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Thread ID: 51560 2004-11-24 03:29:00 Win 98 Can't but Win XP home can? Ladybug (3129) Press F1
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295665 2004-11-24 03:29:00 My friend has windows 98 and trying to read a CD which has had Spider Solitaire put on it. She goes, Start, my computer, clicks on where the disk is , it will bring it up but when clicks on the spider icon nothing happens.

I bought the disk around here and tried it on my computer and it worked no problems.

I tried putting the games onto a floppy - worked fine on my computer took to her no go again.

Does anyone have any ideas whats stopping her getting the info??

Thanks

Bug :)
Ladybug (3129)
295666 2004-11-24 03:46:00 I'm guessing the Spider Solitaire on the CD is from Windows XP??
Most likely it will only work in Windows XP.

What about trying this (www.geocities.com) one?
CYaBro (73)
295667 2004-11-24 03:47:00 Its more likely to be the cd drive rather then the OS,

The only suggestion i can make is to clean the cd and try again,But some drives just have diffulculty reading some cd's,especially if the drive is getting on in years or the cd isn't in great condition.
metla (154)
295668 2004-11-24 04:34:00 Firstly, what is the file type that you are "clicking on"?

If it is spider.exe (which is the free spider solitaire file) it should install OK on the 98 PC.

I am suspicious about what you are doing though, as you say you put it on a floppy disk - but spider.exe is 1.6 MB in size and would not fit on a floppy disk.

Can you advise the file name, and size?
godfather (25)
295669 2004-11-24 05:21:00 spider solitaire from xp doesn't work on win98. a friend tried it & asked me about it - so i tried it - no go. dana.c (2547)
295670 2004-11-24 18:32:00 Great - Thanks all I will pass these messages onto her!!

:) Bug
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