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- Netcomplete 4.0 for Windows
-
- Everything you need to get started on the Internet is in
- Netcomplete. Within minutes, you can begin exploring your favorite
- topics on the Net, check out web sites, E-mail, Newsgroups, Chat, FTP.
- and more.
-
- Netcomplete 4.0 for Windows 95 comes with either
- the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Communicator 4.0
- web browser. Depending on which CD you have, you can install
- Netcomplete and one of these web browsers.
-
- The following information is included in this file:
- A. System Requirements
- B. Installing Netcomplete 4.0
- --Dial-up Networking (Windows 95 Only)
- --New Account Notes
- C. Application Notes
- --Installation Error
- --Internet Explorer: Images versus Text-Only Mode
- --Netcomplete Mail Caveats
- --E-mail Attachments
- --E-mail Tab Labels
- --HTML Mail
- --Mail Notification with Additional Mailboxes
- --Ticker Applications
- --Upgrading
- --PeopleLink Registration
- --Upgrading from NetCruiser
- D. Getting Help
- E. Contacting Netcom
- F. Additional Products on this CD
- G. Netcom Web Services
-
-
- A. System Requirements
- ============================================
- Before installing Netcomplete, make sure your
- computer meets the following requirements:
- -IBM compatible PC with a 486 or higher processor
- -VGA graphics card
- -Color monitor recommended
- -Mouse or other pointing device
- -14.4 bps modem or faster (28.8 Kbps recommended for Web)
-
- You have a choice of web browsers with Netcomplete.
- The following table lists the system requirements for
- Netcomplete with each browser.
-
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Netscape Communicator 4.0
- RAM: 16 MB RAM: 16 MB
- Disk space: standard 51 MB Disk space: standard 25 MB
- Disk space: advanced 86 MB Disk space: advanced 35 MB
-
-
- B. Installing Netcomplete 4.0
- ============================================
- If you received Netcomplete with your computer or with a CD-ROM
- product from one of our partners, please refer to the
- documentation materials (provided by the computer manufacturer
- or CD-ROM vendor) for Netcomplete installation instructions.
-
- Dial-up Networking (Windows 95 Only)
- ============================================
- Dial-Up Networking is the software your computer uses to
- dial your modem and make a connection to the Internet.
-
- If you do not have Dial-Up Networking installed on your computer,
- Netcomplete will install it for you automatically. To verify
- whether you have Dial-Up Networking installed, do the following:
-
- Go to the Start menu on the taskbar and select
- Programs | Accessories. Dial-Up Networking is listed
- under Accessories if it is installed.
-
- IMPORTANT: If you do not have Dial-Up Networking installed,
- the Netcomplete setup application will prompt for your
- Windows 95 CD or floppy disk so that it can install
- Dial-Up Networking.
-
- To install Netcomplete for Windows:
- 1. Start Windows and insert the disk or CD into the
- appropriate drive.
-
- Windows 3.1
- a. From the Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
-
- If you are using Windows 95, choose Run from the Start menu
- on the Taskbar. The Run dialog box will appear.
-
- b. In the Run box, type the path to the setup program.
- For example, a:\setup for a floppy diskette
- or d:\win95\setup for a CD-ROM.
-
- Click OK or press Enter. The first screen of the
- Netcomplete installation program appears.
-
- Windows 95
- a. The Netcomplete welcome screen appears automatically after
- you insert the CD. Depending on the speed of your CPU,
- it may take a few minutes for the welcome screen to appear.
-
- b. Click the Install Netcomplete link. The Netcomplete installation
- program appears.
-
- CAUTION:
- If you inserted the Netcomplete CD before you started
- Windows 95, you must manually launch the Netcomplete
- installation program.
-
- Click Start on the taskbar and choose Run from the Start menu.
- The Run dialog box appears.
-
- In the Open text box, type: d:\win95\setup.exe
- where d is your CD-ROM drive letter.
-
- Click OK or press Enter. The first screen of the
- Netcomplete installation program appears.
-
- 2. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Netcomplete 4.0.
- If you do not have Dial-Up Networking installed, you will need
- your Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM.
-
- 3. When the installation is complete, you will be asked if you want
- to use an existing account or set up a new NETCOM account.
-
- WARNING: If you already HAVE a Netcomplete account,
- select the option "Use an Existing Account".
- Do not set up a new account.
-
- If you NOT have a Netcom account, select the option
- Set Up a New Account.
-
- New Account Notes:
- To set up a new account, you need a major credit card to complete
- the registration and to open your Netcom account. If this account
- is being provided to you by your company, you may not be asked
- to enter credit card information.
