Win 8 must go!

...winston wrote:

Preaching to the choir.

If you so agree that WLM is a piece of crap, why do you then continue to
use it?

Having replied to the first post and bottom posted any simpleton should
be able to figure out which came first and last and to whom the response
was intended.

YOMMFSWGASAUP

quote
Your search - YOMMFSWGASAUP - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:

Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Try different keywords.
Try more general keywords.
/quote

It's probably something rude, so .. off you go!

--
sam

On 11/1/2012 2:22 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Maybe that's why I'm having trouble. I also can't find the right Byte
sequence in the Hex Editor.

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:40:57 +0000 (UTC), Sam Hill wrote:

Nil wrote:

Sam Hill wrote (to "...winston"):
If you really are a Microsoft "mvp" you would realize that your quoting
makes reading your posts nearly impossible to tell who wrote what
(especially as you sometimes top-post and sometimes bottom-post), and
you would do something to correct that.

Such as dumping WLM...

He knows. He doesn't care. He likes it that way.

Candidate for the killfile then? That's where inconsiderate people belong.

I rarely killfile - usually only for excessively profane or racist
posters.

But if a post is too much bother to read or parse, I won't bother to
read or parse it :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 01 Nov 2012, Sam Hill wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8:

Candidate for the killfile then? That's where inconsiderate people
belong.

No, not for me. He knows his **** and I'd like to hear what he has to
say, so I'll glance at his posts in case they're readable, as they
sometimes are (if they are the first or only response.) Most often,
though, they're incomprehensibly garbled, so I just move on.

Killfiles are for annoyances. His posts are merely disappointing.

"Sam Hill" wrote in message ...

...winston wrote:
Preaching to the choir.

If you so agree that WLM is a piece of crap, why do you then continue to use it?

You're more than welcome to sign up for the nntp computer forums on the AnnexCafe (private, registration required with a valid
email address, username/pw for sign on)

http://annexcafe.com/
http://www.annexcafe.com/about.cfm
http://annexcafe.com/tos.cfm

But do note...
We support
Top posting, bottom posting, html, attachments up to 1MB and more importantly any newsreader.

--
....winston
msft mvp mail

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 1:59 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 12:09 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/




Dave,
I read this with interest. But, I think I have a problem in
implementing the changes.

My only Win7 copy is now the Win8. I have Vista 32bit, but the
Win7/Win8 is 64 bit. I doubt that I can copy/paste a 32 bit DLL from
my 32 bit Vista into a 64 bit machine. Please confirm.

Thanks,


The 32 bit dll goes into the relevant card games sub-folder.
Then the Microsoft Games folder is put into the Program Files (x86)
folder on a 64 bit machine.


Thanks Dave, I just now found that when I expanded the Windows.old
folder. I'm now going to locate a Hex Editor. Should be no problem as in
the old days (before retiring) I used HEX on occasion.

I had mentioned that in my reply to you earlier. Also, if you'll look a
little over half the way down the page on the article, you'll find a
download link for the Game Patcher, so you don't need to do any hex editing.
Works great!
--
SC Tom

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Nope, works great in 64-bit Win8 Pro. I already did it 3 or 4 days ago.
--
SC Tom

On 11/1/2012 4:41 PM, SC Tom wrote:


"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite
games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/




Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Nope, works great in 64-bit Win8 Pro. I already did it 3 or 4 days ago.
I used the search function in the Hex Editor and did not find the proper
Hex sequence. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:28:42 -0700, Mellowed wrote:

On 11/1/2012 2:22 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Maybe that's why I'm having trouble. I also can't find the right Byte
sequence in the Hex Editor.


Yes, that's the same thing that happened to me with 64-bit Windows 8.
But it worked fine on my wife's 32-bit machine.


--
Ken Blake

On 11/1/2012 4:40 PM, SC Tom wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 1:59 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 12:09 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/





Dave,
I read this with interest. But, I think I have a problem in
implementing the changes.

