Getting Started Instructions for Win95

Manual Win95 System Setup for USFamily.Net

(You shouldn't be here unless you are debugging a system that failed to install using the Internet Wizard).

My Computer

1-1. Select (double click) "My Computer" located at the top left corner of your desktop (unless you moved it somewhere else).
1-2. If the "Dial-up Networking" folder already exists then skip to TCP/IP Networking Installation because you already have Dial-up Networking installed

Add/Remove Programs

Inside

1-6. Click the "Windows Setup" tab at the top of the menu.
1-7. Click the "Internet Explorer" line item if it is not checked.
(If the box is checked but you have no Internet Icon on your desktop try clearing the box, Click OK to remove it and then restart this process from the top to load it again from scratch.)
1-7a. Select (double click) the "Communications" line item.

Dial-up Networking

1-8. Click the "Dial-Up Networking" item by clicking the small square box located at the left of the "Dial-Up Networking" line item.
1-9. Click the "OK" button to install.
1-10. Every system is different on installation at this point depending on if you installed from floppies, CD-ROM, or hard disk files. Carefully follow the instructions prompted to you by Windows 95 Setup.
1-11. You are NOT finished with the installation. You need to configure a few other things before you can dialout.
1-12. I highly recommend at this point you go back and attempt installation using the Internet Wizard unless you have already tried that a few times.

2-1. If "Control Panel" is not on your screen then Select (double click) the "Control Panel" icon found on the "My Computer" folder on your desktop.

2-3. Click the "Dialup Adapter" item,
2-4. Click the "Add" button located mid-screen at the left. (This option will allow us to add the required protocols to the"Dialup Adapter". )

2-5. Click the "Protocol" line item and click the "Add" button. (or you may double click "Protocol").

2-6. Click the item "Microsoft" on the left ("TCP/IP" should then be listed on the right section).
2-7. Click "TCP/IP" on the right.
2-8. Click the "OK" button located at the lower right portion of the menu to begin installation.
2-9. Every system is different on installation at this point depending on if you installed from floppies, CD-ROM, or hard disk files. Carefully follow the instructions prompted to you by Windows 95 Setup.
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2-10. When the TCP/IP installation is complete return to the "Network" menu to configure TCP/IP.

2-11. The "TCP/IP" and "TCP/IP Dial-Up Adapter" line items should now appear under the configuration tab of the "Network" menu.
2-12. Click the "TCP/IP Dial-Up Adapter" line item then click the "Properties" button, found at the mid-right-screen.

2-13. BE SAFE!!! if you are part of a LAN (local area network) consult with your system administrator before making any changes to this menu. Doing so may disable network connectivity for your system. If this is standalone system just keep going.
2-14. Click the IP Address Tab at the top right of the menu
2-15. Click "Obtain IP address automatically" (it is probably already selected).
2-16. Click the "DNS Configuration" tab at the top right of the menu.
2-17. Click "Disable DNS" (it is probably already selected).

2-19. If the "Installed gateways" is not blank, click each line item and click remove until the installed gateways box is blank.
2-20. Leave the Installed gateways blank. The USFamily.Net Access switches handle this for you.
2-21. Click "OK".
2-22. At this point you may get prompted to reboot the system.
2-23. Reboot now by following instructions on the screen or using shut down from the start button.

My Computer

3-4. Enter in the name "USFamily.Net" in the text box for the name of the site you are dialing.
3-5. Select the modem you use to dial out from the drop-down list (click the down arrow to see the list if you have more that one configured).
3-6. (If the modem is not listed you will need to install the modem into "Windows 95". For instructions on installation see your "Windows 95 Installation" manual regarding "Adding New Hardware".)
3-7. Click "Next" at the bottom of the screen.

3-12. Now we will have two icons in our "Dial-up Networking" folder, "Make New Connection" and "USFamily.Net".

3-17. Click Server Type (This could be a tab at the top of the menu (on newer Win95 releases) or a box toward the bottom right of the menu.

3-18. In the server type window, the top list box should have "Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet" listed. The only box that should be Selected is TCP/IP. Once this is done, click on the TCP/IP settings.

3-19. Select "Server Assigned IP Address"
3-20. Select "Server Assigned Name server addresses"
3-21. Select "Use IP Header compression".
3-22. Select "Use default gateway on remote network".
3-23. If you were lucky all these were set, but if you were lucky you would we be using the internet setup wizard.
24. Click "OK"

4-1. We should have two icons in our "Dial-up Networking" folder and we are ready to dial USFamily.Net for the first time.

4-3. In the "User Name" text box type your username at USFamily.Net
4-4. In the "Password" text box type your password for your USFamily account. (NOTE:Be sure to match case on your password, if you do not you will not connect.)
4-5. Click the box to the left of "Save password" item.
4-6. Click the "Connect" button .

Welcome to USFamily.Net!

Part 5: If you don't get connected