It comes with your Windows and it's one of the most played games on the planet. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's everyone's favorite pass-time while they're taking a break at work: Solitaire. It's hard to judge this game's graphics or sound as it's something that's even below Mario's level, but the gameplay has captivated many beyond addiction. It's so bad that there are people who need cheats in order to get past such games. We offer you some hints and cheats and also, feel free to check out the video below to see the world record beaten in a Solitaire game:

View Cards One at a Time
When playing the game in standard (3-card draw) mode, hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift and click on the card deck to draw a single card.

Cheats

Draw single cards in a Draw Three game
Every time you flip the top stack of cards, hold down CTRL-ALT-SHIFT and instead of flipping three cards, you only flip one card. This way, you can draw single cards but still have the higher score of a ''Draw Three'' game.

Codes
Force Victory
This code should be entered during a normal game - Alt+Shift+2 - Instant Win.

Glitches

Infinite Points
In the Windows XP version of solitaire, draw from the deck at least twice. Hold control and drag a card down from the deck. Click the "A" key and then let go of the left mouse key. You will get 10 points for this. Continue doing this for infinite points!

Infinite points
To do this trick, finish a game of solitaire with the time bonus option on. The cards will start bouncing. Click on the solitaire screen and the play again box will pop up. Select no, so the solitaire screen is just blank green. Use the instant win cheat (Alt+Shift+2) and you will receive the time bonus you got last game as it will be added to your last game's score. For example, if your time bonus was 5000, and your final score was 6000, after using this glitch, you will have a score of 11000. This glitch can be used as many times as you want.

Move a card to an illegal position
Use the left mouse button and drag a card onto any legal position, just as you normally would, but do not let go of the left mouse button. While holding the card over the position, hit the Escape key once, then release the left mouse button. Now left click once on any face-up card at all and it will teleport to that position. You may also use the space bar and directional arrows to do this, however the final click to teleport the card must still be done with the left mouse button.

Here's the world record for Solitaire, 21 seconds:



Check out the cheats for the Macintosh version of Solitaire:

Cards with a holiday motif
Change Macintosh system date to a major holiday (Such as Christmas, Easter, or Valentines Day) and type �Weasel� as a player name.

Find location of cards
Click on a rank (2 � Ace) to reveal where the corresponding card is located, if it is present on-screen.

Win easily
Enable [Caps Lock].

Strategy
1. Always play an Ace or Deuce in Solitaire wherever you can immediately.
2. Always make the play or transfer that frees (or allows a play that frees) a down card, regardless of any other consideration.
3. When faced with a choice, always make the play or transfer that frees (or allows a play that frees) the down card from the biggest pile of down cards.
4. Transfer cards from column to column only to allow a downcard to be freed or to make the columns smoother.
5. Don't clear a spot unless there is a King immediately waiting to occupy it.
6. Play the King that will benefit the column(s) with the biggest pile of downcards, unless the play of another King will at least allow a transfer that frees a downcard.
7. Build your Ace stacks (with anything other than an Ace or Deuce) only when the play (will):
a. Does not interfere with your Next Card Protection.
b. Allow a play/transfer that frees a downcard.
c. Open up a space for a same-color card pile transfer that allows a downcard to be freed.
d. Clear a spot for an immediate waiting King (it cannot be to simply clear a spot).
8. Not play/transfer a 5, 6, 7 or 8 anywhere unless at least one of these situations will apply after the play:
a. It is smooth with its next highest even/odd partner in the column.
b. It will allow a play/transfer that will immediately free a downcard.
c. There have not been any other cards already played to the column (it will be the second card from the top of the column).
d. You have no other choice to continue playing (this is not a good sign!).
9. When you get to a point where it seems that all of your necessary cards are covered and you just cannot get to them, immediately play any cards you can to their appropriate Ace stacks. You may have to rearrange existing piles to free blocked cards for you to be able to move them to their Ace stack. Hopefully, this will clear an existing pile up to the point that an existing pile upcard can be used to substitute for the necessary covered card.

Terminology
- Stock - A pile of cards, face down, which are left over after setting up the other layout areas. These can be turned over into the waste, usually one-by-one, but sometimes in groups of two or three, when the player wishes.
- Waste/Waste pile - The area where the cards from the stock go when they are brought into play. Only cards from the stock can be played to the waste. Only the topmost card is available for play.
- Foundations - Most solitaire games feature foundations - the aim of these games is to clear the tableau and move all the cards to the foundations. Usually they are built up by suit from Ace to King, but some games have different rules. Usually only thirteen cards are allowed in each foundation.
- Tableau - This consists of a number of piles of cards where cards can be moved from one area to another, under varying rules. Some allow stacks of cards that match the building requirements to be moved, others only allow the top card to be moved, yet others allow any stack to be moved.
- Reserve - A group or pile(s) of cards where building is usually not permitted. These cards are dealt out at the beginning, and used, commonly one card at a time, during the play.
- Building up - Cards can only be placed on lower value cards.
- Building down - Cards can only be placed on higher value cards.
- In sequence - Cards can only be placed on the card one higher or lower (usually one or the other, not both).
- In multiples - Cards can only be places on the card two, three, or four higher or lower: a Jack is considered as an eleven, a Queen as a twelve and a King as a thirteen. Modular arithmetic is often applied � e.g.: an Ace can be placed on a Queen if building up by two is required.
- By suit - Cards can only be placed on a card of the same suit.
- By color - Cards can only be placed on a card of the same color (Diamonds and Hearts are considered Red, Spades and Clubs are Black).
- By alternating colors - Cards can only be placed on a card of the opposite color.
- By any other suit - Cards cannot be placed on a card of the same suit.