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 ==Setting up the old GUI version==
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+[[Image:GuideRel_3.png|thumb|PCSX2 old GUI]]
 You will need to configure many aspects of PCSX2 in order to make it work good. Some settings may be so confusing that the process of configuring them can be also described as ''tuning''. Overall if you have a good machine you may want to ignore many shady speedup settings and also you don't want to change some advanced settings from their default value unless it's necessary for your game. So even if you're not an power user you'll manage quite good with some accuracy applied.
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 ===Main interface===
+When starting PCSX2 for the first time you may want to choose your language. You can do it in the language menu, but be careful not to choose the wrong one because this dialog along with languages names will also be translated making it difficult to choose the right one back (Enlish is on the top of the list, though). You may notice also that not everything may have been translated. That is becuase you're using beta version (not the official one like 0.9.6.) and some features added since the official release have been added or changed.
+You may notice the second window opened with the main one. It's black on shows some text. This is the console window stores the log from the main program. It's especially useful to the developers as they can see more information in it when debigging. It can turn it off or back on (do not try closing it directly). Use menu '''misc''' and then '''enable console''' to turn it off.
+Some notes about each of the submenus:
+* '''File''' -- This menu contains defferent run commands.
+** '''Run CD/DVD''' -- Here you can start your ''already configured'' game from DVD or ISO.
+** '''Run ISO image''' -- Quick start of an ISO image. If you have a collection of then on a drive this will come in handy.
+** '''Run BIOS (No Dics)''' -- Starts PS2 BIOS where you can configure different aspects of your emulated PS2 (for instance date/time or language so some games will automatically pick your preferred language).
+** '''Run ELF file...''' -- This option is to run some extracted from PS2 DVD executables or special PS2 demos. It is of a little use for games.
+** '''States''' -- This is also a bit obsolete dialog works only ingame and can help you load/save your game to quick save slots. It's not recommended to use it ingame you better stick to the keys '''F1''', '''F2''' and '''F3''' (see section on ingame keys).
+* '''Run''' -- This menu contains the rest of the run commands.
+** '''Execute''' -- Runs an ''already configured'' DVD/ISO with your game through BIOS (i.e. BIOS starts first initializes and then starts your game). It's slower than just to run the game from ''Run CD/DVD'' dialog but in some emulator versions some games will ONLY start using this method (for example [[ICO]]). This dialog is also used to '''CONTINUE''' to run your game after your left it by pressing ESC. Either you wanted to configure the PAD or work with cheats you may continue from the very point you've interrupted the emulator but using this option.
+** '''Reset''' -- This is used to reset emulator to a default state. But it will be more stabe to close the main window and relaunch it than to use this to choose another game to play.
 ===Plugins configuration===
+<ISO against real DVD>
 ===Memcards===
 ===CPU config===