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Questions tagged [windows-8-games]

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Traditional Microsoft Games (Minesweeper, Freecell, Solitaire) in Windows 8?

I loved playing Minesweeper in my spare time on Windows 7. I can't find it on Windows 8. What happened to Minesweeper and other Microsoft Games (Chess, Solitaire)?
Rakib Ansary
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Windows 10 Xbox games: "Let this app access your info?"

Every time I open Asphalt 8: Airborne on Windows 10 (natively a Win8 app -- an Xbox Live app, to be more precise), I get a popup message that says the following: Let this app access your info? Asphalt 8: Airborne needs your permission…
Jeff
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How to change the GPU used to run a game windows 8.1

I have a Dell 500GB with a 2GB RAM, and NVIDIA GEFORCE 625M I have a problem forcing my computer to choose the NVIDIA GPU when running games, but it keeps on choosing the Intel graphic card. I have tried many different solutions i found on the…
Alladin
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Game sounds in Windows 8

I want to turn off the sound in Freecell and Solitaire in Windows 8, without turning off the sound in other programs I'm running. I like to play Freecell while listening to YouTube and the game sounds interfere with that.
mybright
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Games App won't update on Windows 8

On a newly installed Windows 8, the games app has a tile which says that there is an update for the app and it needs to be updated. Clicking the tile does nothing. Going into the app store and going to settings application updates, does not show…
Robert
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Noogra Nuts freezes my Windows 8 computer in classic mode

I installed Noogra Nuts using the Windows Store. When I try to play Noogra Nuts by selecting Classic mode, my computer freezes. Specs: Noogra Nuts systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version" OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8…
mcandre
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Is there a way to record video with the Windows Game Bar and add to it a camera at the same time?

What title says. I'm using to record my gameplays Windows Game Bar (pressing WIN + G to open it) but I'm facing with the problem of that doesn't allow to record your face with your Web Camera. There is a way to do that?
SmoggeR_js
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Can't sign-in Xbox Windows 8.1 - Error 0xc00d11cd (0x80004005)

When I try to sign-in in Xbox games in Windows 8.1, I write my password and when I click ok, it returns the following error: Xbox service is not available at the moment Try again. If the problem stills visit www.xbox.com/support for help ... …
DiogoSaraiva
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Windows 8.1 Periodic lag in all games, e.g: 3-4s @90fps then 4-5s @30fps, cyclic

Very periodic, very predictable, always the same, tested with portal 2, monaco, shadow puppeteer, hammerwatch. Same regardless if I set the cpu at various min/max clock rates, always low cpu load e.g: 30% @90fps and 10% at 30fps. Fresh win8.1…
netjiro
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Taking a screenshot and pasting it to Paint on Windows 8(?) is not working

I'm trying to screenshot a website. I am trying to screenshot https://joezeng.github.io/endless-sans/, which I had a high score of 133.29 seconds on. (I want proof of my accomplishment.) My laptop is Toshiba and is Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. How do…
Amyko
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gta_sa has stopped working

Please help to fix this problem. It is occurred when running GTA-SanAndreas game.
Ashot
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Games for windows - Error 0x80070660

I just bought a game on steam and trying to launch it. This game requiere 'Games for Windows Live' to run but when I want to install it i get this error code : 0x80070660 Do you have any idea to solve this ?
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