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- Readme for Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- August 1996
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- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
-
-
- This document provides information you may find useful in running
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0.
-
- Additional information about installing and using the Internet
- Explorer is added to the World Wide Web as it becomes available.
- This information can be found at the following address:
-
- http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
-
-
- ------------------------
- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
- ------------------------
-
- To view Internet.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
-
- To print Internet.txt, open it in or another word processor, and
- then use the Print command on the File menu.
-
-
- CONTENTS
- ========
-
- USING THE INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD
- INSTALLING PC CARD (PCMCIA) MODEMS
- USING A LOCAL AREA NETWORK PROXY OR FIREWALL
- USING PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS' REALAUDIO SUPPORT
- USING INTERNET EXPLORER WITH VIRTUAL MEMORY
- USING CITRIX WINFRAME WEB CLIENT
- CACHE STRUCTURE
-
-
- USING THE INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD
- ====================================
-
- Connecting to the Internet is quick and easy using the new Internet
- Connection wizard. The Internet Connection sets up your computer to
- communicate with the Internet, helps you sign up for an account with
- an Internet service provider, and sets up the Internet software you
- need to use your account. When you've completed the wizard, you are
- ready to explore the Internet.
-
- To start the wizard for the first time, double-click The Internet icon
- on your desktop. If you need to start the wizard again at a later time,
- click the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to
- Internet Tools, and then click Get On The Internet.
-
- NOTE: If you install this version of Windows and then install an earlier
- version of Internet Explorer (for example, Internet Explorer 2.0),
- the Internet Connection Wizard will not work.
-
- The wizard connects you to the Microsoft Internet Referral Service. This
- service provides you with a list of the service providers that are
- available in your area. To determine which service providers are available,
- the wizard sends the following information to the Internet Referral Service:
-
- Field Description
- ----- -----------
- Country Id The country from which you are dialing.
- Area/City Code Your area or city code.
- Exchange Code(US only) Your local exchange code. This is the first
- three digits of your local phone number.
- Language Id The language of the Windows software currently
- installed on your computer.
- Operating Platform The operating system installed on your computer
- (for example, Windows 95, Windows 3.1,
- Windows NT, Macintosh)
- Operating Platform Version The version of your operating system.
- Processor Arch The processor architecture of your computer if
- it is running Windows NT (for example, x86,
- Alpha, MIPS, or PowerPC).
- Product Code The software product you are using to connect
- to the Internet Referral Service.
- Promotional Code The promotional offer (if any) in which you are
- participating.
- Manufacturer Code The manufacturer of your computer, if the
- manufacturer includes any special offers.
- Signup Version The version of the Internet Connection wizard
- your computer is running.
-
-
- INSTALLING PC CARD (PCMCIA) MODEMS
- ==================================
-
- If you are using a PC card (PCMCIA) modem for your Dial-up Networking
- connection to the Internet and have not yet installed the modem,
- you may have to enable Windows 95 PC card socket support before
- running the Internet Setup wizard.
-
- To enable PCMCIA socket support:
-
- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click
- Control Panel.
-
- 2. Double-click the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon to start the PC Card
- Wizard, and then follow the instructions on your screen.
-
- NOTE: If you can't find the PC Card icon, you may need to install
- the PC card (PCMCIA) drivers. To do this, double-click the
- Add New Hardware icon, click No, click PCMCIA Support from
- the list of hardware items, and then follow the instructions
- on your screen.
-
-
- USING A LOCAL AREA NETWORK PROXY OR FIREWALL
- ============================================
-
- If you want to access the Internet by using your local area network
- (LAN) through a proxy or firewall (typically used to protect your LAN
- from being accessed by others on the Internet), follow these
- steps:
-
- 1. Install the TCP/IP protocol on your computer by carrying out the
- following steps. This is the protocol your computer will use to
- connect to the Internet.
-
- 1. In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.
- 2. Click Add, click Protocol, and then click Add.
- 3. In the Manufacturers area, click Microsoft.
- 4. In the Network Protocols area, click TCP/IP, and then click OK.
- 5. In the list of components, click your network adapter, and then
- click Properties.
- 6. Click the Bindings tab, and then select the check box next to
- TCP/IP.
-
- NOTE: Currently, the Internet Connection Wizard does not
- automatically install the TCP/IP protocol for LAN setups.
-
- 2. Run the Internet Connection Wizard.
-
- To run the wizard, click the Start menu, and then click Help.
- In the Index, double-click "Internet," and then select "Quick
- and easy way to set up an Internet connection."
