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" 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

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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.


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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" 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" wrote in message
...
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

Sarah;382051 Wrote:
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" wrote in message
...
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.


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