Getting Started for Dummies

[Ferocitas]

Hello,

I've been lurking here for a few days and have decided that P1999 may just be the place for me. I have the copy of EQ required but I am far from savvy on the rest of the installation process. To be honest all the multiple "guides" I see are confusing from my perspective. It appears that many people are stuck on having the disks. I on the other hand suffer from a chronic case of "software-instruction-ignorance-itus" that is not covered under my health care. This being the case would the community be so kind as to provide direction to a "getting started for dummies" path for a guy that has EQ freshly loaded & access to this forum but no more?