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Microsoft Music Central 97 Content Updates
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These updates are a new and exciting feature of the 
Music Central 97 CD-ROM.

Each month, the latest movie reviews from Leonard Maltin 
and Roger Ebert, as well as updated filmographies and death dates, 
will be available to download to your hard drive. When you run your 
Music Central 97 CD, the newly updated information on your hard drive 
runs seamlessly with the CD, making Music Central 97 the most exciting, 
up-to-date film resource anywhere. 

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IMPORTANT!
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 1. Music Central 97 runs on Windows 95, Windows NT or Macintosh only.

 2. You must have Music Central 97 to use the updates. The updates will 
    not work with other versions of Music Central.

 3. You must download the updates IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER and without 
    skipping any.  For example, you cannot download October or 
    November without first downloading July, August and September.

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Instructions for updating your Windows CD-ROM:
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 1. Select the Windows folder.

 2. Select the CD-ROM content update file to download.
    (Jul96.M7U, for July 1996, for example)

 3. Save the file in the following directory/folder:
    c:\Program Files\Microsoft Multimedia\Music Central 
    (where "c:" is the drive letter of your hard drive.)

 4. When you've finished downloading the updates you want, 
    restart Music Central 97 to integrate the updates. 

If you are having problems with the update file, 
please be sure that the name of the file you saved is 
something in the format of "Jul96.M7U", where the 
file extension is M7U. 


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Instructions for updating your Macintosh CD-ROM:
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The update files for Macintosh are compressed into a self-extracting 
archive, and then converted to BinHex format for file transfer. 

 1. You will need one of the StuffIt products 
    (StuffIt Expander, StuffIt Lite or StuffIt Deluxe) to expand the 
    update file. You can download StuffIt Expander from the 
    Aladdin Systems, Inc. Web page (http://www.aladdinsys.com/obstufex.htm).
    *See note below about visiting this site.

 2. Select the Macintosh folder.

 3. Select the CD-ROM content update file to download.
    (Jul96.M7U.sit.hqx, for July 1996, for example)

    If the saved file ends in the letters "M7U", the file is ready to use. 

    If the saved file ends in the letters "hqx" or "sit", use one of the 
    StuffIt products to de-BinHex and expand the file. If you are using StuffIt 
    Expander, you can simply drag the update file on top of the StuffIt Expander icon. 

 4. Move the update file into the Music Central Folder located in your 
    System Folder's Preferences folder. 

 5. When you've finished downloading the updates you want, restart 
    Music Central 97 to integrate the updates. 

Note: If the update file is damaged during the download, 
Music Central will not be able to restart. If you cannot restart Music Central, 
delete the update file and try starting Music Central again.  
If Music Central starts normally, the update file is damaged and must be 
downloaded again.  (In some cases, connecting at a lower baud rate may 
reduce the risk of file damage during the download.)

Please send comments or suggestions to musiccentral@microsoft.com. 

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 Accordingly, Microsoft can make no representation concerning the content of 
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 tested any software found on these sites and therefore cannot make any representations 
 regarding the quality, safety or suitability of any software found there.  There are 
 inherent dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft 
 cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving 
 any software on the Internet. 

(c) 1995-1996 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.  Microsoft, 
Music Central and Windows are either registered trademarks or 
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Macintosh is a registered 
trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.