The correct way to uninstall Creatures is to open the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Programs. Once you have opened this you will see Creatures in the list book. Press Add/Remove and follow the on-screen prompts from this point on. This will make all the necessary adjustments for you and will allow you to re-install without any problems at a later date.

The reason they are categorised in this manner is because the Norn brain is not large enough to differentiate between hundreds of objects. You can see what category a given object is by holding the hand over it for a few seconds. You will see a label like this:

The part inside the square brackets shows us that cheese is in the "food" category. The word prior to this is the name that the selected Creature thinks it is. In this case, the Norn does not know the category yet, so it is just "baby talk." You can see exactly what any given Norn actually knows by selecting her and then pointing at objects to see what appears. You can use the "look" concept (taught using the Concepts Computer) to directly encourage the Norn to look at something in particular, or just pick the object up and wave it about. Norns are attracted to sounds and movement, so if you're not having any luck, try making as much noise and movement as you can!

Although it may sound a bit odd, you first of all need to associate the concept of 'taking the medicine', that would be to "eat" the medicine, you can teach your Norns the "eat" concept by using the learning computer.

Once your Norns have repeated the word "eat" four or five times (when listening to the learning computer) they should have a fairly good understanding of the concept. You should give them a little tickle every time they get the word correct, this helps to reinforce the message and gives them more reward and helps them to remember the action that just performed.

You now need to ensure that your Norn understands the concept of 'medicine' so that they know what you mean when you say the word "medicine" in the game world.

Move a medicine object closer to a Norn and try to attract the Norns attention with a "look" word (you need to teach the look concept to the Norn from the learning computer as well) make sure that your hand is near or even holding the medicine object.

When the Norn is looking at the medicine (use the Norns eye view) quickly type in the word "medicine" and press return. You're trying to get the Norn to associate the word "medicine" with the actual 'medicine' object.

It may take some time but before long your Norn should learn the word 'medicine' and if you say the word in game, the Norn should shift the Norns eye view focus onto a nearby medicine object, however, you'll need to be patient and keep trying, it may take some time before your Norn learns the word.

You can now construct a simple sentence: "{Norns name} eat medicine" [RETURN] Make sure that the Norn is near the medicine, keep picking it up and dropping it near the Norn or hold it in your hand near your Norn so that the Norn can take the medicine out of the hand and perform actions on it.

Keep repeating the sentence by using the Ctrl + S key and give the Norn an encouraging tickle occasionally and you should have success. Remember to reward your Norn as soon as it takes the medicine with a friendly little tickle.