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Setting Up Your Inspiron Laptop To setup your Internet connection: Windows XP NOTE: The following steps were written for the Windows default view, so they may not apply if you set your Dell™ computer to the Windows Classic view. 1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. 2. Click Start→ Control Panel. 3. Under Network and Internet Connections, select Setup or Change Your Internet Connection. 4. Click Setup. The New Connection Wizard appears. 5. Click Connect to the Internet. NOTE: Your computer does not have an internal optical drive. Use an external optical drive or any external storage device for the procedures that involve discs. 6. In the next window, click the appropriate option: --If you do not have an ISP, click Choose from a list of Internet service providers (ISPs). --If you have already obtained setup information from your ISP but you did not receive a setup CD, click Set up my connection manually. --If you have a setup CD, click Use the CD I got from an ISP. 7. Click Next. If you selected Set up my connection manually in step 6, continue to step 8. Otherwise, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. NOTE: If you do not know which type of connection to select, contact your ISP. 16

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Setting Up Your Inspiron Laptop
To setup your Internet connection:
Windows XP
NOTE:
The following steps were written for
the Windows default view, so they may not
apply if you set your Dell™ computer to the
Windows Classic view.
Save and close any open files, and exit any
1.
open programs.
Click
2.
Start
→
Control Panel
.
Under
3.
Network and Internet Connections
,
select
Setup or Change Your Internet
Connection
.
Click
4.
Setup
.
The
New Connection Wizard
appears.
Click
5.
Connect to the Internet
.
NOTE:
Your computer does not have an
internal optical drive. Use an external
optical drive or any external storage device
for the procedures that involve discs.
In the next window, click the appropriate
6.
option:
If you do not have an ISP, click
–
Choose from a list of Internet service
providers (ISPs)
.
If you have already obtained setup
–
information from your ISP but you did
not receive a setup CD, click
Set up my
connection manually
.
If you have a setup CD, click
–
Use the CD
I got from an ISP
.
Click
7.
Next
.
If you selected
Set up my connection
manually
in step 6, continue to step 8.
Otherwise, follow the instructions on the
screen to complete the setup.
NOTE:
If you do not know which type of
connection to select, contact your ISP.