You're DA MAN, LM - thanx a lot for the link to the files!
installation went smooth (hellspawn, i've had the same prob after klicking on _INS5576.EXE... no reaction. after about 2 mins, the desktop dissapeared & i thought that win2k had locked up, then the game began to install..)
i can't run the game now because ea's 'auto patch server' seems to be down... before i invest more time - has anyone experienced a speed increase running the game under win2k compared to win98se? (i have dual boot & i'm running an athlon 650 w/ 128mb)