-
- If you set up a new account, you will be asked to enter the
- registration number and serial number printed on the back of
- the packaging. If you are installing from floppies, the
- registration and serial numbers may be on the address label.
-
- 4. After the installation is complete, the Netcomplete installer
- may need to restart your computer.
-
- Windows 95 NOTE:
- In Netcomplete 4.0 for Windows 95 the web browser installation
- starts when the Netcomplete installation finishes.
-
- After the Netcomplete software is installed, a dialog box
- appears asking if you want to install your web browser--
- either Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator,
- depending on which CD-ROM disc you inserted.
-
- Click OK to run the web browser installation program.
- After the web browser is installed, you are prompted to
- restart your computer.
-
- 5. When you finish installing Netcomplete, start Netcomplete and
- log in.
-
- To start Netcomplete, double-click on the Netcomplete icon
- that you just installed.
-
- Either the Netscape Communicator or the Internet Explorer
- web browser will start automatically.
-
-
-
- C. Application Notes
- ============================================
- To report problems with the software or request enhancements,
- send email to:
- U.S.: bugs@ix.netcom.com
- Canada: support@netcom.ca
-
- ***Do not install Netcomplete or the version of
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 included on this CD
- on a Windows NT workstation.
-
- 1. Installation Error
- A "Divide by zero or overflow error" may occur if you press
- <ALT><TAB> while Netcomplete is installing either the
- Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer application.
- If this occurs, restart Windows and run the installation
- program again. Do not press <ALT><TAB> during installation.
-
-
- 2. Netcomplete Mail Caveats
- A. E-mail Attachments
- You may not be able to open certain file attachments from
- within the Netcomplete Mail application.
-
- If you cannot open an attachment, do the following steps:
-
- 1. Save the attachment to your hard disk.
- 2. Start the application, and then open the file.
-
-
- B. E-mail Tab Labels
- If you installed Netscape Communicator, Netcomplete Mail
- may display the size, date, sender, and subject fields
- of email improperly--it shows the size of the message in
- every field.
-
- A patch has been made available by Microsoft to upgrade
- Windows 95 and correct the problem. For more information,
- go to:
-
- www.netcom.com/bin/webtech/NETCOM_Accounts/Clients/Email/comctl.html
-
- You can also install the patch from the CD-ROM with Netcomplete
- and Netscape. When you first insert the CD, click on the following link
- in the Autorun installation program:
- "Run Microsoft ComCtl32 Update"
-
- B. HTML Mail
- Netcomplete Mail does not support HTML formatted text.
- If someone sends you an e-mail message using HTML
- formatted text, the e-mail message will either:
- --contain HTML formatting tags
- --appear twice--with a copy of the message containing
- HTML formatted tags
-
- To avoid having HTML tags show up in the body of e-mail messages
- that you receive, ask people to send you e-mail using standard
- ASCII formatted text.
-
- C. Mail Notification with Additional Mailboxes
- Only the primary account e-mail address can be notified
- about new mail. This affects users whom you have given
- an additional mailbox (e-mail address) to in the following
- two ways:
-
- --Users with additional secondary mailboxes will NOT
- be notified about new mail automatically when they
- log in to Netcom.
-
- Users with additional mailboxes will have to open
- Netcomplete Mail and select Get New Messages
- to see if they have any mail.
-
- --Users with additional secondary mailboxes will see
- notifications if the primary account e-mail address
- has new mail.
-
- Because mailboxes are password protected, the additional users
- will not be able to download the Netcom account holders mail.
-
- For more information about additional mailboxes, go to:
- www.netcom.com/bin/mbox/
-
-
- 3. Java Ticker Applications
- If you use a Java-based ticker application that does not check
- your Windows 95 registry to find your default web browser, the
- ticker application can bring up the Netcomplete web browser
- that is used when you sign up as a Netcom customer, instead of
- Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
-
- The ticker application can bring up the Netcomplete web browser
- when Netcomplete is running and your default web browser is NOT
- running.
-
- If the Netcomplete web browser appears when you click on
- the ticker application, close it. Start your default web browser,
- and click on the ticker application again.
-
-
- 4. Changing Web browsers
- If you install a version of Netcomplete with a different
- web browser than the one you had previously (either
- Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator), your previous browser
- application will NOT show up in the Netcomplete toolbar.
-
- To have both browsers show up in the Netcomplete toolbar,
- you must manually add the previous web browser. To do so,
- refer to the Toolbar entry in the online help index.
-
-
- 5. PeopleLink Registration
- PeopleLink is a FREE instant messaging service.
