XP version of spider solitaire?

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?

Thanks/

On 19/06/2019 01:12, Alek Idiot wrote:
Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?

Thanks/

On Microsoft Sto

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/spider-solitaire-collection-free/9wzdncrfjcjg?activetab=pivotverviewtab

In future, before asking silly questions, please do a search on
Microsoft Store where you can get most free packages. We know you are
the village idiot here but searching is class 101 topic and you should
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?


A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version

On 6/18/2019 9:23 PM, Monty wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?


A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version




and after you install it, be prepared for the fact that it will
disappear with a future Win 10 update.

GrtArtiste

On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:58:56 -0400, GrtArtiste
wrote:

On 6/18/2019 9:23 PM, Monty wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?


A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version




and after you install it, be prepared for the fact that it will
disappear with a future Win 10 update.

I'm not entirely an expert with WinTen but if you drop the game into
some folder like:

C:\ToolBox\Games\MS\SpiderSolitaire

and create your own desktop icon from the *.exe file would WinTen
still run it over when updating?

My thinking is that that sort of directory is a *user* folder not a
*system* one so surely even MS's inimical malware OS shouldn't touch
it.

It would be like any other *user* installed programme such as
IrfanView or Thunderbird emailer, no business of the OS.

Yes?

J.


GrtArtiste

On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:03:41 +0100, John wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:58:56 -0400, GrtArtiste
wrote:

On 6/18/2019 9:23 PM, Monty wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?


A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version




and after you install it, be prepared for the fact that it will
disappear with a future Win 10 update.

I'm not entirely an expert with WinTen but if you drop the game into
some folder like:

C:\ToolBox\Games\MS\SpiderSolitaire

and create your own desktop icon from the *.exe file would WinTen
still run it over when updating?

I created a new folder, which I called SpiderSolitaire on a drive
remote from the OS (it is on my drive 'H' which is on a separate HDD).
The file referred to in my tinyURL is a zip file with 5 EXE files and
one DLL file. I just unpacked the zip file to the SpiderSolitaire
folder and we are ready to go. The executable files a

freecell.exe
mshearts.exe
sol.exe
spider.exe
winmine.exe

You can create a shortcut to each or any of the above executables or
just to the install directory - in which case you will be shown a list
of all the executables They will all appear in a list from which you
can then make your selection. All games use the same cards.dll file.

Your comments below are correct but I would install the programs on a
separate HDD - NOT Drive 'C'. WinTEN also creates a couple of
additional partitions on the same HDD as your C drive.


My thinking is that that sort of directory is a *user* folder not a
*system* one so surely even MS's inimical malware OS shouldn't touch
it.

It would be like any other *user* installed programme such as
IrfanView or Thunderbird emailer, no business of the OS.

Yes?

J.


Good luck.

John wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:58:56 -0400, GrtArtiste
wrote:

On 6/18/2019 9:23 PM, Monty wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?

A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version



and after you install it, be prepared for the fact that it will
disappear with a future Win 10 update.

I'm not entirely an expert with WinTen but if you drop the game into
some folder like:

C:\ToolBox\Games\MS\SpiderSolitaire

and create your own desktop icon from the *.exe file would WinTen
still run it over when updating?

My thinking is that that sort of directory is a *user* folder not a
*system* one so surely even MS's inimical malware OS shouldn't touch
it.

It would be like any other *user* installed programme such as
IrfanView or Thunderbird emailer, no business of the OS.

Yes?

J.

GrtArtiste

Some of these games have been edited with a hex editor, as there
is some sort of means Microsoft has for recognizing in-box content
from older OSes. So at least for these, a byte or two was flipped
on them.

https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-...-free-0166605/

Some stuff from WinXP runs on Win10 without a problem, like maybe
the calc.exe would.

Microsoft also blocks VPC2007 and Windows Virtual PC.

Also, when the version of Windows 10 changes, sometimes those ZIP
files, you need a different set of edits to the hex. If the two people
doing these edits were more forthcoming about what kind of filter this
is, I'd be able to tell you what to look for. Like, some hacks of this
nature, involve turning a branch into a NOP, effectively neutering some
check the executable makes. Whether it's that, or AppLocker is involved,
I don't really know, as no "hints" were dropped about the nature
of the hack.

