S I E R R A Hoyle Board Games 2005 Version 1.0.0.0 August 20, 2004 ReadMe file _________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT Thank you for purchasing Hoyle Board Games 2005. This file contains information that you can use to help solve any technical difficulties you may encounter using the program. IMPORTANT: Sierra highly recommends not running other Windows applications at the same time as this game. _________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 - HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION PROCEDURES SECTION 3 - CONTACTING SIERRA _________________________________________________________________ SECTION 1 - HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED: Pentium® II 233 or higher Windows® 98, Millennium Edition(Me), 2000, or XP 16 MB RAM (64 MB for Windows XP) 8x CD-ROM 800x600 @ 16-bit Color 265MB Hard Disk Space DirectX® 8 (DirectX® 9 is provided) RECOMMENDED FOR BEST PERFORMANCE: Pentium® II 233 or higher Windows® 98, Millennium Edition(Me), 2000, or XP 32 MB RAM (64 MB for Windows XP) 8x CD-ROM 800x600 @ True Color 630MB Hard Disk Space DirectX® 8 (DirectX® 9 is provided) Handheld Requirements: Palm(TM) Desktop Software properly installed. Any PalmOS® device running PalmOS® version 3.1 or later, including Palm, Handspring(TM), and Sony devices. Backgammon color 110kb Backgammon gray 106kb Mahjong color 174kb Mahjong gray 148kb PlacerRacer color 121kb PlacerRacer gray 115kb ActiveSync® 3.1 properly installed. Any color Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2000, or Pocket PC 2002 device including Casio, HP, and Compaq devices. ARM chipset MIPS chipset SH3 chipset Backgammon 372kb Backgammon 388kb Backgammon 366kb Mahjong 973kb Mahjong 988kb Mahjong 967kb PlacerRacer 657kb PlacerRacer 677kb PlacerRacer 650kb _________________________________________________________________ SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION PROCEDURES IMPORTANT: Sierra highly recommends not running other Windows applications at the same time as installing or running this game. Insert the game CD. You are automatically prompted to install or run the game. Alternatively, you can run Hoyle_Board_Games_2005.EXE directly from the top-level of the game CD. NOTE: In some Windows 98 systems, it has been found that simultaneously exiting Hoyle Board Games and ejecting the program CD will occasionally result in a Windows system error. To avoid such issues, please wait until exiting completely from the game before ejecting the program CD. On some machines, installing a 2004 Hoyle product after installing a 2005 product may disable the FaceMaker faces on both products. To fix this, you must do the following: 1) Locate the FaceMaker folder on your hard drive. Generally, this will be installed on the same drive as you installed the Hoyle products, in the folder \program files\WON\facemaker. So, if you installed your Hoyle games on C:, look in the folder c:\program files\won\facemaker. 2) Copy from the Hoyle 2005 CD to the "resource" folder the following file: 1000003.prf. This file sometimes gets accidentally erased when installing an older 2004 product over a 2005 product. To uninstall the game, double-click the uninstaller icon found in the Hoyle Board Games 2005 group (in the Hoyle group of the Start Menu). Alternatively, you can uninstall Hoyle Board Games 2005 by doing the following: click the Start menu, click Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. _________________________________________________________________ SECTION 3 - CONTACTING SIERRA A) Customer Service, Support, and Sales B) Technical Support C) Sierra Warranty and Legal Information D) End-User License Agreement A) CUSTOMER SERVICE, SUPPORT AND SALES United States U.S.A. Sales Phone: (800) 757-7707 or (310) 649-8008 Hours: Monday-Friday 8 AM to 4:45 PM PST International Sales: (310) 649-8008 Hours: Monday-Friday 8 AM to 4:45 PM PST Fax: (310) 258-0744 Sierra Entertainment, Inc. 6060 Center Drive 6th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (800) 757-7707 or (310) 649-8008 Fax: (310) 258-0744 http://www.sierra.com On-Line Sales Internet USA: http://www.sierra.com B) TECHNICAL SUPPORT North America Sierra Entertainment offers a 24-hour automated technical support line with recorded answers to the most frequently asked technical questions. To access this service, call (310) 649-8033, and follow the recorded instructions to find your specific topic and resolve the issue. If this fails to solve your problem, you may still write or fax us with your questions, or contact us via our Web site - http://support.vugames.com Sierra Entertainment Technical Support 4247 South Minnewawa Avenue Fresno, CA 93725 Main: (310) 649-8033 Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM PST Fax: (310) 258-0755 http://support.vugames.com C) SIERRA WARRANTY AND LEGAL INFORMATION PC: You are entitled to use this product for your own use, but may not copy, reproduce, translate, publicly perform, display, or reduce to any electronic medium or machine- readable form, reproductions of the software or manual to other parties in any way, nor sell, rent or lease the product to others without prior written permission of Sierra. You may use one copy of the product on a single computer. YOU MAY NOT NETWORK THE PRODUCT OR OTHERWISE INSTALL IT OR USE IT ON MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER AT THE SAME TIME. 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