Games in Vista

[Guest]

Thanks Microsoft. You have managed to aleinate my wife. She likes the look of
the games in Vista, eg Solitaire, Freecell etc but is annoyed as hell with
all the stupid pop-ups asking what she wants to do.

If she wants to start a new game, she doesn't want a pop-up asking her what
she wants to do - just automatically start a new game.

You have taken games that was so simple and turned them into a complicated
mess. Probably programmed by the UAC.

There goes my upgrade.

Sob. Sob.

Jonty

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[Paul Smith]

Thanks Microsoft. You have managed to aleinate my wife. She likes the look
of
the games in Vista, eg Solitaire, Freecell etc but is annoyed as hell with
all the stupid pop-ups asking what she wants to do.

If she wants to start a new game, she doesn't want a pop-up asking her
what
she wants to do - just automatically start a new game.

You have taken games that was so simple and turned them into a complicated
mess. Probably programmed by the UAC.

There goes my upgrade.

If you're talking about the tips box. Game -> Options -> Uncheck show tips.

If you're talking about the prompts when you've got a game in progress and
want to start a new one, then in my opinion that's the right thing to do.
It would only take one button press to accidently nuke a game in progress -
F2. If it's a time thing just press F2 and enter and it'll quit the
existing game and start a new one.

The main critism I've had from my mum is how it's much more strict with
keeping score. She would do loads of things like saving and loading games
in Spider to avoid using undo (which lowers your score). You can't do that
in Vista now, and ultimately that's the right way to do things.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Guest]

Well Paul. I'd disagree with you. Take Solitaire. You can continue playing
the game until there are no more moves. The a pop-up is displayed with your
options. Fine I agree with this. This is Solitaire for Dummies.

However, if my wife is playing and can see that she will not win - hey, she
is smarter than the computer. She goes to Games, start a new game and hey - a
damn pop-up asking does she want to start a new game or replay the old one.
NO! she wants a new game - PERIOD!, this is what she selected.

Like I say, all MS has done is added complexity to a simple game. The KISS
principle is dead.

Jonty

 

[Paul Smith]

However, if my wife is playing and can see that she will not win - hey,
she
is smarter than the computer. She goes to Games, start a new game and
hey - a
damn pop-up asking does she want to start a new game or replay the old
one.
NO! she wants a new game - PERIOD!, this is what she selected.

And what happens to people who accidently clicked new game? Is it right for
them to lose a game in progress?

Pressing F2 and Return is far faster than using the menu with the mouse
anyway. Just do that instead.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Guest]

Paul,
For starters they're not playing to win money, hotels etc. If they press it
once and lose a game - no big deal. Bet they won't do it a second time.

And you want my wife to use the eeek - keyboard. She's just mastered the dam
mouse. A pop-up we will go, a pop-up we will go, hi ho the ....

Jonty

 

[Guest]

I've got Vista 64bit loaded on my PC. Most of my games won't work at all or
load and then crash. These were working on XP 32bit. The games that will
work so far is SIMS2 and SIM City. Ive tried the compatibility mode, that
changed nothing. Is there any other games that have been tried and DO work in
64bit?

 

[Guest]

I've got Vista 64bit loaded on my PC. Most of my games won't work at all or
load and then crash. These were working on XP 32bit. The games that will
work so far is SIMS2 and SIM City. Ive tried the compatibility mode, that
changed nothing. Is there any other games that have been tried and DO work in
64bit?

YES, i believe that many of the games that came out for the Xbox 360 will
work in 64bit, or you can probibly make you computer be compatible somehow,
ask MS.

 

[Paul Smith]

YES, i believe that many of the games that came out for the Xbox 360 will
work in 64bit, or you can probibly make you computer be compatible
somehow,
ask MS.

Xbox 360 has nothing to do with it.

Most of the games that work with Windows XP x64, and that does include the
Sims 2 and Sim City 4 *should* also be working in the final version of
Vista. At the moment WoW just may not be working correctly on Vista x64 or
it could well be driver issues.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Mark D. VandenBeg]

You don't mention which games are not working, but if they are a little
older and contain some 16-bit code, x64 may be having a little trouble with
them.

 

[Guest]

Paul,
For starters they're not playing to win money, hotels etc. If they press it
once and lose a game - no big deal.

Same argument can be said:

For starters they're not playing to win money, hotels etc. If they "SEE A
TINY POP-UP WINDOW" - no big deal.

And you want my wife to use the eeek - keyboard. She's just mastered the dam
mouse.

Jonty

Conratulations to your wife! Since she has now "mastered" the mouse, I'm
sure is intelligent enough to "master" "F2 + ENTER" as Paul mentioned earlier!

I sincerely hope you don't get offended by this post as no malice is
intended, but "PLEASE", give your wife more credit than that!

Cheers,

Lee-roy.

 

[Guest]

hello please help i play all and any firstperson shooters,new and older games
on new p.c. vista 32 bit some in compatiblity mode for xp no probs,but one
thing is common to all i.e.when i press rcrtl+right mouse game minamises and
a popup for BABYLON single click appears,i close babylon click on game at
bottom of screen and carry on WARNING DONT TRY RUNNING STEAM IN COMPATIBLITY
MODE FOR XP i did it wont run