Vista Business Edition: Install or Enable Games

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A buddy of mine was shocked when his addition of vista business did not include any games. Well, they are there, but they are just hidden. Here are the steps to access and unhide the games in Vista Business.

Business is business–except when it is not. Business people need their little games too. Here is how to find them in vista business edition:

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Programs
4. Click Programs and Features
5. Select Windows features on or off from the left column
6. Accept the UAC
7. Check the Games checkbox

8. Hit OK

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19 Comments -

1. Tony said on October 14, 2008

   I completed the above – exactly- on several occasions and each time I hit “OK” the system froze and I had to reboot .

   Any ideas waht I can do ??

   Tony

2. Jith said on November 9, 2008

   great TIP!!!, HAPPY GAMEING!!!

3. Tim said on November 13, 2008

   Thanks

4. learyf said on November 14, 2008

   thx, i did not know this before, i really thought games are not included in vista business

5. john said on November 25, 2008

   Thank you! :)

6. Yaguan said on January 24, 2009

   Thanks for the games!!! – I’m searching the web all day for Windows solitaire and there they are – magnificent. Thanx again.

7. Yaguan said on January 24, 2009

   You got to really wait, maybe even 10 minutes – have a coffe or smthn.
   P.S. I had to wait about 15 minutes for my VistaBsns to proceed with installation – after formating…

8. Allison said on March 17, 2009

   thanks so much, it worked!

9. Shader said on March 24, 2009

   Thanks dude..simple trick but nice post.

10. Josephine said on March 30, 2009

    Thank you very much. I need my games to keep me sane

11. bri said on April 16, 2009

    Excellent instructions.

12. brian martin said on July 7, 2009

    i did not help tried and tried and tried stil donot have any games please help want games

13. Anonymous said on July 15, 2009

    Thanks.

    This works

14. Anonymous said on July 28, 2009

    thx :-)

    this really helped me out since i got hooked on the inkball game when playing on my gf’s pc, and i freaked out i could not find it at work too :-D

15. Anonymous said on August 4, 2009

    8 Aug. 2009
    So happy to have this recipe in my files. everything worked fine. Thank you!
    saltyseascott

16. Anonymous said on August 26, 2009

    Si vienes algún día por Cartaya (Huelva) Spain, te invito a comer en el mejor restaurante de esta zona espléndida de turismo. No me lo podía creer que los juegos estuviesen tan escondidos

17. JoAn said on November 26, 2009

    That worked. THANK YOU!! Now….where’s the website that tells us how to cure spider solitaire addiction???

18. Anonymous said on January 12, 2010

    I have the same problems but my games checkbox is gone. It use to be there.

19. Kumar said on January 21, 2012

    Thank you Dear Sir.

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