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How to configure Dial- up myself? (Windows 95/98)

I guess, you have got the computer on which operating system is installed (Windows'95 or Windows'98) and modem is plugged. You also got your ID for being connected to Internet. You really can configure Dial -up connection yourself and start working. Follow me step-by-step or save this page on your hard drive to use it later.

Step 1. Move the mouse arrow to the status bar, click Start , choose Settings, then Control Panel. In the appeared window highlight icon Add/Remove Programs . Double-click on the icon will open it. see picture

Step 2. Choose "Windows Setup" from bookmarks in the appeared window. In the components list opened find Communications and mark it. see picture

Step 3. Now your connection is active. In the right corner of this window click the button Details, choose Dial- up and mark it too . Now click OK. see picture

Step 4. On this step your computer will ask you for the restart - confirm it (click Restart ) .

Step 5. Restart is completed. Move the mouse arrow to the status bar again, click Start , choose Settings, and in the window Control Panel choose icon Networks. Open it. In the opened window choose bookmark Configuration.
  a) Mark TCP/IP as active, if this protocol exists.
  b) You must add TCP/IP protocol if it does not exists in your list. Push button Add. In the Protocols window again push Add, then choose protocol TCP/IP from menu Select Network Protocol this way: in the left part of window mark Microsoft and in the right part - TCP/IP . see picture Now push OK to confirm operation. After these procedures your computer may ask you for the restart again. If it does - just confirm restart. If the computer continues working - let's go on.

Step 6. Move mouse to the icon My computer, and open it. In the opened window choose icon Dial- up Networking. If you have never tried to make Dial- up connection companion-window will appear to help you - Make New Connection. (if you have already tried to make your connection and it just does not work anymore - this window looks other way). see picture

Step 7. In the appeared window Make New Connection push Next. At the next level choose Telephone Number and type your server telephone number (if you live in Georgia and your server is located within, you should not enter Area Code) . Now push Next again. see picture In the next opened window you'll be asked to enter connection name ("My Connection" is default) and you can just confirm default name or type any other. In the appeared window Make New Connection, push Finish.

Step 8. From that moment is the window Dial -up Networking the will be placed an icon My Connection. Choose this icon, click mouse right button - this will pop-up the window of settings for My Connection. Choose Properties and enter.

Step 9. In the opened window General leave blank the field Area Code (if there is any code set by default just erase it). Then choose Server Types and mark as active only TCP/IP and Enable Software Compression. see picture Now push OK.

Step 10. From that time you are ready to browse the Internet. Every time when you want to be connected to the Internet, call Dial -up Networking, double-click the icon My Connection and in the pop-up window type your ID and password, then Connect and go!