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[. . . ] Failure to verify this may result in corrupt data. Disk Cleanup clears unnecessary files from your system freeing up disk space and preventing conflicts that might stop the game from installing correctly. Left-click the Start button from the Windows Taskbar. In the Run dialog box, type scandisk, then click OK. [. . . ] Start the Windows 95/98 operating system. N If the SimCity 3000 Unlimited CD is already in your CD drive, click the Windows Start button. Select Programs\Maxis\SimCity 3000 Unlimited and then click the Building Architect Plus or SimCity Scenario Creator icons in that folder. NOTE: If you installed SimCity 3000 Unlimited to a different folder in the Start menu, go to that folder and click the appropriate icon. N If the SimCity 3000 Unlimited CD is not already in your CD drive, insert the CD in your CD drive. The Autorun menu appears. NOTE: If the Autorun menu does not automatically appear, click the Start button on your Windows 95/98 taskbar, then click Run. . . At the Run dialog box, type d:\launcher\launcher. exe, then click OK. (Substitute the correct letter of your CD drive if other than `d:'). Click BUILDING ARCHITECT or SCENARIO CREATOR. NOTE: Please see the manual for more details on using these two tools. Page 8 www. simcity. com ACCESSING SIMCITY EXCHANGE SimCity Exchange allows you to download other players' cities, buildings, and scenarios, or upload your own. TO USE SIMCITY EXCHANGE, YOU WILL NEED: N An Internet connection N Microsoft Internet Explorer 4. 0 or higher, or Netscape Navigator 4. 0 or higher N You must register online (see p. 5 for online registration instructions). Start the Windows 95/98 operating system. N If the SimCity 3000 Unlimited CD is already in your CD drive, click the Windows Start button. Page 10 www. simcity. com Two DirectX components, DirectDraw and DirectSound, may require updating your video card and sound card drivers respectively for proper operation of these components. Using video card and sound card drivers that do not support DirectX will result in display and audio problems in DirectX applications. During DirectX installation, your video card and sound card drivers will be updated if necessary. The DirectX 7. 0 files included with SimCity 3000 Unlimited include drivers for most video cards and sound cards from the major manufacturers of these peripherals. For new hardware, and for lesserknown brands of peripherals, you may have to contact your manufacturer to obtain drivers that support DirectX 7. 0. After installing DirectX 7. 0, check to see if your video card or sound card drivers have DirectX support: 1. Click the Start button on your Windows Taskbar, then click Run. . . . In the Run dialog box, type dxdiag then click OK. Click on the Display and Sound tabs for the video and sound devices that you will be using to run the game. The Drivers section of each tab displays the driver version number and whether or not your driver is Certified by Microsoft as supporting DirectX 7. 0. If the Certified field states "No" in this section, you must contact your manufacturer to obtain updated drivers that support DirectX 7. 0. [. . . ] We keep the product support pages updated on a daily basis, so please check here first for no-wait solutions: http://www. ea. com/support If you are unable to find the information you need on our web site, please feel free to contact Technical Support via e-mail, phone, fax, or letter. All messages are responded to in kind--if you send in a request by fax, response will also come by fax. Please be sure to include the support utility's report in your e-mail message, fax, or letter: To run the support utility, select the Contact Tech Support button located on Page 2 of the Help File's Welcome screen. If you need to talk to someone immediately, call us at (650) 628-4311 Monday through Friday between 8:30­11:45 AM or 1:00­4:30 PM, Pacific Standard Time. Please have the utility's report printed and ready when you call. [. . . ]