MINNESOTA MICRONET Configuring Windows Vista If you don't find the answer to your question here, send E-mail to help@mm.com .   Home   Technical Support   Services & Rates   Access Numbers   General Server Settings   Contact Us   SETUP GUIDES     -DSL     -Dial Up     -E-mail     -Web Browsers     -Website Publishing CONFIGURING WINDOWS Vista Click the Start menu, then click Connect to. In Connect to, click Set up a Connection or Network at the bottom of the screen. Click Set up a dial up connection Connect through a dial-up connection to the Internet. Click Next. For Dial-up phone number, enter one of our local dial-up phone numbers. A list of local dial-up phone numbers is available by taking the Access Numbers link on our home page. Please make sure the phone number your computer dials is a local call for you. For User name, enter your 3 to 8 character username with @mm.com appended to it. Use all lower case. For example: johndoe@mm.com Please remember usernames and passwords are case sensitive. For Password, enter your 6 to 8 character password in all lower. Please remember that passwords and username are case sensitive. For security, it's best to leave the box next to Show characters UNchecked. It's up to you whether the Remember this password box is checked or unchecked. For Connection name, enter Minnesoto MicroNet. It's up to you whether the Allow other people to use this connection box is checked or unchecked. Click Connect to dial in. It will show that it's testing your connection and that your are logging in. To make a shortcut on your desktop that you will click on to dial in, pull up Start, select Control Panel, then Network Connections. Hold down your mouse key on the Minnesota MicroNet connection and drag it to your desktop. Click Create Shortcuts Here for a shortcut to be placed on your desktop. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ... Make sure the username, password and phone number were entered correctly. If not, correct all mistakes. If all settings are correct, do a proper shutdown of your computer (and turn off your modem if it's an external modem). After about 10 seconds, turn your computer and modem back on. This solves about 90% of problems. Try dialing in again. If you still have a problem or get an error message, note the problem/message, then call our office (651-681-8018). If you're online and just have a question, you can E-mail help@mm.com PLEASE REMBER . . . PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE ON ALL YOUR COMPUTERS. MAKE SURE TO RUN IT AND UPDATE IT FREQUENTLY!! COMPUTER VIRUSES CAN BE ACQUIRED THROUGH OTHER MEANS THAN E-MAIL. SOFTWARE TO COMBAT ADWARE AND SPYWARE IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA! To COMBAT ADWARE, GO HERE. NOTE: Ad-Aware is the name of the software that corrects the problem. Adware is the bad guy; it's not what you want. Yes, the names are very close. A good way to remember is: You're aware you need Ad-Aware. TO COMBAT SPYWARE, GO HERE. Top Home > Support > Configuring Windows Vista       Copyright © 1994-2008 by Minnesota MicroNet. All rights reserved.