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I usually play solitaire when waiting for something(for example, completing
the boot startups), and when I win, I somehow enjoy waiting until all the
cards bounce and seeing if the window is totally filled up. It used to be
fairly fast in older Windows releases, until XP when the speed was regulated
to be fairly slow. I had been using a web accelerator called Proxyconn, that
somehow affected the bounce speed to be much faster.

I have since become a cable internet customer, and miss the quick results of
the win-bouncing. Does anyone know how to make the bouncing run faster??
--
Hal Who

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Hi Hal,

"Hal Who" <HalWho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:874A031D-273A-4D8E-B096-12C4459CB22C@microsoft.com...
|I usually play solitaire when waiting for something(for example, completing
| the boot startups), and when I win, I somehow enjoy waiting until all the
| cards bounce and seeing if the window is totally filled up. It used to be
| fairly fast in older Windows releases, until XP when the speed was regulated
| to be fairly slow. I had been using a web accelerator called Proxyconn, that
| somehow affected the bounce speed to be much faster.
|
| I have since become a cable internet customer, and miss the quick results of
| the win-bouncing. Does anyone know how to make the bouncing run faster??
| --
| Hal Who

Sure. If you open Task Manager while you're playing the game, you can right-
click the game's process and set it's priority to a higher setting. :-)

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Move the mouse around. That'll make the cards bounce faster.

Cheers.

Si


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It denos't mtater waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, it's olny iprmoatnt
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.The rset can be a total
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn
mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

"Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
news:ebJz9mqtFHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi Hal,
>
> "Hal Who" <HalWho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:874A031D-273A-4D8E-B096-12C4459CB22C@microsoft.com...
> |I usually play solitaire when waiting for something(for example,
> completing
> | the boot startups), and when I win, I somehow enjoy waiting until all
> the
> | cards bounce and seeing if the window is totally filled up. It used to
> be
> | fairly fast in older Windows releases, until XP when the speed was
> regulated
> | to be fairly slow. I had been using a web accelerator called Proxyconn,
> that
> | somehow affected the bounce speed to be much faster.
> |
> | I have since become a cable internet customer, and miss the quick
> results of
> | the win-bouncing. Does anyone know how to make the bouncing run
> faster??
> | --
> | Hal Who
>
> Sure. If you open Task Manager while you're playing the game, you can
> right-
> click the game's process and set it's priority to a higher setting. :-)
>
> --
> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
> rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
>

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If you just want to get past the bouncing cards, then just click on the card
table and you'll be asked if you want to play again.

Si


--
It denos't mtater waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, it's olny iprmoatnt
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.The rset can be a total
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn
mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

"Hal Who" <HalWho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:874A031D-273A-4D8E-B096-12C4459CB22C@microsoft.com...
>I usually play solitaire when waiting for something(for example, completing
> the boot startups), and when I win, I somehow enjoy waiting until all the
> cards bounce and seeing if the window is totally filled up. It used to be
> fairly fast in older Windows releases, until XP when the speed was
> regulated
> to be fairly slow. I had been using a web accelerator called Proxyconn,
> that
> somehow affected the bounce speed to be much faster.
>
> I have since become a cable internet customer, and miss the quick results
> of
> the win-bouncing. Does anyone know how to make the bouncing run faster??
> --
> Hal Who

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There is a bug in my XP version of this Solitaire game too.
Sometimes if you click both left,right mouse buttons at the same time on a column of cards repeatedly, it will move a card to the ace pile, but face down. Don't know if this is a hidden feature to cheat a bit.. only works for a few cards.
Sometimes I click a King column and then it seems to work with a column with unturned cards.


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