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Thanks to FReeper amigatec for the heads-up!!
Posted on 06/24/2017 4:10:06 PM PDT by dayglored
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Thanks to FReeper amigatec for the heads-up!!
Hard to believe they ran it out over a network without some alarms going off -- sounds like somebody loaded a NAS and snuck it out after "working late".
"Shared Source Initiative", eh?
"Three people can keep a secret -- but only if two of them are dead." -- Some Wise Guy
Open source Windows at last!
I’m going to ask an uber-dumb question of you and the Computer Experts (Yeah, I first wrote, ‘Geeks,’ LOL!) visiting this thread...
I just got a new computer. It’s a Dell and uses Windows as it’s operating system.
Of course I was THRILLED that I could set it up myself (I have a background in Army IT, for what THAT is worth!) and the printer works and my wireless WiFi works, etc. A freakin’ MIRACLE!
BUT - this machine has NO GAMES! I mean, I KNOW that computers are TOOLS and not TOYS, but once in a while a gal NEEDS her Solitaire or her Mahjong! COME ON!
So, where can I get the ‘classic’ Windows games that come with EVERY computer on the planet - except for the one *I* bought?
Help...
Is it Windows 10?
Hi Diana,
Just go on Google and type in “Where are the games in Windows 10” There are a whole bunch of suggestions that may help you.
Click on the Windows symbol at the lower left hand corner.
Then click on “Store”. Then click “Games”. You’ll find paid and free games there.
Wonder if anyone will bother to download it /s
If by "classic" you mean the games in Windows XP, you can play those in Win 10 if you put the file "cards.dll" in the same folder as the XP game's *.exe files. e.g. sol.exe. However, the game window will look small in a typical large modern monitor.
Not a computer specialist, either, but in Windows 10 it is all apps. There is a game app, Wild Tanget, I think, but if I am correct, you have to be logged on your Microsoft account and that means Microsoft gets a look at all that you do.
It will be a must-have for Windows hackers.
It’s not the Windows games, but there’s a lot of games for a decent price here: https://www.gog.com
If you have Windows 10 and want Windows 7 games, check out the following website: http://winaero.com/blog/get-windows-7-games-for-windows-10/
If I'm not mistaken, the link TChad sent you will take you to the link above as one of the options. These are NOT the XP games, but Windows 7 games.
LOL!
>> Wonder if anyone will bother to download it /s
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> It will be a must-have for Windows hackers.
You got that right — though, in an interesting/ironic twist MS Research’s blog posted something on the security of compilers just two days ago (1) and there actually **is** an OS developed by MS Research that is based on the sort of provability mentioned in the article called Verve (2/3).
It would be quite interesting if this was the impetus for them to base the next Windows system on Verve.
1 — https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/getting-compilers-right-secure-software/
2 — https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Verve-A-Type-Safe-Operating-System
3 — https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/safe-to-the-last-instruction-automated-verification-of-a-type-safe-operating-system/
THANKS, EVERYONE! I’m on it. :)
THANKS, EVERYONE! I’m on it. :)
THANKS, EVERYONE! I’m on it. :)
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