okay, i did what you said and a box pops up with the title configure sim city 4. it gives you the options to change the resolution, show intro movies, and use 32-bit-Z-buffer. a toolbar at the top also opens up. but when i click ok on the pop up box and the game starts, the toolbar disappears and the game become full screen. as far as i can tell there is no other way to start playing from that screen without the game becoming full screen again. any ideas?