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Microsoft Age of Empires II Readme File
September 1999
© Microsoft Corporation, 1999. All rights reserved.

Welcome to Microsoft® Age of Empires® II: The Age of Kings™!

This file contains information to help you install Age of Empires II. It also includes late-breaking information not included in the manual or in-game Help.

CONTENTS
A. Installing Age of Empires II
B. Starting Age of Empires II
C. Getting Help
D. Changes to Formations and Manual Corrections
E. DirectX Troubleshooting
F. Gameplay Troubleshooting
G. Video Troubleshooting
H. Audio Troubleshooting
I. Performance Troubleshooting
J. Multiplayer Troubleshooting
K. Map Editor
L. Age of Empires II Information

A. Installing Age of Empires II

To install Age of Empires II, you must be using Microsoft Windows® 95 or later or Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later. (For information about how to get Service Pack 5, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/).

To install Age of Empires II

1. Turn on your computer and start Microsoft Windows 95 or later or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later.
2. Place the Age of Empires II CD in the disc holder (if required), and insert it into your CD-ROM drive.
3. If AutoPlay is enabled, click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
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If AutoPlay is disabled, double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, and then double-click the AOESetup.exe icon. When the Setup screen appears, click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

B. Starting Age of Empires II

You must have the Age of Empires II CD in your CD-ROM drive to play Age of Empires II.

Age of Empires II will not launch or join a multiplayer game from the MSN™ Gaming Zone lobby if the player does not have the Age of Empires II CD in the CD-ROM drive. All players must have a CD inserted at launch time.

You can connect only to...