSKY MOST APPRECIATIVE

Awesome!!
I hope she has a great time now.

No problem. I am glad I was able to help!

Hello, I went ahead and dowloaded the pokerstars.com exe file you uploaded to that link, but then halfway into the process it says I have to go to the pokerstars.com website and re install for it to update to the new version.. since im in the usa I am denied access.. can you help please? Thanks in advance.

PS I think recently there was a new update for pokerstars.net and .com.

Can someone help please?

If u want to play with play money then u just click on the short cut on your desktop, you should be good to go then. They won't take real money for US players.

kudos to you for helping out sir/ma'am!

How do you keep the .com version? This message pops up when I try to log on, saying something about an update error, and to download the .net version.......I don't want that version! .....The lack of features on the .net, versus the .com...are so generic. I know I can't play for real money.....I just want to keep the features I am used to for 4 years now.

this same thing happened to me awhile ago as well. I would simply e-mail support and just tell them you would like the .com version of the software back even though you realize it's only for play money. I had real money in my account at the time this happened to me, but I was told that it made no difference, they apologized for the inconvenience then sent me a zip file containing the .exe file for the .com version with instructions on how to install it, hopefully it works for you, good luck.

I forgot to also mention when you email support use the .com support not the .net.

COM Windows version:

http://77.87.180.178/PokerStarsInstall.exe

.COM Mac version:

http://77.87.180.182/PokerStarsInstall.pkg.zip

Merge please...



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Thanks Curly.....I used the link JusSumguy posted, and it worked Hopefully this will remain, and I won't be bothered with their error messages any longer. But if it does happen down the road, I might just email them at that point. If they want people to use the .net version, they should make all the features the same as the .com....minus the real money play. Again, thank you both for taking the time to answer my post

I am glad it worked for you, and I agree they should just have the .com version.

Wow, lucky stumble into this thread.

Thanks for the link.

It was worth it just to get the "Find a Player" feature back and the hand histories was a good bonus. Although it's just sitting there, it's nice to see I still have money (I can't use) in the client and a good amount of FPP's. I'm not sure if I will wait the 10 years for U.S. legislation or get some cool swag with the FPP's, but I imagine I still could use them.

Awesome thanks for the info and thank you Charade for pointing me in right direction!

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