- To use the PeopleLink service, you need the following 3 things:
- --a connection to the Internet, which you get as a Netcom customer
- --an e-mail address, which you get as a Netcom customer
- --PeopleLink software, included on this CD
-
- But to use the PeopleLink FREE instant messaging service,
- you must register with PeopleLink.
-
- To register with PeopleLink, do the following:
- A> Install the PeopleLink software.
- B> Start the PeopleLink software
- C> In the PeopleLink Sign In dialog box, enter your
- e-mail address in the E-mail field.
- Do not enter anything in the password filed.
- It should say <I don't have a password>
- D> Click the Sign in button.
- E> In the Register dialog box that appears, click the
- Register button.
- F> Your web browser is launched and takes you to the
- PeopleLink Registration page.
- Follow the instructions to sign up for PeopleLink.
-
- TIP: Use your Netcom services password as your
- PeopleLink password. Your services password is the
- password you use to access e-mail.
-
-
- 6. Upgrading from NetCruiser
- When you upgrade from NetCruiser to Netcomplete 4.0, you cannot
- overwrite two .dll files.
-
- Two error messages appear asking to overwrite a .dll file.
- You must:
- Click the No button to skip the .dll file.
- The installation will then be completed successfully.
-
-
- D. Getting Help
- ============================================
- 1. If you have questions before you get connected to the Internet,
- call our FAX-on-Demand services at 800-638-6383 (U.S. Only).
- Request the Netcomplete tech note index, document #6800
- be faxed to you. It is updated frequently.
-
- 2. Use the Netcom Support Web Pages
- U.S.: www.netcom.com/support
- Canada: www.netcom.ca/support
-
- Here you will find links to Internet tutorials, an online
- glossary of Internet terms, Frequently Asked Questions,
- our comprehensive Online Knowledgebase, and more.
-
- To view the Netcomplete User Guide online, go to:
- U.S.: http://www.netcom.com/support
- Canada: http://www.netcom.ca/support
-
- Click on the word Windows to view the Online Manual.
-
- 3. For help with other Internet applications, go to:
- http://www.netcom.com/support/swpartners
-
-
- E. Contacting Netcom
- ===========================================
- Netcom's Technical Support staff is available to answer your
- technical questions.
-
- U.S.
- E-mail: support@ix.netcom.com
- Fax-on-Demand: 800-638-6383
- Phone
- 5am-9pm (PST): 408-881-1810
- After Hours: 900-555-1144
-
- Canada
- E-mail: support@netcom.ca
- Phone: 416-345-1800
-
- Netcom's Customer Service staff is available to answer your
- general account and billing questions,
- Monday through Friday, 6:00am to 6:00pm (PST).
-
- U.S. 408-881-1815
- Canada: 416-345-1800
-
-
-
- F. Additional products on this CD
- ===========================================
- Netcomplete 4.0 comes with the following additional products
- to make your Internet experience more interesting and useful.
-
- -Qualcomm Eudora - leading e-mail software.
- -PeopleLink - interactive messaging software
- -Claris Home Page - a full-featured HTML editor that lets you
- easily create pages for your web site.
- -McAfee WebScan - provides virus protection for web browsing
- and e-mail. (Windows 95 only)
- -Vocaltec Internet Phone - carry on real-time Internet voice
- conversations for the price of a local call.
- -Adobe Acrobat Reader - view, navigate and print
- Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
- -HeadLights GetRight - Adds drag and drop function to your browser
- so that you can download anything from the Internet in the
- background while you continue to surf the web. (Windows 95 only)
- -Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Tutorial
- -Netscape Communicator 4.0 Tutorial
- -Windows 95 Tutorial
-
- To view documentation about these applications,
- do the following steps:
- 1. Start the Netcomplete software and log into your account.
- 2. Click the Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer icon on
- the Netcomplete toolbar.
- 3. Type http://www.netcom.com/support/swpartners in the
- Location (or Address) field and press Enter.
-
- You can plug in hundreds of other Internet applications.
- For information about putting these and other Internet
- applications on the Netcomplete toolbar, refer to the
- the online help.
-
-
- G. Netcom Web Services
- ===========================================
- Netcom's Personal Services Program includes
- customized services such as:
-
- -PersonalNews - delivers up to 20 news headlines and summary
- stories directly to your e-mailbox every workday morning by 7am.
- The service pulls articles from more than 2,300 available topics.
- -PersonalPages - enables you to create your own web site via an
- easy-to-use template-based web page authoring service.
- -PersonalFinance - helps track your current and potential
- investments by using a wide array of online financial,
- corporate, and market information as well as analytical tools.
-
- For more information about Netcom's Personal Web Services, go to:
- www.netcom.com/services/
-