Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mail, And News Setup

This document will serve to help you install Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 3.02, as your World-Wide Web (WWW) browser. If you installed your dial-up networking using the Internet Setup Wizard (the Internet icon on your desktop), you already have the Microsoft Internet Explorer installed on your computer. If this is the case, you can skip these instructions and proceed to explore the Internet simply by double-clicking on your Internet icon. Otherwise, follow these instructions to download a copy of MSIE. If you wish to use the Netscape Navigator rather than MSIE, we still recommend you download MSIE. The installation will add Internet functionality to Windows 95/NT and make connecting to the Internet much easier.

If you are using Windows 98, then IE4 is already installed on your computer and the following instructions are not needed.

PART A - Downloading Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Connect to Texas.Net using Windows 95's or Windows NT 4.0's Dial-Up Networking.
2. Open your MS-DOS Prompt (Click on 'Start | Programs | MS-DOS Prompt').
3. Type: ftp tucows.c-com.net
4. At the "User (tucows.c-com.net:(none)):" prompt, type ftp.
5. At the "Password:" prompt, type your e-mail address (yourlogin@texas.net).
6. At the "ftp>" prompt, type bin -- You should receive the message "Type set to I.".
7. Type hash -- You should receive the message "Hash mark printing On (2048 bytes/hash mark)"
8. Type cd pub/.20/Tucows/files -- You should receive the message "CWD Command Successful".
9. Type get tucows_msie302r.exe.
10. You should receive the message "Opening BINARY mode data connection." At this point, the download is beginning. Depending on your modem speed, this should take anywhere from 50 to 100 minutes. When the download is complete, you should get a message saying "Transfer complete."
11. At the "ftp>" prompt, type quit to exit the FTP program.

PART B - Installing Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mail, and News

1. Click on 'Start | Run'.
2. Type c:\windows\tucows_msie302r.exe. The program will install.
3. Click on 'Ok'. Click 'yes' at the bottom of User License Agreement.
4. Click on 'No' at 'Would you like to select which optional internet components are installed?'. Microsoft will now install Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Mail and Microsoft News.
5. Click on 'Yes' to restart your computer. Once your computer is restarted, you will need to download and set up Microsoft Mail and News.