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How to cheat in Microsoft Hearts

Windows 98 comes with MS Hearts. Don't ya love it? Would you like to love it more?

For the voyeurs in the crowd, here's a registry hack which will allow you to see your opponents' hands.

Launch REGEDIT.EXE and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Applets \ Hearts.

NOTE: You may have to create the Hearts key under Applets

In the right-hand pane, create a new String Value. Immediately rename it to "ZB" (without the quotes); give it a value of "42" (again, sans quotes).

The next time you're in a game of Hearts, press CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + F12.

There's no way you can lose now.