Windows ME dial-up configuration instructions

• Double click on My Computer.
  
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• Double click on Control Panel.
  
• Double click on Dial-Up Networking.
  
• Double click on Make New Connection.
  
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• In the field Type a name for the computer you are dialing, type Birch.net, and click the Configure button.
  
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• Now you will be asked for a phone number to dial in to. Leave the area code blank, and input the local access number for your area.
• Click Finish.
  
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• Right Click once on the Birch.net icon.
• Left Click once on Properties.
  
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• You will see the dial in phone number and below that a box that says Use area code and Dialing Properties, remove the check from this box. Click on the Networking tab.
• Make sure only Enable software compression at the top is checked, and TCP/IP at the bottom is checked. Click on the TCP/IP Settings button.
  
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• Make sure that the following are checked. Server assigned IP address, Server assigned name server addresses, Use IP header compression, and Use default gateway on remote Network.
  
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• Click on Create a Shortcut, you will get a window that says you cannot create a shortcut here, do you want to put this on your desktop? Click Yes. Close the Dial-Up Networking window.
  
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• Your computer is ready to connect to the internet.