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Create a New Dial-Up Networking Connection using Windows ME

• On your desktop, double click the My Computer Icon
• Double Click the Control Panel icon

• Double-Click the Dial-Up Networking icon

• Double-Click the Make New Connection icon.

• Click the Next button

• Type in a name for the internet connection (i.e. Horizonz)
• Then select your modem name from the drop down menu
• Click the Next button

• Type in the Local Access number that you will be using to connect to Horizonz
• Click the Next button

• You have now created your Dial-Up Networking connection.
• Click the Finish button

• In the Dial-Up Networking window, right click on the Horizonz Dial-Up icon
• Click Properties

• Under the Networking Tab
• Under Advanced Options, make sure the “Enable software compression” is checked, and that “Record a log file for this connection” is not checked.
• Under Allowed network protocols, make sure that “NetBEUI” and “IPX/SPX Compatible” are not checked, and that “TCP/IP” is checked
• Then click on the TCP/IP Settings button

• In theTCP/IP Settings window, make sure “Server assigned IP address”, and “Server assigned name server addresses” are selected
• Also, make sure that both “Use IP header compression” and “Use default gateway on remote network” are checked
• Click the OK button

• To create a shorcut on your desktop, right click on the Horizonz icon and click Create Shortcut
• Now, in the Dial-Up Networking window, double click on the Horizonz icon to connect to the internet

• Enter your username.  Be sure to enter "username#horizonz.com@isplogin.com"  (Example: john#horizonz.com@isplogin.com)
• Then type in your password

• Click the Connect button to log on to the internet

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