Ever since Windows 3.0, Microsoft had included the classic game Solitaire into its Windows operating system, and from Windows 3.1 onwards the popular game Minesweeper had also been included. This had continued until Microsoft “reimagined” Windows, which saw the removal of these games in the Windows 8 Developer Preview up until Release Preview, where it was argued that these games could be replaced by a plethora of both Xbox LIVE and non-Xbox LIVE game titles from the Windows Store (Microsoft did include a version of Solitaire available in the Windows 8 CP Store, but has since removed it in RP). If you’ve missed these classic titles from Microsoft, don’t worry, because after digging a bit around the RTM version of [...]

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