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December 2nd, 2007 23:00

preinstalled dell games

after reinstalling vista 32 for an issue with ie, the dell games preinstalled will not come up. pop up says they are not properly installed. please reinstall. how do i do this??

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December 3rd, 2007 01:00

Hi
What preinstalled Dell games are you talking about can you tell us the names ?
I have a Dimension E 521 with Vista Home Premium and it did not come with any games from Dell 
Other than the games that are in the Vista OS are these the games you are asking about ?
There is an icon for games,music& photos if you got them from that icon we may not know what they are so how can we help you ?
Can you give us this info ?
 

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December 3rd, 2007 10:00

Many new Dell's come with some trial or limited time use games.  That's the only ones I know about and once you reinstall they are gone and no way to recover them.  The built in Vista games, as noted, should still be available.

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December 4th, 2007 14:00

OK,
In start, all programs, dell games there are: these do not work
play games
bejeweled 2 deluxe
blackhawk striker 2
blasterball 2
chuzzle deluxe
fate
jeopardy
penguins
polar bowler
polar golfer
scrabble
 
in start, all programs, games there are: these all work
chess titans
freecell
games explorer
hearts
inkball
mahjong titus
minesweeper
bubble place
solitaire
spider solitaire
 
in start, games there are:
a mixture of all above.
the ones that won't play in dell games, won't play here either. can i get these back??

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December 4th, 2007 22:00

Hi
The only thing i can think of is when you installed Vista using the DVD you wiped the games out
but the link to them is still there .
Did you get the disk to reinstall them with your computer?
If they came installed from Dell in the D:\Recovery and you did not use F8 to restore it back to the way it came from Dell you may never get them back .
Do you still have the D:\Recovery drive?
Have you tried to used F8 to restore it back ?
If
that does not work you may get it working by using this link.
Good Luck

36 Posts

December 4th, 2007 23:00

thanks, i will try. will let you know

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December 5th, 2007 00:00

i have no disc with the games on it that i know of.
i reinstalled over the phone with dell, don't remember using the F8.
i still have the D:\recovery drive
what do i do to use the F8 to restore them?
 
don't think i want to do another restore or reinstall just for the games.
i sure wanted to check out jeopardy though!!!!!!!!!!

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December 5th, 2007 03:00

don't think i want to do another restore or reinstall just for the games.
i sure wanted to check out jeopardy though!!!!!!!!!!
Hi
If you do ether of the steps above it does restore the computer back
to the day you bought it.
If you do not want a restore there is no other way to get them back! 
Good Luck 
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