Posted on 09/30/2017 7:49:41 AM PDT by Wuli
Allowed Windows 10 latest update/build to run on my PC last night. It ended shortly before I went to bed, and I shut down the PC.
The morning I could not execute my Win 7 games - Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Freecell, Majong. All the "run as administrator" and "compatibility" and "compatibility troubleshooting stuff" didn't do a dam thing. NOTHING, not even reinstall of the games and then all the compatibility stuff again worked. Nada, zilch.,
I had expended considerable effort from XP to Win 7 and then to Win getting versions of these games that would run, after each Windows version transitions.
Each time I had to jump through some hoops to get them working again, but once they did in Win 10, I had passed through previous Win 10 regular updates (not the same as a new build) and kept them working.
This time I had to roll back the whole Win 10 update that installed last night.
Legally I know Microsoft is not required to keep these older style games running under new Windows versions.
Regardless, I sure wish the threat of a class action lawsuit convinced them to quit screwing it up, as each time some geeks can be found that show how to do some tricks (that Microsoft knows about) to get the games running again. So, what they have been doing, from XP to Win 7, from Win 7 to Win 8, from Win 8 to Win 10 and in Win 10 updates, that screw up the games, has been unnecessary and preventable, if they - Microsoft - cared to put some attention to it.
Just makes me blood-pressure-up-mad each time.
As much of a waste as reading through this thread to end up dropping a holier than thou comment?
Close series comes to mind too.
Sorry, but IE 6 on XP simply isn't capable of using sha-2 certificates, a fact due to the design of the operating system and IE. Earlier hashing algorithms (md5, sha) are simply insecure at this point in time, and using web browsers that only support these older security implementations is dangerous. IE 6 uses Windows XP's security mechanisms, which are completely insecure at this time. Other browsers don't have that limitation.
Microsoft has been notoriously slow at implementing security upgrades, for the simple reason that they're "inconvenient." Even in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2, TLSv1.2 (a security mechanism that is considered secure,) is optional, and is something of a PITA to implement.
Mark
There is no "cloud." You're just using someone else's server.
But IT management doesn't want to hear it.
Mark
What exact update was installed that caused the issue?
JoMa
You may even be sharing that server with someone else - perhaps a competitor. But you know you can trust the provider’s security. It’s not like big companies have ever been hacked. /s
If you set your Internet connection to “metered”, even though it isn’t, the update cannot/will not run without your consent - under the theory that as a metered connection, your Internet connection available time may not be sufficient time.
You can changed your home Internet connection, Wi Fi or otherwise to “metered” whether or not it really is. It does not seem to have any performance draw back.
I loved that pinball game...I wish they had it updated for HD graphics...the physics were real with increasing acceleration as the ball rolled down the middle, realistic bumper action...quite impressive for the time!
bkmk
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