Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Microsoft
Play pinball while Windows installs
by Jordan Running Apr 27th 2006
Too lazy to make an unattended XP
install disc but don't want to stare at nothing but progress bars while it installs? Turns out it's easy to run
Pinball, Minesweeper, or Solitaire while the Windows XP setup grinds along. User Boofis on the Whirlpool forums
explains: "You just have to wait until the right moment the pinball files are copied. Sometime after where it asks
you for the product key and a question or two after that, where it says 'copying files'." Then you can press Shift
F10 to get the command prompt, navigate to the appropriate folder, and run your game. Head over to the forum thread for the full
instructions.[Via Digg]
Ah, good old Pinball. Not
as popular as Solitaire, but fun for a few minutes nonetheless. While there's really no good system for cheating at
Solitaire (I mean, that's kinda lame, right?), there are apparently several good cheats around for Pinball. ActiveWin's
Kristan Kenney has the 
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They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
