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Welcome to Dasia.net Software Installation
Setup
Step
1. Double-click
the “My Computer” icon in the upper left-hand corner of your
desktop screen.
Step
2. Within your
“My Computer” window, you should see an option labeled
“Dial-up Networking”, if so, double
Click that
icon. If you do not
see it, you need to install “Dial-Up Networking” from your
original Windows 95/98 CD.
Please consult your computer reseller for this process.
Step
3. A window will
appear that says “Dial-up Networking” and within that window,
you should see an icon labeled “Make new Connection”.
Double-Click the “Make New Connection” icon.
Step
4. A new window
will open labeled “Make New Connection”.
In the text field that says, “Type a name for the
computer you are dialing” type
Dasia.net. At the
bottom of the window you should see a button labeled “Next”;
click the “Next” button.
Step
5. In the next
window, type the telephone number given for your area:
Union
County: 704-290-5103
Mecklenburg
County: 704-943-5686
Iredell
County: 704-761-5103
Make sure
there is NO area code,
dash, space or any other letter, number, or punctuation marks
before, between, or after the numbers .
If an area code appears in the “Area Code” box, delete
it. Click the
“Next” button at the bottom of the window.
Step
6. A window
should appear saying, “You have successfully created a dial-up
networking connection called “Dasia.net”.
If so click “Finish” at the
bottom of the window. This
should take you back to the “Dial-up Networking” window and
you should now see your “Dasia.net”
icon. If not, repeat
these steps again.
Step
7. Close the
“Dial-up Networking” window and you should now
see your desktop.
Step
8. Open Internet
Explorer by double-clicking your “Internet Explorer” icon.
Across the top of the window you should see several
options like “File”, “Edit”, “View”, etc.
If you see an option that says “Tools”, click that
option and select “Internet
Options”. If you
don’t see an option that says “Tools”, click the “View”
option, and then select “Internet Options”.
Step
9. You should see
several options in this window.
The first will be “Home page”.
Change the address to: http://www.dasia.net.
Then click the tab at the top of the window that says,
“Connections”.
Step
10. In this box
you should see your list of available connections.
Make sure Dasia.net is selected as your Default connection. If it
is not selected as default, change it so that it becomes your
default connection. If
you see an option that says, “Always dial
my default connection.” Make sure it has a black dot beside it.
Once you’ve done this, click “OK” at the bottom.
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That's it! You're
ready to connect to the Internet by double-clicking the
"Internet Explorer" icon.
It will ask you for your username
and password.
Now you're
ready to setup your email!
Setting up your Email
Software with Outlook Express
Step
1. Double-click the "Outlook
Express" icon.
* At this
point you should see one of two screens.
You may see a window that says "Your Name" or you
may not see any window at all, and instead see
"Outlook Express" "Tip of the Day"
"Newsgroups", and "Contacts".
If you do not see a window with "Your Name"
appear, proceed to Step 2. If you do see a window labeled
"Your name" proceed to Step
4.
Step
2. At the top of the screen, under
"Outlook Express provided by Dasia.net", you should see
an option labeled "Tools".
Click this option and select the option labeled
"Accounts" in the pull-down menu.
Step
3. You should see a window labeled "Internet
Accounts". Select
the tab labeled "Mail" and
click the "Add" button to the right.
A side menu should pop up.
Click "Mail".
Step
4. You should see a window labeled "Your name". In the line that says "Display Name", enter the name
you would like people to see when receiving your email.
This is generally your REAL name.
When you are finished, please click “Next.”
Step
5. You should see a window labeled "Internet Email
Address". Make
sure there is a black dot next to "I
already have an email address that I'd like to use".
In the line that says "Email Address" type
the email address you were given when you signed up. For example, if you requested the email
address johndoe, your email address would be johndoe@dasia.net.
If you requested the email
address janedoe, your email address would be janedoe@dasia.net.
When you enter your email
address, please click "Next".
Step
5. You should see a window labeled "Email Server
Names". You
should see the words dasia.net in both
the "Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:"
and the "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server”.
If dasia.net doesn't appear in both boxes, please type it in both
of those boxes. Click
"Next" when
you are finished.
Step
6. You should see a window labeled "Internet Mail
Logon". In the
box labeled "Account name:" type the
first part of your email address (The part that appears before @dasia.net).
For example, if your email
address is johndoe@dasia.net, type johndoe in that box.
In the box labeled "Password:" type the
password that you gave the operator when you signed up.
Check the box labeled "Remember
Password" unless you want to type your password each
time you check your mail. When
you are finished, click
"Next".
* At this
point you should see one of two screens.
If you had to use the "Tools -> Accounts"
option (Step 2),
proceed to Step 7.
If you see a
window labeled "Internet news email address", proceed to
Step 8
Step
7. Click the tab labeled "News".
Click the "Add" button to the right and then
click the "News" option.
Step
8. You should see a window labeled "Your name". Type the name you would like to appear when you post
to internet newsgroups. This
is generally your REAL name.
Click "Next".
Step
9. You should see a window labeled "Internet News Email
Address". In the
box labeled "Email Address"
type your dasia.net email address.
(Example: johndoe@dasia.net).
When you've entered that, please
click "Next".
Step
10. You should see a window labeled "Internet News Server
Name". In the
box labeled "News (NNTP)
server:" you should see the words, cnews.newsguy.com.
If this is not in the box, please type
it into the box. Make
sure there is a check in the box labeled, "My news server
requires me to logon.", if not,
place a check in the box.
Step
11. You should see a window labeled
“Internet Mail Server Logon”, if not, press “Back” and
make
sure that “My news server
requires me to logon” is checked.
In the block labeled “Account
Name” type cobsweb.
In the box labeled “Password”, type zippo.
Make sure a check is in the
Box labeled “Remember my
password.”
Step
12. You should see a window labeled
"Congratulations".
Click "Finish" unless you have to make any
changes to the information you entered.
If you made a mistake, don't worry, you can click
"Back" until you get to the
spot in which you need to edit the information.
That's it!
You're ready to use your email by double-clicking the
"Outlook Express" icon on your Desktop.
If you would like to check your mail or send new mail while
you are browsing the internet, you can click on the “Mail”
button (located above and to the right of the box labeled
“Address” in your browser).
If you would
like to rename the icon, place your mouse cursor (pointer) over
the icon and click your RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON.
You'll see a pop-up menu and an option "Rename".
Click "Rename" with your LEFT MOUSE BUTTON, and
type the name you would like to call the Outlook Express Icon and
press Enter.
Congratulations!
You should now be ready to go to browse the internet, send
and receive email, and browse the tens of thousands of available
newsgroups.
If
you have any questions, please call us at 704.225.1776 from 9am
– 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.
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