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

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.

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.

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.
>

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.

I've never tried. Sorry.

"Wu" <Wu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE5C7969-CFB3-4ADC-9586-5ABD61A59F43@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>>

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 for all your replies. Both Photo Gallery and Slideshow feature are
available with Vista Business, but within the Slideshow, there should be more
than two themes (classic and fade) if you have good graphics card. With
Ultimate RC1 and RC2, I have around 12 different themes within the slideshow,
ranging from pan&zoom to travel/mirror, etc. I have GeForce Go 6800 w/256mb
and WDDM 97.46 driver, so that's more than enough for these features. I
wonder if Microsoft intentionally stripped these extra features from Business
Edition to create product differentiation.

"Jane C" wrote:

> 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.
>