old spider solitaire

Hello. Can anyone tell me how I can get the older XP version of spider
instead of the version that comes with Vista? I am used to it and like it
better. Thank you!

"Cindy" <Cindy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F64CDDF4-DD83-47E0-B29C-199607E8FBC2@microsoft.com...
> Hello. Can anyone tell me how I can get the older XP version of spider
> instead of the version that comes with Vista? I am used to it and like it
> better. Thank you!

Although it is probably against the Windows license agreement, you can copy
the 'spider.exe' file from a Windows XP computer to a Windows Vista one and
it will run fine. Assuming you've got a computer running Windows XP have a
look in the Windows folder - from memory I believe it lives there.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Paul -- thank you so much for the quick reply. I thought it was a great
thought -- right until I tried to find the file. I've looked everywhere -- I
think. I can't seem to find the exe file -- any other more specific road map
to the thing? Sure would appreciate it. My PC has the old version -- but my
new laptop has Vista -- which I am slowly getting used to -- but I like my
old version of Spider better. Thanks for the help!
Cindy...:))

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Cindy" <Cindy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F64CDDF4-DD83-47E0-B29C-199607E8FBC2@microsoft.com...
> > Hello. Can anyone tell me how I can get the older XP version of spider
> > instead of the version that comes with Vista? I am used to it and like it
> > better. Thank you!
>
> Although it is probably against the Windows license agreement, you can copy
> the 'spider.exe' file from a Windows XP computer to a Windows Vista one and
> it will run fine. Assuming you've got a computer running Windows XP have a
> look in the Windows folder - from memory I believe it lives there.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>

Paul --- no worries! After about 2.5 hours of "looking" -- I finally figured
out how to find it -- wrote it to a CD and transfered it to my new laptop.
Thank you so much for the advise!

Cindy...:))

"Cindy" wrote:

> Paul -- thank you so much for the quick reply. I thought it was a great
> thought -- right until I tried to find the file. I've looked everywhere -- I
> think. I can't seem to find the exe file -- any other more specific road map
> to the thing? Sure would appreciate it. My PC has the old version -- but my
> new laptop has Vista -- which I am slowly getting used to -- but I like my
> old version of Spider better. Thanks for the help!
> Cindy...:))
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
> > "Cindy" <Cindy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F64CDDF4-DD83-47E0-B29C-199607E8FBC2@microsoft.com...
> > > Hello. Can anyone tell me how I can get the older XP version of spider
> > > instead of the version that comes with Vista? I am used to it and like it
> > > better. Thank you!
> >
> > Although it is probably against the Windows license agreement, you can copy
> > the 'spider.exe' file from a Windows XP computer to a Windows Vista one and
> > it will run fine. Assuming you've got a computer running Windows XP have a
> > look in the Windows folder - from memory I believe it lives there.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Smith,
> > Yeovil, UK.
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> > http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> > http://www.windowsresource.net/
> >
> > *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
> >
> >
> >

[emerald117]

I'm having problems with this after installing as you suggest.

When I attempt to run the program, I get an error message that says spider.exe is not a valid Win32 application. Yet, I found it in the XP Win32 folder off another computer.

help!