Step 1:
- Click on the Start button
- Click on All Programs
- Click on Accessories
- Click on Communications
- Choose New Connection
- Wizard from the menu
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Step 2:
If you have never specified a dial-up connection in Windows XP before, you will now see a window labeled "Location Information" like the one below. (If you do not see this window, skip to Step 3.
- Specify the values appropriate to your location in the blanks for "country/region" and "area code"
- Click on All Programs
- Click OK to continue.
- the next window, labeled "Phone and Modem Options", click OK to continue.
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Step 3:
The New Connection Wizard will now appear. Click Next.
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Step 4:
Choose Connect to the Internet, then click Next.
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Step 5:
Choose Set up my connection manually, then click Next.
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Step 6:
Choose Connect using a dial up modem, then click Next.
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Step 7:
Type in Your ISP Name for the connection name, then click Next.
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Step 8:
Enter the phone number you've chosen to connect with, then click Next.
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Step 9:
Select the appropriate use for this connection, then click Next.
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Step 10:
- Click once in the Password field and type your password.
- Click in the Confirm password field and type it again.
- Make sure the box is checked that says, "Use this account name and password when anyone connects to the internet from this computer".
- Make sure the box is checked that says, "Make this the default Internet connection".
- Leave "Turn on Internet Connection Firewall for this connection" unchecked.
- Click Next to continue.
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Step 11:
- Click on the 'Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop' button.
- Click on Finish.
- When you are ready to connect to the internet double click on your new icon on the desktop.
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