spider solitaire

can I take spider solitaire from xp cd and put it on vista

It won't install from an XP CD into Vista, if that is what you mean. Some
editions of Vista have their own version of SS.

<batbet> wrote in message
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> can I take spider solitaire from xp cd and put it on vista

Might be an idea to explain why you want to do this...

"Mac" <mac@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> It won't install from an XP CD into Vista, if that is what you mean. Some
> editions of Vista have their own version of SS.
>
> <batbet> wrote in message
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>> can I take spider solitaire from xp cd and put it on vista
>

<batbet> wrote in message
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> can I take spider solitaire from xp cd and put it on vista

The spider.exe file on Windows XP runs OK on Windows Vista.

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Hi,

Did you ever get an answer for your question? I absolutely HATE the regular
solitaire in Vista. I used to be an avid player in XP and now you can only
win about 15% of the time in Vista.

Sarah

"batbet" wrote:

> can I take spider solitaire from xp cd and put it on vista

I've lost games of solitaire in Vista without being able to move a
single card. Which sucks when trying to improve your win percentage. I
see more bad deals than good ones.


--
deaden_07

Me too, deaden, but when the screen comes up to "quit", it gives you the
option to continue playing, I think?

Anyway, I learned a lesson. Because of the low rate of "wins" on regular
solitaire with Vista, I found out how to download the old solitaire from XP.
I sure missed winning, but I forgot how the old version has no preferences to
re-set how large the cards are, how the cards stack against each other so you
can barely see what's behind them. There's also no sound or "hint" with the
old one.

<sigh> I guess I'll keep losing games on the Vista set-up. I have talked to
several people online and read tons'o'threads involving not being able to
ever get past about 15% in their statistics.

Thanks for replying.

Sarah

"deaden_07" wrote:

>
> I've lost games of solitaire in Vista without being able to move a
> single card. Which sucks when trying to improve your win percentage. I
> see more bad deals than good ones.
>
>
> --
> deaden_07
>

Sarah,

I find this really interesting, having only discovered Spider Solitare on
Vista. I have an old XP machine, think I will pull the sol.exe off of it and
run some subjective tests. Currently I am at 34% wins out of 135 games
played on intermediate level. I have never even come close on advanced
level...sigh.... though right now I am hooked on peggle instead

Mark


"Sarah" <Sarah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Me too, deaden, but when the screen comes up to "quit", it gives you the
> option to continue playing, I think?
>
> Anyway, I learned a lesson. Because of the low rate of "wins" on regular
> solitaire with Vista, I found out how to download the old solitaire from
> XP.
> I sure missed winning, but I forgot how the old version has no preferences
> to
> re-set how large the cards are, how the cards stack against each other so
> you
> can barely see what's behind them. There's also no sound or "hint" with
> the
> old one.
>
> <sigh> I guess I'll keep losing games on the Vista set-up. I have talked
> to
> several people online and read tons'o'threads involving not being able to
> ever get past about 15% in their statistics.
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> Sarah

WOW! 34% is awesome on Vista, Mark, especially on intermediate. I was told
you can take almost all of the games from XP and they will run on Vista. The
only problem is: I was successful with the "regular" Solitaire when I got it
from XP, but, of course, the graphics suck! :-)

I forgot how small the cards were, no graphics, no sound... etc. It sure
runs fast though.. LOL!

Have a great day and "happy solitairing"

Sarah

"Mark" wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I find this really interesting, having only discovered Spider Solitare on
> Vista. I have an old XP machine, think I will pull the sol.exe off of it and
> run some subjective tests. Currently I am at 34% wins out of 135 games
> played on intermediate level. I have never even come close on advanced
> level...sigh.... though right now I am hooked on peggle instead
>
> Mark
>
>
> "Sarah" <Sarah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F243B478-522A-4812-A35B-BFFB06207509@microsoft.com...
> > Me too, deaden, but when the screen comes up to "quit", it gives you the
> > option to continue playing, I think?
> >
> > Anyway, I learned a lesson. Because of the low rate of "wins" on regular
> > solitaire with Vista, I found out how to download the old solitaire from
> > XP.
> > I sure missed winning, but I forgot how the old version has no preferences
> > to
> > re-set how large the cards are, how the cards stack against each other so
> > you
> > can barely see what's behind them. There's also no sound or "hint" with
> > the
> > old one.
> >
> > <sigh> I guess I'll keep losing games on the Vista set-up. I have talked
> > to
> > several people online and read tons'o'threads involving not being able to
> > ever get past about 15% in their statistics.
> >
> > Thanks for replying.
> >
> > Sarah
>

[Fievel1970]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarah

WOW! 34% is awesome on Vista, Mark, especially on intermediate. I was told
you can take almost all of the games from XP and they will run on Vista. The
only problem is: I was successful with the "regular" Solitaire when I got it
from XP, but, of course, the graphics suck! :-)

I forgot how small the cards were, no graphics, no sound... etc. It sure
runs fast though.. LOL!

Have a great day and "happy solitairing"

Sarah

"Mark" wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I find this really interesting, having only discovered Spider Solitare on
> Vista. I have an old XP machine, think I will pull the sol.exe off of it and
> run some subjective tests. Currently I am at 34% wins out of 135 games
> played on intermediate level. I have never even come close on advanced
> level...sigh.... though right now I am hooked on peggle instead
>
> Mark
>
>
> "Sarah" <Sarah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F243B478-522A-4812-A35B-BFFB06207509@microsoft.com...
> > Me too, deaden, but when the screen comes up to "quit", it gives you the
> > option to continue playing, I think?
> >
> > Anyway, I learned a lesson. Because of the low rate of "wins" on regular
> > solitaire with Vista, I found out how to download the old solitaire from
> > XP.
> > I sure missed winning, but I forgot how the old version has no preferences
> > to
> > re-set how large the cards are, how the cards stack against each other so
> > you
> > can barely see what's behind them. There's also no sound or "hint" with
> > the
> > old one.
> >
> > <sigh> I guess I'll keep losing games on the Vista set-up. I have talked
> > to
> > several people online and read tons'o'threads involving not being able to
> > ever get past about 15% in their statistics.
> >
> > Thanks for replying.
> >
> > Sarah
>

Hm, first before I ask this... I haven't experienced any problems importing the XP version.
The question I have though, goes a little deeper then that.
Does anyone know where the Resource files for any of the Vista versions of these games are? Microsoft couldn't tell me, and neither could Dell.
Microsoft told me, it's preloaded, and they're not affiliated with the company who's software in on it,, other then theirs. I'm pretty sure it's a .dll or another file extension of an .exe, but I have no clue where it is.
The XP version, it's in the primary .exe But it's not located at the same place in Vista. The reason I wanna do it so badly in Vista, is because I have higher quality images I could use, which I couldn't with XP. The only problem with the XP version which held me back, is I couldn't seem to locate it's HEX file, which defines the sizes of everything. So I basically assumed, it's part of Windows which controls that. I just didn't search enough to find it.
Like one would want to. There's over one hundred minimal drivers, for hardware, which you may never need.
Anyways, ty for any help.

Fievel.