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Installing Dial-Up Networking for Windows 95/98

1. Open My Computer > Control Panel >Add/Remove Programs

2. Click on the Windows Setup tab

3. Double-click Communications

4. Check Dial-Up Networking

5. Click OK, when back on the Windows Setup tab click OK again.

6. You should now either be prompted for the Windows CD-Rom, or the file copy will begin automatically. If prompted for the Windows CD, insert the CD and click OK. If you are still prompted for it after clicking OK, verify that the drive letter listed in "Copy files from" is your CD-Rom drive.

Note: If at any time during the File Copy you are given a warning about "Version Conflict" or any message "A file being copied is older", click NO to each and every message you see like that. If it prompts you that the file is not found, the CD drive letter is either incorrect, or you are not using the CD-rom that was used to install Windows on your computer.

During the File Copy you may see a window asking you to enter a computer name and workgroup name. Click OK. You will now see the Network Identification window: For Computer name, enter your last name in all lower case. For Workgroup name, enter workgroup. Click Close. More files will be copied from your Windows installation media.

When the File Copy is over you should be prompted with a message of System Settings Changed. Click OK to that. If prompted to restart the computer, click NO.

At this point you should be back at Control Panel again. We will now double - click and open the Network icon.

1. Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network.

2. What you will find you will depend upon your version of Windows. We need three components total, but you may have more or less listed. The three we need are

Client for Microsoft Networks

Dial-Up Adapter

TCP/IP

3. If TCP/IP is not listed, we will have to add it:

1. Click Add
2. Double click on Protocol
3. Hilight Microsoft on the left
4. Double click on TCP/IP on the right to add it to the list.

4. If Client for Microsoft Network is not listed :

1. Click Add
2. Double click on Client
3. Hilight Microsoft on the left
4. Double-click on Client for Microsoft Networks on the right to add it to the list

5. We should now have at least the three components we need.

Note: If you have any others and do not need them, start at the top, then hilight them one by one and click Remove until you only have the three listed above.

6. We now need to ensure that TCP/IP is properly configured.

1. Select TCP/IP and click Properties
2. If given a warning about changing TCP/IP properties, click OK
3. On the IP Addresses tab "Obtain an IP address automatically" should be selected
4. On the Wins tab, make sure it is set to Disable
5. On the Gateway, remove any installed gateways
6. On the DNS tab, make sure it is set to Disable as well
7. Click OK

7. Next we will need to setup this computers identity.

(you may be able to skip this step if you already entered a computer name)

Select the Identification tab at the top of the Network properties window. We will want to change the entry here for Computer Name. For simplicity, make the name between 4 and 8 characters (letters and numbers only), preferably all lower case letters, example:

Computer Name: (your name)

Workgroup: workgroup

Computer Descr: (your name)

8. Click Ok

You may now be prompted for the Windows CD-Rom, or the file copy may begin automatically. If prompted for the Windows CD, insert the CD and click OK. If you are still prompted for it after clicking OK, verify that the drive letter listed in "Copy files from" is your CD-Rom drive.

If you have made any changes, or added any components you will be prompted to restart, click YES. When Windows restarts, you may see a dialog box asking for a Username and Password to login. For Username, enter in the same name you did for Computer Name in the prior step, entering it in the same all lower case format. Do not enter a Password.Then click OK. If asked to confirm, click OK. .

Dial-Up Networking has now been installed. Now you must create a Dial-Up Networking connection in order to connect to your ISP

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