Demo or Trial Version Details

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Age of Empires

Age of Empires is an epic game of empire building and conquest. From the dawn of man to the Age of Iron, you have over 10,000 years of evolution to build your tribe into a powerful, flourishing empire in this real-time strategy game.

It includes both single and multiplayer functionality and a variety of gameplay scenarios. Players can use the trial version to wage battles against one another, for free, over the Internet Gaming Zone.

You can find additional information about this product at the Microsoft Games Website at http://www.microsoft.com/games/.

To run the Age of Empires trial version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far Trial Version

Close Combat™: A Bridge Too Far is an historically accurate W.W.II. real time strategy game. This trial version contains a Boot Camp with five interactive training sessions and the Schijndel Road battle. Play against the computer or head-to-head over a modem, LAN or the Internet via the Internet Gaming Zone.

You can find additional information about this product at the Microsoft Games Website at http://www.microsoft.com/games/.

To run the Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far Trial Version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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DreamWorks Interactive: Dilbert's Desktop Games Trial Version

Feeling like a cog in the vast corporate machine? Make fun your first priority with Dilbert's Desktop Games, 10 hilarious games and activities for cubicle-dwellers everywhere. This sample includes six levels of Techno Raiders.

To run the Dilbert's Desktop Games Trial Version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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DreamWorks Interactive: Chaos Island - THE LOST WORLD Trial Version

Think fast. Move even faster. In Chaos Island: The Lost World, you control a team of scientists stuck on an island packed with prehistoric perils. This is just one of 12 bone-crunching missions!

You can find additional information about this product at the DreamWorks Games Website at http://www.dreamworksgames.com/Games/.

To run the Chaos Island Trial Version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Entertainment Pack - The Puzzle Collection Trial Version

Power up your gray matter for a full spectrum of fun brainteasers and strategic sticklers! Games so engaging the challenge is to stop!

The trial version contains the first two levels of Finty Flush™, five levels of Spring Weekend, and two levels of Rat Poker. There are also sneak previews of some of the higher levels.

For the chance to play the complete version of these three brain-teasers as well as to match wits and skill with the other seven exciting puzzle games in the collection, purchase the retail version of Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection at a software retailer near you.

You can find additional information about this product at the Microsoft Games Website at http://www.microsoft.com/games/.

To run the Puzzle Collection Trial Version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Microsoft My Personal Tutor

Personalized learning that unlocks your child’s potential. Instruction that’s right on target. My Personal Tutor has 4 activity-packed CDs with hundreds of games, songs, and storybooks for hours of learning fun.

With this trial version you can collect jewels as you learn to rhyme in Treasure Hunt! One of the five activities at each of the 26 stations in Reader Railway!

To run the My Personal Tutor Trial Version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Trial Versions

Jump on board Scholastic's The Magic School Bus™ to explore places you never imagined. With this award-winning science adventure series, you'll explore and learn bout the deep blue sea, the human body, outer space, the inside of the Earth, and the age of dinosaurs. Explore games and interactive experiments from each of the Magic School Bus Products - where kids are always in the driver's seat!

You can find additional information about these products at the Microsoft Kids Website at http://www.microsoft.com/kids/.

To run the Magic School Bus Trial Versions your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements (the Magic School Bus Trial Versions are not downloaded onto the user's computer, but are played directly from the CD Sampler):

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Microsoft Plus! for Kids Trial Version

Make Windows® 95 Even More Secure and Fun for Kids! With Microsoft Plus! For Kids, you can have quick, easy control over your home computer’s use. Parental controls allow you to set up profiles for each family member. With engaging creativity tools to inspire them, kids can explore endlessly within their own personalized desktop.

You can find additional information about this product at the Microsoft Kids Website at http://www.microsoft.com/kids/.

The trial version offers the Underwater Desktop theme, one of 10 Desktop themes included with Microsoft Plus! for Kids.

To run the Plus! for Kids Trial Version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Microsoft Money 98 Financial Suite Trial Version

This Trial Edition of Money 98 Financial Suite contains everything found in the full retail product, with the following exceptions:

1) The Trial Edition will only allow you to enter transactions within a 90-day window. When you upgrade to the full U.S. retail release of the Money 98 Financial Suite, you’ll be able to open and view all data entered in this version. Important Notes:

• Files created in previous versions of the U.S. release of Microsoft Money may be opened in this Trial Edition. Files created in Quicken versions 4.x, 5.x and 6.x may also be opened using the Converter Wizard for Quicken. Files created in international versions of Microsoft Money, however, should not be opened in the Trial Edition.
• Information entered in the Trial Edition cannot be opened in, or exported to, previous versions of Microsoft Money, international versions of Money and Money 98 (including Canadian English) or Quicken. The information you enter can only be used in this Trial Edition and the U.S. retail version of Money 98. If you want to be able to open your file in previous version of Money, or in Quicken at a later time, we strongly recommend that you create a copy of your file for use with this Trial Edition.

2) Online banking and bill-payment are not enabled.

3) Due to size constraints, Money 98’s multi-media tours are not available in this Trial Edition.

You can find additional information about this product at the Microsoft Money Website at http://www.microsoft.com/money/

To use the Money 98 trial version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Picture It! Trial Version

Microsoft Picture It! 2.0 is photo-editing software that lets you easily fix and enhance your photos on your PC and create professional looking output with them including cards, collages, calendars flyers, and more. This trial version gives you all of the functionality and some of the content of the full retail version to try for 30 days.

(Note: Picture It! 1.0 users will need to uninstall version 1.0 before installing the trial version, and then reinstall version 1.0 in order to use the earlier version again.)

You can find additional information about this product at the Microsoft Picture It!Website at http://www.microsoft.com/pictureit/.

To use the Picture It! trial version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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Publisher 97 Trial Version

Microsoft Publisher 97 will have you designing from day one - newsletters, brochures, flyers, Web sites, and more. You won't believe how simple it is. The Publisher 97 Trial Version lets you experience the full functionality of this easy-to-use desktop publishing tool for a full 60 days.

You can find product support and additional information about this product at the Microsoft Publisher Website at http://www.microsoft.com/publisher/.

To use the Publisher 97 trial version your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:

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