-
- 3. Choose the Manual setup option, and then follow the instructions
- on your screen.
-
- 4. When you are prompted to specify "How to Connect," click Connect
- Using My Local Area Network.
-
- 5. When you are prompted to do so, make sure that you select the
- Use Proxy Server check box.
-
- 6. Type the http server address and the port number for the computer
- you want to use as the proxy server in the Proxy Server box. The
- following is an example of a proxy server address and port number:
-
- http://myproxy.mycompany.com:80
-
- In the Bypass Proxy On box, type the names of the computers,
- domains, and ports on the Internet that, when accessed, will
- not go through the proxy server. Separate each item you type
- with a comma. If you want to bypass the proxy when accessing
- all local computers (computers on your LAN), type "<local>".
-
- If you do not know what to type in the Proxy Server, or Bypass
- Proxy On boxes, see your network administrator. For Help on
- these items, click the ? in the title bar, and then click the
- item.
-
-
- USING PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS' REALAUDIO SUPPORT
- =============================================
-
- The Microsoft Internet Explorer includes support for Progressive
- Networks' RealAudio. This enables you to listen to audio files in
- real time over a dial-up modem or direct-network Internet connection.
- To use RealAudio, you must have a Windows 95-supported sound card
- installed in your computer. RealAudio works best on 486/33 or faster
- processors.
-
- To try RealAudio, connect to http://www.realaudio.com.
-
- NOTE: RealAudio will not work if your connection is routed through
- a local area network proxy or firewall.
-
-
- USING INTERNET EXPLORER WITH VIRTUAL MEMORY
- ===========================================
-
- Internet Explorer requires you to use virtual memory. Otherwise,
- Internet Explorer will not run properly. To make sure you are using
- virtual memory:
-
- 1. Click the Start button, then point to Settings, and then click
- Control Panel.
-
- 2. Double-click the System icon, and then click the Performance tab.
-
- 3. Click the Virtual Memory button.
-
- 4. If you are specifying your own virtual memory settings, make
- sure the Disable Virtual Memory box is unchecked. If this box
- is checked, then you are not using virtual memory and Internet
- Explorer won't run.
-
- TIP: You can let Windows manage virtual memory for you by
- selecting the Let Windows Manage My Virtual Memory
- Settings option.
-
-
- USING CITRIX WINFRAME WEB CLIENT
- ================================
-
- With the WinFrame Web Client, you can run Windows programs over
- the Internet and the intranet. Because the WinFrame Web Client is
- installed on your computer, you can run some sample Windows
- programs over the Internet from the Citrix Internet site at the
- following address:
-
- http://www.citrix.com/hotspot.htm
-
- To run these programs over the Internet, you need an Internet
- account that does not use a proxy server. After you connect to
- the site listed above, just click the program icons on the Web
- page to launch a program. The demo room designed by Citrix is
- in English.
-
-
- Saving a File to Your Desktop
- -----------------------------
- If the Windows-based program that you run allows you to save a document,
- you can save the file to your desktop by carrying out the following
- steps:
-
- 1. Click the File menu, and then click Save As.
- 2. Click Network, and then connect to your client by clicking the
- network connection named Client.
- 3. Choose your drive, assign a network drive, and then click OK.
- 4. Click Save.
-
- The WinFrame server can be configured so that it doesn't allow users
- to save to the client computer. Also, some programs might not allow
- you to create a network connection with your computer.
-
-
- Printing to the User's Printer
- ------------------------------
- The WinFrame Web Client has the client printing feature turned off.
- In an intranet network, the WinFrame server can be configured to share
- out the network printer to the user, and the user can print to this
- printer if the Server Administrator allows the user to access it.
-
-
- CACHE STRUCTURE
- ===============
-
- With the release of Internet Explorer 3.0 and the Internet SDK, it is
- expected that many different programs will take advantage of the caching
- support provided. This means that there could be thousands of URLs
- downloaded and kept in the cache.
-
- Having thousands of URLs cached into a single directory causes performance
- to degrade on computers running Windows 95, which use the FAT file system.
- The FAT file system might take a long time to look up a file in a directory
- when the directory contains thousands of entries. There are two primary
- reasons:
-
- - There is a linear search algorithm in FAT to look up a directory entry.
-
- - The in-memory structure of the directory entry caching used by FAT does
- not work by directory but by individual file, causing it to access the
- disk more often.
-
- This is the main reason there are multiple directories in the cache.
- Internet Explorer directs each URL into one of the multiple directories, where
- the downloaded data is kept in the form of a file. An index entry is created
- in the index file(s) in that directory.
-
-