Paul

On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:06:00 +1000, Monty wrote:

On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:03:41 +0100, John wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:58:56 -0400, GrtArtiste
wrote:

On 6/18/2019 9:23 PM, Monty wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?


A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version




and after you install it, be prepared for the fact that it will
disappear with a future Win 10 update.

I'm not entirely an expert with WinTen but if you drop the game into
some folder like:

C:\ToolBox\Games\MS\SpiderSolitaire

and create your own desktop icon from the *.exe file would WinTen
still run it over when updating?

I created a new folder, which I called SpiderSolitaire on a drive
remote from the OS (it is on my drive 'H' which is on a separate HDD).
The file referred to in my tinyURL is a zip file with 5 EXE files and
one DLL file. I just unpacked the zip file to the SpiderSolitaire
folder and we are ready to go. The executable files a

freecell.exe
mshearts.exe
sol.exe
spider.exe
winmine.exe

You can create a shortcut to each or any of the above executables or
just to the install directory - in which case you will be shown a list
of all the executables They will all appear in a list from which you
can then make your selection. All games use the same cards.dll file.

Your comments below are correct but I would install the programs on a
separate HDD - NOT Drive 'C'. WinTEN also creates a couple of
additional partitions on the same HDD as your C drive.

One of the many "one of the first things I did" when I got my Last
Ever PC (Win-7) was to partition the HDD into a C and a D drive and to
begin to store *my* stuff on the D.

Some installers don't offer a choice, they still dump into
"C:\Program Files" or its x86 friend but given the choice, I like to
put my stuff on D.

External drives I use for huge stuff, like video files and music.



My thinking is that that sort of directory is a *user* folder not a
*system* one so surely even MS's inimical malware OS shouldn't touch
it.

It would be like any other *user* installed programme such as
IrfanView or Thunderbird emailer, no business of the OS.

Yes?

J.


Good luck.

Many thanks, you too.
J.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 23:09:29 -0400, Paul
wrote:

John wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:58:56 -0400, GrtArtiste
wrote:

On 6/18/2019 9:23 PM, Monty wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:12:10 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Where can I get a copy of the original Spider Solitaire?

A Google search for 'XP version of Spider Solitaire' found it for me
at https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3e9wedk

That should take you to - soehaarrr.com -
Download: Spider Solitaire XP Version



and after you install it, be prepared for the fact that it will
disappear with a future Win 10 update.

I'm not entirely an expert with WinTen but if you drop the game into
some folder like:

C:\ToolBox\Games\MS\SpiderSolitaire

and create your own desktop icon from the *.exe file would WinTen
still run it over when updating?

My thinking is that that sort of directory is a *user* folder not a
*system* one so surely even MS's inimical malware OS shouldn't touch
it.

It would be like any other *user* installed programme such as
IrfanView or Thunderbird emailer, no business of the OS.

Yes?

J.

GrtArtiste

Some of these games have been edited with a hex editor, as there
is some sort of means Microsoft has for recognizing in-box content
from older OSes. So at least for these, a byte or two was flipped
on them.

https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-...-free-0166605/


Thank you. Site bookmarked but I loath the WinTen screen. It's
grotesque.

Some of the Readers' Comments are interesting.


Some stuff from WinXP runs on Win10 without a problem, like maybe
the calc.exe would.

It *all* should even if it must be in a shielded, secure sandboxxy
sub-machine inside the main WinTen OPS. "Security" is a ****-poor
excuse for blocking nice, useful stuff.




Microsoft also blocks VPC2007 and Windows Virtual PC.

Also, when the version of Windows 10 changes, sometimes those ZIP
files, you need a different set of edits to the hex. If the two people
doing these edits were more forthcoming about what kind of filter this
is, I'd be able to tell you what to look for. Like, some hacks of this
nature, involve turning a branch into a NOP, effectively neutering some
check the executable makes. Whether it's that, or AppLocker is involved,
I don't really know, as no "hints" were dropped about the nature
of the hack.

Okay, thank you.

One does wonder why MS *bothers*. I mean, who *cares* whether I have
8-bit DOSsy programs from Win-3 running on my boxes? It's *my* box,
not theirs. It's doing them no bloody harm.

Still, I suppose that's life in C21. There's not a lot we can do
about it and obviously I don't think like an accountant or lawyer so
I'll probably never understand.

J.


Paul