Hearts program cheats! I've specifically caught the game cheating. Passed Ace & King Spades to the right & they ended up across the table. I think this is BULL I would expect a program to play by the rules!

I caught MS Hearts cheating on numerous occasions.  I don't believe there is anything close to learning from the game play as the game doesn't store any information (that I could find anyway).

The advantage the game has of course is that it knows all the hands it deals and can manipulate the play accordingly, not so random card distribution as one may think.  For some reason Microsoft is not only happy with the situation but preventing anyone from addressing it. A player published a code that allows you to view the other players cards, kind of evens the game. Microsoft removed it, probably as "malicious software" :)

Makes one wonder what Microsoft does with other applications?  No surprising many people I know are stopping using Explorer, switching from Office to Open Office, etc.

Look At Other Player's Hands

1. In the Start Menu, select run.
2. Type in ''regedit'' and then hit enter.
3. Click on H_KEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Click on Software
5. Click on Microsoft
6. Click on Windows
7. Click on CurrentVersion
8. Click on Applets
9. Click on Hearts
10. Select New String Value from the Edit menu.
11. Name the string ZB, and give it a value of 42.

You should now be able to press ''Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F12'' to see your opponents hands.

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fuzzy10

I have also caught MS hearts cheating. Many times computer will lead hearts before they are broken and then come back with another suit. I just quit and start a new game. Have many times won the game with 0 points taken.

I wish I could post an image, but I just Shot the Moon 2 hands in a row; won the game.