Last revised April 14, 2008 SETTING UP WINDOWS XP DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS This document explains how to set up Windows XP Dial-Up Connections for use with your World account. Dial-Up Connections is part of the Network and Dial-Up Connections control panel that comes with Windows XP. It allows Internet programs such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Eudora, and Outlook Express to operate via your modem over a PPP connection. This document is divided into the following sections: I Setting Up Your Connection II Troubleshooting - A. Disabling Call Waiting B. Manual Settings Check Appendices: A Setting Up MS Outlook Express B General Mail and News Settings Part I - Setting Up Your Connection Note: You must use a Computer Administrator account to create or modify dial-up connections. 1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel. 2. In the Control Panel, select Network and Internet Connections. 3. Select "Set up or change your internet connection". 4. In the Internet Properties window, under the "Connections" tab, select "Setup". 5. The first screen is simply a welcoming screen. Click "Next". 6. Select "Connect to the Internet". Click "Next". 7. Select "Set up my connection manually". Click "Next". 8. Select "Connect using a dial-up modem". Click "Next". 9. Name the connection. You can name it "The World" or anything else you prefer. Click "Next". 10. Enter the World modem access number you use, including area code and any prefixes. Click "Next". 11. Enter your World login_name@theworld.com and password in the "User name" and "Password" boxes respectively. ("theworld.com" must be lowercase here.) If you do not enter your password now, you will need to enter it when you actually connect. Take the check mark out of the box labeled "Make this the default Internet Connection". Click "Next". 12. Put a check mark in the box labeled "Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop". Click "Finish". 13. The icon for the new connection should now appear on your desktop. Double-click on it to open the Connect window. (The Connect window may pop up automatically.) Enter your password if it isn't already entered. Have the option to save the password checked or unchecked according to your preference. Click "Dial" to connect. 14. Once connected, a small connection icon will be displayed in the right side of the Taskbar tray at the bottom of the screen. To disconnect, right-click the connection icon and click "Disconnect". (The connection icon looks like two small computers.) Part II - Troubleshooting - A. Disabling Call Waiting for the duration of the connection: 1. Double-click the shortcut to your World connection on the desktop. (Or, from the Start menu, select Connect To, then click on your World connection.) Click "Properties" (instead of clicking "Dial"). 2. Add "*70," (Star Seven Zero Comma with NO quotes) before the phone number in the box. 3. Click Apply, then "OK". B. Manual Settings Check 1. Double-click the shortcut to your World connection on the desktop. (Or, from the Start menu, select Connect To, then click on your World connection.) Click "Properties" (instead of clicking "Dial"). 2. Click on the "Security" tab. 3. Select "Typical" and under "Validate my identity as follows:" select "Allow unsecured password". 4. Make sure that neither "Show terminal window" nor "Run Script:" are checked. 5. Click on the "Networking" tab. 6. Under "The type of dial-up server I am calling:", choose "PPP: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Internet". 7. Click "Settings". 8. Under the "PPP Settings", make sure "Enable LCP extensions" and "Enable software compression" are checked. ("Negotiate multi-link for single link connections" may or may not be checked.) Click "OK". 9. Make sure "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" is checked in the components box. While "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" is highlighted, click "Properties". 10. Under the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties", confirm that "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically" are both selected. Click "Advanced". 11. Under the "Advanced TCP/IP Settings", on the "General" tab, both "Use default gateway on remote network" and "Use IP header compression" should be checked. 12. On the "DNS" tab, everything should be blank, with "Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes" selected. 13. On the "WINS" tab, everything should be blank. Make sure "Enable LMHOSTS lookup" is unchecked and "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" is selected. 14. Click on the "OK" three times to return to the "Connect" window. Appendix A - Setting Up MS Outlook Express 1. From the Start menu, choose All Programs, then click on Outlook Express. 2. The first thing the Internet mail account setup wizard will ask is your "Display Name:"; enter the full name (e.g., John Smith) you would like to appear on outgoing e-mail. Click the "Next" button. 3. Enter your World e-mail address in the "E-mail address:" window. Click the "Next" button. 4. Select "POP3" for the type of incoming mail server. "Incoming mail server:" should be filled in with "pop.theworld.com" and "Outgoing mail server:" should be filled in with "smtp.theworld.com". Click "Next". 5. Your World login name should be entered in the "Account Name:" box with your World password in the "Password:" box. If you do not want to be prompted for your password each time you download your mail, check the "Remember password" box. You should not check "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)". Click on the "Next" button. 6. After clicking the "Finish" button, MS Outlook Express should be properly configured to send and receive mail through The World. Appendix B - General Mail and News Settings There are too many Internet mail and news programs to try to give explicit setup instructions for each. Most mail and news programs only need a few key settings to work properly. Mail Settings: Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server: smtp.theworld.com Incoming (POP3) Mail Server: pop.theworld.com POP username: freduser E-mail address: freduser@theworld.com (Replace "freduser" with the actual name of your World account.) News Settings: News (NNTP) Server: nntp.theworld.com In Netscape Mail, you can find these settings under Edit -> Preferences -> Mail & Newsgroups. In Eudora, look under Tools -> Options.