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The Starcraft Patch
Before you can play Starcraft: Brood War over Battle.net, you must have the full version of Starcraft and Starcraft: Brood War installed on your hard drive and you must install the latest Starcraft: Brood War patch. Your copy of Starcraft: Brood War will be automatically updated to the latest version upon login to Battle.net.

If you wish to install the upgrade manually, you may download the latest Starcraft patch at http://www.blizzard.com/support/information/scpatch.shtml

Copy the most recent patch to your installed Starcraft: Brood War directory (default is c:\program files\Starcraft) and run the program to update your copy of Starcraft: Brood War to the latest version.

Connecting to Battle.net
Once you have finished installing Starcraft: Brood War, you should connect to Battle.net and create your account immediately. If your computer system is configured with Internet access via a network or is setup to automatically dial your ISP, then you should be ready to proceed.

If your computer is not setup as stated above, you will need to establish a connection to your Internet Service Provider ("ISP") or the Internet before proceeding to step 1.

STEP 1: Log onto the Internet through your ISP.

STEP 2: Launch Starcraft: Brood War within the Windows interface. Click on START, PROGRAMS, then STARCRAFT. Select Starcraft: Brood War (as applicable) and launch the game.

STEP 3: Choose MULTIPLAYER at the main selection interface. Choose BATTLE.NET to log onto the Battle.net game network. If you are not connected to the Internet already, and your system is setup to connect automatically, your system will dial up your ISP and establish an Internet connection. If your computer is not setup as stated above, you will need to establish a connection to ISP or the Internet before proceeding.

STEP 4: The logon screen will be presented for you to sign onto Battle.net. If you have not created your account on Battle.net yet, click on the "new account" button and create it now. If you already have a Battle.net account for Starcraft or Starcraft: Brood War, you can use your existing Unique User ID and Password. You should now be signed onto Battle.net and presented with a list of chat channels to select from to find opponents to play against.