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Microsoft Pandora’s Box Trial Version Readme File
June 1999
© Microsoft Corporation, 1999. All rights reserved.

Welcome to Microsoft Pandora’s Box Trial Version!

This file contains information to help you start playing Pandora’s Box Trial. It also includes late-breaking information about the game.

CONTENTS
A. Hardware and System Requirements
B. Starting Pandora’s Box Trial
C.Getting Help
D. DirectX Troubleshooting
E. Video Troubleshooting
F. Audio Troubleshooting
G. Performance Troubleshooting
H. Pandora’s Box Information

A. Hardware and System Requirements

• Multimedia personal computer with a Pentium 100 or higher processor.
• Microsoft WindowsÒ 95 or later, or Windows NTÒ 4.0 Workstation with Service Pack 3 or later.
• 16 megabytes (MB) of RAM (32 MBrecommended).
• 32 MB of RAM on Windows NT (64 MB recommended).
• 35 MB of available hard disk space for CD Trial; 17 MB for download Trial.
• 20 MB of available hard disk space for CD Trial swap file; 15 MB for download Trial swap file.
• Super VGA video display with 1 MB of VRAM.
• Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.
• Sound card and speakers or headphones(recommended to hear audio).

B. Starting Pandora’s Box Trial

To start Pandora’s Box Trial, click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Games, point to Pandora’s Box Trial, and then click Pandora’s Box Trial.

C. Getting Help

You can get Help for Pandora’s Box Trial in these ways:
• For help with any game screen or puzzle, click the Quick Help button in the upper-rightcorner of the screen.
• For help with specific screen elements in the game, hold your mouse pointer over the area you want help with. Information appears at the bottom of the screen.

D. DirectX Troubleshooting

DirectX 3.0 or later must be installed on your computer before you can play Pandora’s Box. If you do not have DirectX installed on your computer and you chose not to install DirectX 6.1when you installed Pandora's Box Trial, you may experience problems. To fix these problems, make sure you have DirectX installed.

To install DirectX 6.1

• Go to the DirectX Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx and install DirectX.

If Pandora's Box Trial installed DirectX but could not update your video drivers to be compatible with DirectX 6.1, when you restart your computer youwill receive a message indicating that Pandora's Box Trial could not initialize DirectX. To fix this problem, either contact your video adapter manufacturer for updated video drivers or install DirectX in safe mode, which will replace the video drivers.

To install DirectX in safe mode

1. Go to the DirectX Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ and download DirectX onto your desktop.2. Click the Start button, and then click Shut Down.
3. Select Restart, and then click OK.
4. When "Starting Windows 95" appears on the screen, press and hold down the F8 key until you see a Windows Startup menu.
5. When you are prompted to enter a choice, select Safe Mode (number 3), and then press ENTER.
6. After Windows starts in safe mode, open the DirectX folder on your desktop, and thendouble-click Dxsetup.exe to install DirectX.
7. Shut down your computer and restart as usual.

If you experience sound or video problems using DirectX, go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ for the latest troubleshooting information.

You should also check with your video or sound card manufacturer for the latest DirectX-compatible drivers.

E. Video Troubleshooting

• DirectX -- If youexperience video problems using DirectX, go to the DirectX Web site for the latest troubleshooting information, as explained in "DirectX Troubleshooting" earlier in this Readme file.

• STB Velocity 128 -- If you experience slight screen corruption with this adapter, contact your video adapter manufacturer for the latest drivers to fix this problem. If you have a Dell computer with a Dell...