Vista Business has no games??? Not even solitare???

> They are there but unavailable by default. In the Control
> Panel/Programs/Programs and Features/Turn Windows Features on or off. They
> should be there.
>
> "Wu" <Wu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9FB86A30-B43B-434E-94AA-6C3CC42E9445@microsoft.com...

> > OK, I happily installed Vista Business RTM. But when i opened the Game
> > Explorer, I saw zero games - no chess titan, no mahjon, no mines, not even
> > solitare. I found this to be really sad. Was Microsoft trying to help
> > all
> > those corporate to stop their employees from playing games while at
> > work???
> > What about employees who travel a lot and want to play some simple games
> > on
> > the plane or the train???
> >
> > Also, Vista Business lacks some really cool slideshow features of the
> > Ultimate edition. RC1&2 had almost converted me from using ACDSee to
> > Windows
> > Photo Gallery because of those nice slideshow options. Now I'm back with
> > ACDSee. Any way to get those two features without upgrading to Ultimate?
> > I
> > can't live with Home Premium b/c it doesn't have full Remote Desktop.

>

> Thank you very much for the information. It was really helpful as I've got
> my favorite Chess Titan back. Do you know if the extra slideshow features
> can be enabled the same way? I have a Windows Experience Score of 4.0, so
> hardware should not be the problem.
>

> In article <FE5C7969-CFB3-4ADC-9586-5ABD61A59F43@microsoft.com>, Wu
> says...

>> Thank you very much for the information. It was really helpful as I've
>> got
>> my favorite Chess Titan back. Do you know if the extra slideshow
>> features
>> can be enabled the same way? I have a Windows Experience Score of 4.0,
>> so
>> hardware should not be the problem.
>>

> You mean Photo Gallery? No, that's not included.
>
>
> --
> Conor
>
> The United States, increasing quality by lowering standards since 1776.

> Photo Gallery is in Business Edition. Slideshow is also available.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> "Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.20257902118e4531989ce7@news.karoo.co.uk.. .

> > In article <FE5C7969-CFB3-4ADC-9586-5ABD61A59F43@microsoft.com>, Wu
> > says...

> >> Thank you very much for the information. It was really helpful as I've
> >> got
> >> my favorite Chess Titan back. Do you know if the extra slideshow
> >> features
> >> can be enabled the same way? I have a Windows Experience Score of 4.0,
> >> so
> >> hardware should not be the problem.
> >>

> > You mean Photo Gallery? No, that's not included.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Conor
> >
> > The United States, increasing quality by lowering standards since 1776.

>

> Thank you very much for the information. It was really helpful as I've
> got
> my favorite Chess Titan back. Do you know if the extra slideshow features
> can be enabled the same way? I have a Windows Experience Score of 4.0, so
> hardware should not be the problem.
>
> I appreciate your and anyone's help!
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>

>> They are there but unavailable by default. In the Control
>> Panel/Programs/Programs and Features/Turn Windows Features on or off.
>> They
>> should be there.
>>
>> "Wu" <Wu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9FB86A30-B43B-434E-94AA-6C3CC42E9445@microsoft.com...

>> > OK, I happily installed Vista Business RTM. But when i opened the Game
>> > Explorer, I saw zero games - no chess titan, no mahjon, no mines, not
>> > even
>> > solitare. I found this to be really sad. Was Microsoft trying to help
>> > all
>> > those corporate to stop their employees from playing games while at
>> > work???
>> > What about employees who travel a lot and want to play some simple
>> > games
>> > on
>> > the plane or the train???
>> >
>> > Also, Vista Business lacks some really cool slideshow features of the
>> > Ultimate edition. RC1&2 had almost converted me from using ACDSee to
>> > Windows
>> > Photo Gallery because of those nice slideshow options. Now I'm back
>> > with
>> > ACDSee. Any way to get those two features without upgrading to
>> > Ultimate?
>> > I
>> > can't live with Home Premium b/c it doesn't have full Remote Desktop.

>>