MSNBC News Offline 2.0 Product Information MSNBC News Offline makes it easy to download and read the latest news from MSNBC. You get the information you're interested in, exactly when you want it. Here are some useful News Offline 2.0 features: •Specify the focus and level of your interests and, News Offline will download relevant articles. •Save time and money. News offline automatically downloads at regular intervals to your computer's hard disk. Or you can update the information manually. Either way, reading offline, makes the best use of your connect time •Make the most of computer idle time. News Offline screen saver displays pictures and headlines to keep you informed •Find information quickly. News Offline organizes articles into categories and topics so you can go straight to what interests you. News Offline 2.0 is a free service from MSNBC. It runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. 1.If you aren't yet running Internet Explorer 3.0, click the button to install a free copy now. 2.Click the download button below and follow the instructions on the screen. If your modem speed is 28.8 Kbps, the download should take about 15 minutes, or about 25 minutes at 14.4 Kbps. When asked to "Open it" or "Save it to disk" select "Open it". Choose "Yes" in all dialog boxes that follow. Download News Offline 2.0 (2.1 MB) 3.When installed, follow these steps to start News Offline 2.0 from the start menu: •Click the Windows Start button, point to Programs, •point to MSNBC News Offline, and then to 2.0. News Offline 2.0 will guide you step-by-step as you set up your choices for news delivery System Requirements To run MSNBC News Offline 2.0, you need: •Personal computer running Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 (Intel) or later. Macintosh, PowerPC, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows 3.1 are not supported. •Microsoft® Internet Explorer Version 3.0 (4.70.1152) or later. •486/66 or higher processor; Pentium recommended. •8 megabytes (MB) of RAM (12 MB with Windows NT). •Between 10 and 20 MB of free hard disk space, depending on the number of articles you want to download. The News Offline program itself requires approximately 5 MB of hard disk space. •SuperVGA 256-color or higher monitor. •Internet Service Provider connection. You can use News Offline with MSNTM, but News Offline is not supported by online services such as America Online or CompuServe.