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- CONCENTRIC NETWORK CORPORATION
- PRESENTS
- NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR PERSONAL EDITION
- FOR WINDOWS 3.x AND WINDOWS 95
- VERSION 3.0
-
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- Contents
-
- 1. Upgrading from Netscape Navigator Personal Edition (PE) 2.X
- a. Windows 3.x
- b. Windows 95
-
- 2. Installation Tips
- a. Installing Over Netscape 2.X
- b. Other Browser Software
-
- 3. Frequently Asked Questions
- a. How do I receive mail?
- b. How do I set Netscape Navigator PE to retrieve mail automatically?
- c. How do I uninstall Netscape Navigator PE?
-
- 4. Troubleshooting
- a. My modem is not listed in Modem Wizard's list of modems.
- b. I'm using Windows 95, and my computer won't dial my modem.
- c. I can't connect to the network.
-
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- 1. Upgrading from Netscape Navigator Personal Edition (PE) 2.X
-
- a. Windows 3.x:
-
- The Setup program will detect and retain some settings from
- your previous version of Netscape Navigator PE. If you use a
- script to log into Concentric, Setup will also convert your
- old login scripts to use the new format.
-
- b. Windows 95:
-
- If you have an older version of Netscape Navigator PE installed
- on your computer, your Dialer files will be converted to Windows 95
- Dial-Up Networking connections. If you had used Personal Edition
- to configure your Microsoft Exchange mail preferences, Netscape
- Navigator PE 3.0 will configure the Navigator to use your old mail
- preferences.
-
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- 2. Installation Tips
-
- a. Installing Over Netscape 2.X
-
- If you are installing Netscape Navigator 3.0 over an existing
- copy of Netscape 2.X, you must reboot your system (not just
- restart Windows) after installation and before you can connect
- to the network. To do this, close Windows, then hit the reset
- button, or turn your computer off and on again.
-
- b. Other Browser Software.
-
- If you have other Web browsers or online software on your system,
- you may experience difficulty in installing or configuring
- Netscape Navigator PE. Try un-installing the other software, then
- resume the Netscape Navigator installation. If you have more problems,
- see the information on winsock.dll conflicts in the "Troubleshooting"
- section below.
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-
- 3. Frequently Asked Questions
-
- a. How do I receive e-mail?
-
- To receive mail through Netscape Navigator PE, click on the Get
- Mail icon.
-
- b. How do I set Netscape Navigator PE to retrieve mail automatically?
-
- Select the Mail and News Preferences under the Options menu.
- On the Servers tab, set "Check for Mail" to the number of
- minutes the Netscape Navigator should wait between mail checks.
-
- If you are using the Netscape Navigator PE while off-line, you may wish to
- set "Check for Mail" to 0 to prevent the Netscape Navigator from making
- an auto-dial to the network to check your mail.
-
- c. How do I Uninstall Netscape Navigator PE?
-
- 1) Windows 3.x
-
- NOTE: Do not run NUNINST.EXE unless you are certain that
- you want to uninstall Netscape Navigator PE 3.0. After
- running nuninst.exe, some Netscape configuration information
- will be deleted, even if you choose No on the uninstaller's
- confirmation dialog. If you begin any part of the uninstall
- process, you must re-install the entire product.
-
- To uninstall Netscape Navigator PE, run the program
- NUNINST.EXE. The uninstall program is located in the
- C:\cncinet\netscape\uninstal directory.
-
- 2) Windows 95
-
- To Uninstall Netscape Navigator PE, select
- Settings | Control Panel from the Windows 95 Start Menu.
- Then select Add / Remove Programs from the Control Panel.
- To uninstall, select Netscape Navigator PE from the list
- of installed programs, and click the Add / Remove button.
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-
- 4. Troubleshooting
-
- a. My modem is not listed in Modem Wizard's list of modems.
