Microsoft Releases Free Sudoku Game for Windows Vista

Posted on January 31, 2007 by blakehandler
 
Microsoft released the "Origami Experience Pack" which contains these three programs for an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) running Windows Vista:
    1. Origami Experience – Access your music, videos, pictures, and favorite programs. 
    2. Touch Settings – Easily view and interact with the touch screen on a UMPC. 
    3. Sudoku – Play this popular game using a touch screen.
While most of use do NOT have a UMPC, you can still download the "Origami Experience Pack" and only install the Sudoko program to be played on all versions of Windows Vista. 
INSTALLATION NOTES:
 
    • Choose the "Custom" Installation 
    • Select "X Not Available" for Origami Experience
    • Select "X Not Available" for Touch Settings 
UPDATED: –> Sudoku Game from Microsoft’s Carlos Aguilar Mares
 

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11 Responses to Microsoft Releases Free Sudoku Game for Windows Vista

  1. Unknown says:
    February 3, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    FYI… running on Vista x64, you get an error saying that the installation will only execute on Ultra Mobile PC’s there is no option for a custom installation.

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  2. Blake says:
    February 3, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    Strange, I’m running the program with no problems on Vista x64 Ultimate. (I’ll ask around about your error)

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  3. Shawn says:
    February 13, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    It won’t install on my system at all. I don’t get far enough to pick Custom.  It says, "This installer only runs on UMPC computers running Vista."  (I am running Vista Ultimate)

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  4. Skyler says:
    February 15, 2007 at 4:04 am

    Doesn’t work for me either, i have an MSDN business copy i got form academic alliance.

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  5. Ali says:
    June 4, 2007 at 3:10 am

    Use Ocra.msi to edit the Origami file to remove the launchcondition Table. This will let the user install all the Origami applications in Microsoft Vista without any problems.

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  6. Unknown says:
    July 3, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    I’m using vista Business Edition and got the message stating that you can only install on ultra mobile PC’s only.  And then the Install aborts.   I found that if you use msiexec with the administrator switch "ex: msiexec.exe /a OrigamiExperiencePack.msi" you can unpack the installer to a network or alternate path.  After the installer finishes, browse to that path and look under the PFiles folder.  There you will find a folder called "Microsoft Origami Experience Pack".  The Sudoku game is located in the folder named "Sudoku". 
    <path chosen in installer>\PFiles\Microsoft Origami Experience Pack\Sudoku

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  7. J says:
    November 14, 2007 at 6:12 am

    Used Ocra.msi to edit the Origami file to remove the launchcondition Table info. Installed the app, woked like a champ.

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  8. Tim says:
    January 6, 2008 at 5:57 am

    I’m also having the same difficulty . . . . what is ocra.msi?

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  9. Akmal says:
    November 25, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    may i have some sudoku version that can be work in my notebook…..?

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