Vista beta games for XP?

[xp128bit]

Does anyone know where to get or have the Vista beta games that were ported to XP (purble place etc), the 2005 builds. I remember downloading them before but now unable to find them.

 

[CallCateIn58]

Shorthorn Project?

[xp128bit]

On 9/2/2022 at 1:14 AM, CallCateIn58 said:

Shorthorn Project?

No

[NotHereToPlayGames]

On 9/1/2022 at 5:41 AM, xp128bit said:

Does anyone know where to get or have the Vista beta games that were ported to XP (purble place etc), the 2005 builds.

I do.  I'm not positive on 2005 but I know I have the 2007 XP-port for Vista's Chess, Shanghai (Mahjong), Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire.

I'll dig through my archives as I suspect I may also have the 2005.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Try this  --  https://www.dropbox.com/s/th8jdp8kok2966s/VistaGames_1.0.0.0_Addon.zip?dl=1

It's an "addon" for slipstreaming onto an XP install disk but just extract it then extract the games.exe inside and that should get you what you need.

[artenox]

17 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Try this  --  https://www.dropbox.com/s/th8jdp8kok2966s/VistaGames_1.0.0.0_Addon.zip?dl=1

It's an "addon" for slipstreaming onto an XP install disk but just extract it then extract the games.exe inside and that should get you what you need.

Thanks for your build. It works for me using DirectX 9.

Here are the games that are included:
Chess Titans (doesn't run)
FreeCell
Hearts
Minesweeper
Purble Place
Shanghai Solitaire
Solitaire
Spider Solitaire

The installation is silent.

[SC7601]

Shorthorn Project has them. Go to "Ported Applications" and you'll see everything ported, including the games.

[xp128bit]

1 hour ago, SC7601 said:

Shorthorn Project has them. Go to "Ported Applications" and you'll see everything ported, including the games.

Tesekkur edirim, I found them

[xp128bit]

20 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Try this  --  https://www.dropbox.com/s/th8jdp8kok2966s/VistaGames_1.0.0.0_Addon.zip?dl=1

It's an "addon" for slipstreaming onto an XP install disk but just extract it then extract the games.exe inside and that should get you what you need.

Thanks a ton! The purble place here is the 2005 beta? How do I add them into the start menu though?

[Dixel]

11 hours ago, timvv said:

thanks, I've had the same problem

Could you be more specific?

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Umm...  You replied to a guy's one and only post in a thread over a year old.  That was clearly a BOT POST.

[D.Draker]

On 8/7/2024 at 1:36 PM, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Umm...  You replied to a guy's one and only post in a thread over a year old.  That was clearly a BOT POST.

What exactly you don't like in that guy? He looks like the facebook type, posts cats, stays short, straight to the point, no politics, only talks about Vista, basically a dream guy for any modern website.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

2 hours ago, D.Draker said:

What exactly you don't like in that guy?

Easy.  Look at ALL of his posts.  They violate MSFN Forum Rules:

2.a Use some common sense. Do not create identical topics or make identical posts in more than one forum. Think before posting and choose the right topic for your question or answer. Do not "bump" newly created topics until at least 24 hours have passed. If a topic has been "bumped" three times without any new replies, please consider reviewing and editing your original post and adding any information which you think may help other members in answering your question(s) or concern(s). When posting, have something to say, not just "My First post!" or "Cool site!!!" We sort of have the idea by now. :-)

4.a Spamming will not be tolerated. We have provided a section for those who wish to share your personal websites, not commercial ones; use these sections only. We do keep a log of all IP traffic that comes in and out of this site. We will report spamming to your ISP!

 

AND furthermore - LOOK AGAIN at the post herein.  HE EDITED YESTERDAY'S POST AND IT NOW CONTAINS A SPAM LINK!  THIS IS NOT A "REAL PERSON", IT'S A "BOT", plain and simple.  I have reported his EDITED SPAM POST.

[Dixel]

18 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Easy.  Look at ALL of his posts.  They violate MSFN Forum Rules:

2.a Use some common sense. Do not create identical topics or make identical posts in more than one forum. Think before posting and choose the right topic for your question or answer. Do not "bump" newly created topics until at least 24 hours have passed. If a topic has been "bumped" three times without any new replies, please consider reviewing and editing your original post and adding any information which you think may help other members in answering your question(s) or concern(s). When posting, have something to say, not just "My First post!" or "Cool site!!!" We sort of have the idea by now. :-)

There are at least 3 active users that do it very fruequently.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

You will notice that an admin stopped by and "took care of it" (many thanks, btw).

*ALL* of this BOTS posts have been deleted/hidden.  His "Introduce Yourself" bot-post = gone.  His "Vista games" bot-post [over 1yr old] = gone.  His vote for Athlon over Pentium in the Poll Center [over 1yr old] = gone.

That *IS* what "bots" do.  They reply to a DEAD THREAD with a MEANINGLESS post that says NOTHING.

Replying to a DEAD THREAD is not against forum rules (it's just a tell-tale sign that the person doing the posting just might not be a "real person").

 

9. Do not bash old topics when a member has made it active again; it's been made active for a good reason: to answer an unanswered question, or to bring up new information. It does not need to be closed or deleted.

 

In the case above (already deleted/hidden by an admin, thanks again!), an OLD TOPIC was made active again, but it was NOT by a "member".

It was by some computerized BOT with a HISTORY of replying to OLD THREADS with MEANINGLESS posts that say NOTHING.  No "person" is doing the typing/posting.  It's all computerized/automated.

Carry on, my dear MSFN Friend.  I think I made my point and this "conversation" has ran its course.  No need for either one of us to continue this "discussion" at this point.

Though yeah, it gives your "gang" OFF-TOPIC posts to throw their "likes" at.  Gives the rest of us something to laugh at.

You are all correct!  You all have very HIGH "reputations" now.  All because of these "likes".  Some say they don't mean anything, but NEWBIES to the forum see them, you guys are doing great, "you win".

Edited August 9 by NotHereToPlayGames