-
- First, try the "Hayes compatible" setting. If the "Hayes
- compatible" setting does not work, try the "Other Windows
- modem" setting.
-
- If this happens, you will have to specify your modem manually.
-
- 1) Restart Windows, then double click on the Account Signup icon
- in the Netscape Navigator PE Program Group.
- 2) Click through Account Setup until you reach the Modem Setup
- dialog box.
- 3) Check the box beside the phrase, "DonΓt detect my modem, let
- me specify it."
- 4) Select your modem from the list, then complete the rest of
- the Account Signup procedure.
-
- b. I'm using Windows 95, and my computer won't dial my modem.
-
- After installing your modem under Windows 95, either through
- the Modems icon in the Windows 95 Control Panel, or through
- the Account Setup Wizard, you must shut down and restart
- your entire computer before Windows 95 will be able to dial
- your modem.
-
- c. I can't connect to the network. What do I do?
-
- There are several reasons why you may not be able to connect
- to the network. Here are four of the most common:
-
- 1) In order to gain access to the network, you must type in your
- UserID and password exactly as you entered them when you reg-
- istered for your Concentric Network account. Make sure that
- you are typing in your UserID and password correctly.
-
- 2) If you upgraded from Netscape Navigator PE version 2.X,
- you must restart your entire computer after the installation
- process before you can connect to the network. The Install
- Wizard will restart Windows for you, but this is not the
- same as rebooting your whole system. To reboot, wait for
- Windows to come onscreen again, then close it down. At the
- DOS prompt, hit your reset button, or switch the power off
- and on again to reboot your computer.
-
- 3) If you have configured Microsoft TCP/IP to use DNS (Domain
- Name Service), you may not be able to connect to other hosts
- through your Dial-Up Networking connection. Your Dial-Up
- Networking connection contains its own fields for
- Concentric's name servers, which will be not be used if
- you have specified name servers in your Microsoft TCP/IP
- configuration.
-
- The Account Setup Wizard will warn you if you have
- configured Microsoft TCP/IP to use DNS. If you see this
- warning, double-click the Getting Started icon in your
- Netscape Navigator program group, and read the topics on "DNS
- configuration" to either modify or disable DNS.
-
- 4) In order to execute properly, Netscape uses a file called
- winsock.dll, a copy of which was installed in the c:\cncinet\
- netscape directory on your system with this software. If you
- have more than one copy of winsock on your system, Netscape
- may not be able to tell which one to use. To find out if you
- have multiple copies of winsock on your system, and to learn
- how to disable redundant copies, follow these steps:
-
- a) Locate all copies of winsock.dll on your system.
- * Windows 3.x users, open the Main Program Group, and
- double click on the File Manager icon. Select
- File | Search, and type in winsock.dll
- * Windows 95 users, click on the Start button, and select
- Programs | Windows Explorer. Select Tools | Find, and
- type in winsock.dll
- b) If the resulting list shows that you have more than one
- copy of winsock.dll on your system, you must rename the
- redundant copies to disable them. DO NOT RENAME THE
- WINSOCK.DLL FILE IN YOUR C:\CNCINET\NETSCAPE DIRECTORY.
- This is the one copy of the file that Netscape will need
- in order to execute properly.
- c) In File Manager or Windows Explorer, locate a redundant
- winsock.dll file that is NOT in the c:\cncinet\netscape
- directory.
- d) Highlight the winsock.dll file
- e) From the File menu, select Rename
- f) Rename the file: winsock.old
- g) Repeat steps 3-6 for each redundant winsock.dll file,
- changing the name slightly each time to winsock2.old,
- winsock3.old, etc. DO NOT RENAME THE WINSOCK.DLL FILE
- IN YOUR C:\CNCINET\NETSCAPE DIRECTORY.
- h) Try connecting to Concentric Network again to see if
- this change resolved your problem.
-
- If you are still having difficulty after making these changes,
- please call Concentric Network Customer Support at
- 1-800-745-2747.
-