Windows XP Games on Windows 7

Windows 7 has renewed their offline games and make some drastic changes, but many users hate these changes because of many reason, for e.g., there is no outline dragging in Solitaire, there are no hints in Spider Solitaire, the card faces and numbers are faded and difficult to read them.  Many users miss their Windows XP default games in Windows 7. You can get the same on Windows 7.  Download the zipped files from the following link:

• Windows XP Games (link fixed 15/9/2015)

Instructions:

1. Copy all the files (except the Pinball and Shortcuts folders) to C:\Windows\System32;
2. Copy the Pinball folder to C:\Program Files\Windows NT;
3. Copy all the shortcuts to the Start Menu;
4. Enjoy playing Win XP games on Windows 7.

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Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Games for Windows 7

Microsoft dropped their famous card games Hold ‘Em (Poker) and InkBall in Windows 7. These games were  included in Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.

If you are a crazy fan of Hold ‘Em or InkBall and using Windows 7, you can get it on Windows 7.

Hold 'Em:

Hold'Em game on Windows 7

To install Hold ‘Em on Windows 7, download the zipped folder from the following link:

• Hold 'Em (link fixed 15/9/2015)

Instructions:

There are two methods of installing Hold 'Em on Windows 7:

Method 1:
Method 1 involves the installation of Hold 'Em game and help topic of Hold 'Em on Windows 7.  This method is not necessary if you are not new to Hold 'Em Poker game:

1. Press Start and type "regedit.exe" and click on regedit icon;
2. Go to the following path:
   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Assistance\Client\1.0\Namespaces\Windows\en-US\Titles
3. Right click \Titles and then click Permissions;
4. Now click your Administrators Group (in my case, it is shown as Administrators (Zulfiqar-PC\Administrators), and then click Advanced button;
5. Now click Owner tab, then  again click your Administrators Group, and tick check "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".  Click Apply and OK buttons;
6. Now tick check "Full control" and then click Apply and OK buttons;
7. Now right click the "Install.bat" file and click "Run as Administrator";
8. Follow the steps;
9. Back into regedit, remove Administrators group Full control over \Titles;
10. Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\HoldEm;
11. Open the properties of "HoldEm" application file;
12. Click the Compatibility tab, then tick check "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and then select (Windows Vista Service Pack 2). Click Apply and OK buttons;
13. Now open the Games Explorer and enjoy playing the Hold 'Em game on Windows 7.

Open RegEdit

 

Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Assistance\Client\1.0\Namespaces\Windows\en-US\Titles", Right Click the Titles and then click Permissions

Click "Administrators" Group, then click Advanced button

  

Now click Owner tab, then  again click your "Administrators" Group, and tick check "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".  Click Apply and OK buttons

  

Now tick check "Full control" and then click Apply and OK buttons

  

Now right click the "Install.bat" file and click "Run as Administrator"; and follow the steps

  

  

Back to RegEdit remove Administrators group Full control over \Titles;
Now go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\HoldEm;

Open the properties of "HoldEm" application file

  

Click the Compatibility tab, then tick check "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and then select (Windows Vista Service Pack 2). Click Apply and OK buttons;

  

Now open the Games Explorer and enjoy playing the Hold 'Em game on Windows 7.

Method 2:

Method 2 involves the installation of the Hold 'Em game only.  This method will not install the help file to your system:

1. Right click the "Install.bat" file and click "Run as Administrator";
2. Follow the steps;
3. Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\HoldEm;
4. Open the properties of "HoldEm" application file;
5. Click the Compatibility tab, then tick check "Run this program in compatibility mode for", and then select (Windows Vista Service Pack 2). Click Apply and OK buttons;
6. Now open the Games Explorer and enjoy playing the Hold 'Em game on Windows 7.

InkBall:

InkBall on Windows 7

To install InkBall on Windows 7, download the zipped folder from the following link:

• InkBall (link fixed 15/9/2015) OR InkBall OR InkBall
• In case the above link does not work, download it from here

Instructions:

1. Copy the "InkBall" folder to C:\Program Files;
2. Copy the application shortcut to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games" folder.

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