Boosted1g, thanks for your response. I deleted solitaire by mistake. I went to retrieve it on the recycle bin and it was gone. I have rescue and restore discs but for some reason the OS does not recognize the backup. I tried copying Solitaire from my wife's computer with Win. 7, but it did not work. I've tried downloading free solitaire programs but I've run into installation problems that I can't explain. Any suggestions u have would be helpful. Thanks, Pappafoxtrots.