This is back from page 1 or so... any idea about what is going on ?????
it's gotta be something with Windows 2000.
cause if I run smart buddy on my Windows XP laptop, it works fine...
only p0roblem is i dont play on my laptop, i play on my main computer w/ Windows 2000...

and also, I can't even update smartbuddy. at the end of the update, it just says "update failed"

so I cant even open smart buddy right now...

edit: nevermind

i just redownloaded and reinstalled smartbuddy, and I was able to "update" it
on my windows 2000 main comp.

now I'll check again that it lags down after a few min

hmmm

I have 94 buddies in there for FT
and i have 1 online right now
and it says he's at table xxx

but when I open it, he is not there...

I dont know if Smart Buddy is just not updating very fast or what, but it's been like this for 5 min easily, with him NOT at the table...

and for the lag problem... it seems fine when I just have tables open right now, but i haven't tried actually playing on 6-8 tables yet... i probalby will tomorrow and really test it to see if it lags.

I think this program is pretty unethical in that it circumvents the hide from search feature. I realize stars made them add an opt out feature on the website but the average stars fish will have no idea about that. All they know is that they are hidden from search and they should be able to trust that the site will protect them.

Reading Silent's comments was disgusting "who cares about their privacy we just want their money." It's attitudes like this that push online poker into a gray area and make people want to abolish it.

I hope stars considers only allowing the program if it does not circumvent the hide from search feature, period.

We do have this available, if you are interested you can PM me and I will get you all the info.

I am having trouble opening the smart buddy program, whenever I try to open it I get the error message: "smart buddy data server is inaccessible an error was discovered processing the <security> header." any ideas to fix this?

it also says my login user failed. When I try to login on my other computer everything goes smoothly. Should I just uninstlal and reinstall, is there a way to keep the buddies I have on here.
thanks for your help,
Noah

This sounds like a firewall issue. You can contact support and they will walk you thru it.

Smart buddy has been working great for me, but just 5 minutes ago it completly stoped working.
i closed it and tried to reopen but it told me that it couldnt connect to server. Now when i open it it shows all my buyddies offline which sucks. I have been using the same computer for a week now and its not working.
Suggestions?

I can't believe Pokerstars approved this program. They clearly have no vison for the future or protecting their player. This was the wrong decision. They should be protecting their new players not throwing them under the bus.

I think its obvious that over 90% of the players that use the hide from search option will have no idea that this program exists, and thus will not be able to opt out.

I will not play on Pokerstars again if this is their attitude.

Clearly the old management and the new management share a differing view. Lee Jones opinion

my program was working fine until today, its not a firewall issue.

Hi Noah,
We did have a problem with our authentication server twice today for about 10 minutes each time. Are you still having an issue? It could also be that you have the incorrect time on your computer. Just go to data and time properties, internet time tab and click the automatically synchronize time. Let me know when you solve it.

Suggestion: List the date/time they last logged on next to the name.

it was an issue with the time, thanks very much!

Release notes for Smart Buddy 1.0.10

Added sound alerts when a player comes online and when they leave.

Added popup alerts so you can see when a player comes online or leaves when the smart buddy window is minimized.

Added hot keys (f1,f2,etc.)

Added support for buddy list import from text files. Sample :
Playername;realname;GoodPlayer; notes to import

Name, real name, icon name, notes or name, icon …..or any other combination.

The format can be changed by checking or un-checking the import items. The buddy name must always be the first item. Currently supports ; or , delimiter and Ascii, Unicode and UTF8 format.

Updated/added go to table opener scripts for:
Full Tilt buddy list
Poker Stars buddy list
Ultimate bet buddy list
Party poker buddy list
Absolute poker buddy list and
Bodog Poker buddy list

Smart Buddy will auto update when you exit the software and launch it again or you can download it at www.pokerprolabs.com/smartbuddy

I like how it tells when the tv pros log in. I don't like how it doesn't find people hiding from the search feature. Of course if it did find those hidden people the OP would've said so in his first post, as that would be the biggest selling point.

I'm willing to bet a large amount of money you have not read this thread.

We have added support for Bodog buddy lists.

this looks amazing now. good work.

I cant get smartbuddy to work. I install it, it says there is an update available, then it looks like it completes the update but then says update failed. I've uninstalled, redownloaded, reinstalled, everything but keep getting update failed message.

I would like to try this software. Any ideas?

Same problem. Cannot get the update to work. Keep getting a message that tells me the software update failed.

I don't think that my Party Poker buddy list is working after the update.

looks amazing but wont subscribe until all these issues have been resolved.

word

hi pokerpro,

where on your website can i find the optout feature which was requested by pokerstars security (jeff).i thought it should be plain visible and usable for noncostumers as well.
at least i am not able to find this


asteroid

Thanks for the info, we are looking at the update file right now and should have it resolved shortly.