Solitaire etc on Vista Business

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Acidburns

Hey guys,

Have they cut games like Solitaire out of the business edition entirely, or
do I just have to hunt for them? I sorta left the installer to go have fun,
got back, put my profile details in and Vista was there, so I don't know if
there was an option to install games...

Windows just aint windows without solitaire and minesweeper...

Thanks

Shaun
 
D

Don Guillett

I have vista home premium that came with a bad sol so I copied the one from
my xp computer. Copy sol.exe and the cards.dll. Runs great. I also have the
very old pinball installed and running just as it did in win98.
 
X

XS11E

Don Guillett said:
I have vista home premium that came with a bad sol so I copied the
one from my xp computer. Copy sol.exe and the cards.dll. Runs
great. I also have the very old pinball installed and running just
as it did in win98.
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I thought Pinball was from NT 4.0 or Windows 2000?
 
M

Mark Rae

Have they cut games like Solitaire out of the business edition entirely
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I'm running 64-bit Vista Business and I have the following games:

Chess Titans
FreeCell
Hearts
InkBall
Mahjong Titans
Minesweeper
Purble Place
Solitaire
Spider Solitaire
 
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Bruce Chambers

Acidburns said:
Hey guys,

Have they cut games like Solitaire out of the business edition entirely,
or do I just have to hunt for them? I sorta left the installer to go
have fun, got back, put my profile details in and Vista was there, so I
don't know if there was an option to install games...

Windows just aint windows without solitaire and minesweeper...

Thanks

Shaun
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Because the Vista Business edition is, as the name implies, targeted
for businesses, the games are not installed by default. You can add
them: Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows Features On or Off > Place
a check mark in Games.


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Bruce Chambers

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A

Acidburns

Legend Bruce, thanks mate. I checked add/remove, because thats where it
used to be... the new control panel is still freakin me out a bit.

Shaun
 
A

AMD

XS11E said:
Really? I seem to recall copying it from NT 4.0?
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you guys should not even post!! you are not talking about the OP question.
sheese!

to the OIP. you might be able to install the games via the control panel
that lets you select what windows features you want.
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Acidburns said:
Legend Bruce, thanks mate. I checked add/remove, because thats where it
used to be... the new control panel is still freakin me out a bit.
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Think that's bad? Take a look at the new, politically correct options
for Minesweeper.


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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
 
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Bill

Acidburns said:
Hey guys,

Have they cut games like Solitaire out of the business edition entirely,
or do I just have to hunt for them? I sorta left the installer to go have
fun, got back, put my profile details in and Vista was there, so I don't
know if there was an option to install games...

Windows just aint windows without solitaire and minesweeper...

Thanks

Shaun
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I like the new Spider Solitaire - you can undo back as far as you wish -
haven't "lost" a game yet!
 
G

Guest

Yes, it's there. You have to enable it from the Windows options in "Control
Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows features on or off". The first
one is "Games". Click the check box and let Windows do its thing. Viola'!
Games!
 
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Guest

If you don't have access to your old machine (I gave my old one to my
daughter for example), you might want to try this - it worked on Windows
Vista Home Premium.

It requires 3 files: (I renamed the executables ....xp so I wouldn't
conflict with any existing files)

cards.dll
freecellxp.exe
solxp.exe

I uploaded them to the web if you want to copy them

http://one.fsphost.com/sehodge/games/cards.dll
http://one.fsphost.com/sehodge/games/solxp.exe
http://one.fsphost.com/sehodge/games/freecellxp.exe

Hope this helps.

Steve
 
S

Saucy

catman said:
If you don't have access to your old machine (I gave my old one to my
daughter for example), you might want to try this - it worked on Windows
Vista Home Premium.

It requires 3 files: (I renamed the executables ....xp so I wouldn't
conflict with any existing files)

cards.dll
freecellxp.exe
solxp.exe

I uploaded them to the web if you want to copy them

http://one.fsphost.com/sehodge/games/cards.dll
http://one.fsphost.com/sehodge/games/solxp.exe
http://one.fsphost.com/sehodge/games/freecellxp.exe

Hope this helps.

Steve
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Huh? Vista Business has those games, only they do not get installed by
default; so just install off the Vista DVD:

Start > Control Panel > set to "Classic view" > Programs and Features >
"Turn Windows features on or off" > under Games check the games you want
installed > click any OKs

Saucy
 

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