My only Win7 copy is now the Win8. I have Vista 32bit, but the
Win7/Win8 is 64 bit. I doubt that I can copy/paste a 32 bit DLL from
my 32 bit Vista into a 64 bit machine. Please confirm.

Thanks,


The 32 bit dll goes into the relevant card games sub-folder.
Then the Microsoft Games folder is put into the Program Files (x86)
folder on a 64 bit machine.


Thanks Dave, I just now found that when I expanded the Windows.old
folder. I'm now going to locate a Hex Editor. Should be no problem
as in the old days (before retiring) I used HEX on occasion.

I had mentioned that in my reply to you earlier. Also, if you'll look a
little over half the way down the page on the article, you'll find a
download link for the Game Patcher, so you don't need to do any hex
editing. Works great!
I say the Game Patcher but decided the Hex Search would be OK for the 3
games the Wife uses.

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:41:42 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Nope, works great in 64-bit Win8 Pro. I already did it 3 or 4 days ago.


That's good to hear. But it didn't work here. The hex editor couldn't
find the characters to edit. And Mellowed said the same thing.

Any suggestions as to what I might have been doing wrong? It was the
same things I did on my wife's 32-bit Windows, where it worked fine.


--
Ken Blake

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:41:42 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite
games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Nope, works great in 64-bit Win8 Pro. I already did it 3 or 4 days ago.


That's good to hear. But it didn't work here. The hex editor couldn't
find the characters to edit. And Mellowed said the same thing.

Any suggestions as to what I might have been doing wrong? It was the
same things I did on my wife's 32-bit Windows, where it worked fine.


I used the Game Patcher in the link on howtogeek. Also, the Microsoft Game
folder has to go in Program Files instead of Program Files(X86). I have
Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, and FreeCell on mine, and they all work as they
did in Win 7.
--
SC Tom

Nil wrote:

Sam Hill wrote:
Candidate for the killfile then? That's where inconsiderate people
belong.

No, not for me. He knows his **** and I'd like to hear what he has to
say, so I'll glance at his posts in case they're readable, as they
sometimes are (if they are the first or only response.) Most often,
though, they're incomprehensibly garbled, so I just move on.

Killfiles are for annoyances. His posts are merely disappointing.

I'll agree with that second statement if you leave out "merely." You'd
think an "mvp" would take some pride in his work. :-/

--
sam

On 11/1/2012 4:40 PM, SC Tom wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 1:59 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 12:09 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/





Dave,
I read this with interest. But, I think I have a problem in
implementing the changes.

My only Win7 copy is now the Win8. I have Vista 32bit, but the
Win7/Win8 is 64 bit. I doubt that I can copy/paste a 32 bit DLL from
my 32 bit Vista into a 64 bit machine. Please confirm.

Thanks,


The 32 bit dll goes into the relevant card games sub-folder.
Then the Microsoft Games folder is put into the Program Files (x86)
folder on a 64 bit machine.


Thanks Dave, I just now found that when I expanded the Windows.old
folder. I'm now going to locate a Hex Editor. Should be no problem
as in the old days (before retiring) I used HEX on occasion.

I had mentioned that in my reply to you earlier. Also, if you'll look a
little over half the way down the page on the article, you'll find a
download link for the Game Patcher, so you don't need to do any hex
editing. Works great!
After working most of the day on this issue, Game Patcher FIXED the
problem. Win7 games now work on Win8

Many thanks SC for your persistance in showing me the solution.

On 11/1/2012 5:01 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:28:42 -0700, Mellowed wrote:

On 11/1/2012 2:22 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

Maybe that's why I'm having trouble. I also can't find the right Byte
sequence in the Hex Editor.


Yes, that's the same thing that happened to me with 64-bit Windows 8.
But it worked fine on my wife's 32-bit machine.


Ken, I tried the Game Patcher suggested by SC Tom and it did fix the
problem. I now have Win7 games working on Win8 64 bit.