These instructions are designed to guide you while installing Internet Explorer on your Windows 3.1 computer. In these examples, a person named Bud Wilbur is used to illustrate how the various data fields are filled in. Be sure to use your own name, username, e-mail address and password when filling in the actual data. When your account is activated with Locl.Net, you will be provided with a username and password. Your "e-mail" name is simply your username with an @ symbol followed by locl.net. (ie. username@locl.net) Let's look at Bud's information for example. Bud Wilbur calls Locl.Net and activates his account. He chooses the username; bwilbur (can be up to 10 characters, with first having to be a letter).

username: bwilbur (notice that this is all lower case with no spaces)
password: d7Kmg4sX (notice upper and lower case letters and numbers)
e-mail name: bwilbur@locl.net (notice this will be your username
followed by @locl.net and is all lower case with no spaces.

**Before you begin the installation, shut down any other programs you have running on your computer, especially any communications programs using your modem.
**NOTE: Please contact Locl.Net for your username and password
before starting installation if you do not already have them.

username:___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___ password:___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___

1. Insert Disk 1 of 3 in the 3.5" floppy drive of your computer. (usually A drive) From the Windows 3.1 Program Manager, click File, then click Run.
2. In the box below the words "Command Line", type; a:\setup, then click OK
3. The Internet License Agreement is now displayed. Click on I Accept to continue with the installation.
4. Now you will see the "Welcome to the Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.1 installation program" screen. Click OK to continue.
5. The "Name and Organization Information" screen will appear. In the field labeled "Name", enter YOUR full name. The "Organization" field is optional. It could be used to enter the name of a company, organization, group, etc. Enter information, then click OK.
6. You will be asked to confirm the name you typed in the previous screen. If it needs to be corrected, click Change. When correct, click OK.
7. The setup program will want to know which directory and drive you wish to install to. For most users the default settings are correct. Click OK to continue.
8. Click the icon labeled "Complete". NOTE: You need to click on the icon itself, not the word.
9. At the "Choose Program Group" screen, look in the box labeled "Existing Groups". Highlight the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" entry by clicking on it once. Then click Continue. A window will now appear, titled; "Microsoft Internet Explorer Setup: Disk 1". You will also see a window with a progress bar indicating the percentage of the program that has loaded.
10. After a few moments the "Setup Message" window will appear asking you to insert Disk 2 of 3. Remove Disk 1 and insert Disk 2. Click OK. The drive will again be active and the progress bar will continue to advance.
11. After a few moments the "Setup Message" window will appear asking you to insert Disk 3 of 3. Remove Disk 2 and insert Disk 3. Click OK. The drive again will be active and the progress bar will continue to advance. The message; "Setup is updating your system" will appear on the desktop. Then the "Install New Modem" screen will appear.
12. After this screen appears you can click the Next button. NOTE: DO NOT put a check in the box. Let Windows detect the modem for you.
13. The system will now attempt to identify and install your modem. This may take a minute or two while it checks all the ports. It will automatically go to the next screen after it locates your modem.
14. After a few moments the "Install New Modem" screen will display the information for the modem it found.
15. The "Install New Modem" screen will now tell you that the modem has been set up successfully. Click Finish to continue.
16. The program will now tell you to quit Windows and restart your computer to complete setup. Remove the disk from the disk drive and click Yes. Note: If at this point, when you go to the next step (after reboot) and double click on the Get On The Internet icon, if the install screen does not appear , call tech support.
17. When Windows reappears, you will see the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" program group. Double click on The Internet icon. The message "Launching Internet Explorer" will appear briefly.
18. The "Internet Sign-Up" screen now appears. Click on the Install button to continue with the installation.
19. The "Choose Program Manager Group" window will appear. Click on the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" entry, and then, click OK.
20. A window labeled "Internet Sign-up" will appear and tell you that you are ready to connect to the Internet. As it says in the window, double clicking the Internet Explorer icon in the Program Manager *will* start Internet Explorer, but first, let's configure your mail program before you go exploring. Click OK and you will be returned to the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" program group. Double click the "Mail" icon in the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" program group.