Windows 3.x Setup Instructions

Windows 3.x does not have native support for getting on the Internet. The best way I have found is to install Internet Explorer 3.02 with Shiva dialer and TCP/IP stack. You must get Internet Explorer on disk and install it on your computer. It is available to download from http://www.pennswoods.net/software/win3/ie3/ in the form of three files that can fit on three 1.44M floppy disks. This setup assumes you have access to the internet at some place other than your home computer and have downloaded these three files to three floppy disks, as described in the first section.

Downloading Internet Explorer

1. Download http://www.pennswoods.net/software/win3/ie3/iew31_1.exe onto the first floppy disk and label it Disk 1
2. Download http://www.pennswoods.net/software/win3/ie3/iew31_2.cab onto the second floppy disk and label it Disk 2
3. Download http://www.pennswoods.net/software/win3/ie3/iew31_3.cab onto the first floppy disk and label it Disk 3
4. Go to your home computer, start it, and start Windows 3.1x
5. Once Windows has started, insert the disk labelled Disk 1
6. In Program Manager, double-click on the Main icon
7. Double-click on MS-DOS Prompt
8. At the MS-DOS prompt, type:

   C:\WINDOWS> CD\
   C:\> MD C:\IE3
   C:\> CD C:\IE3
   C:\IE3> COPY A:\*.* C:\IE3\*.*

9. When the copying process is finished, eject Disk 1 and insert Disk 2
10. At the MS-DOS prompt, type:

    C:\IE3> COPY A:\*.* C:\IE3\*.*

11. When the copying process is finished, eject Disk 2 and insert Disk 3
12. At the MS-DOS prompt, type:

    C:\IE3> COPY A:\*.* C:\IE3\*.*

13. When the copying process is finished, eject Disk 3
14. At the MS-DOS prompt, type:

    C:\IE3> IEW31_1

15. Once the files have been extracted, type:

    C:\IE3> EXIT

    at the MS-DOS prompt to exit to Windows.

Installing Internet Explorer 3.02

1. In Program Manager, double-click on the Main icon
2. Double-click on File Manager
3. Click on the C: drive
4. Click on the ie3 folder in the left pane
5. Double-click on iew31_1.exe in the right pane. A black window will open up. If it does not close automatically, close it when it is finished.
6. Refresh the view if setup.exe is not now visible.
7. Double-click on the Setup.exe file in the right pane. This will start the installation of Internet Explorer.
8. Click OK
9. Click OK
10. Click Complete
11. Click Continue

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    Detecting and Installing Your Modem
    1. Click Next. Windows should now find your modem.
    2. Click Next after your modem has been found
    3. Type in your area code in the appropriate box
    4. Select Pulse or Tone dialing, as appropriate for your modem
    5. Click Next
    6. Click Finish

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12. A window will appear, saying "The Dialer that you have just installed......". Click OK
13. Another window will appear, saying "Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a install was completed sucessfully.". Click OK
14. Close Windows and restart your computer.

Configuring Internet Explorer's Dialer

1. In Program Manager, in the Microsoft Internet Explorer group, double-click on the Get on the Internet icon
2. Click Next
3. Click in the circle beside Manual
4. Click Next
5. In the Name of Service Provider: box, type pennswoods
6. Click Next
7. In the Telephone Number box, type your local pennswoods.net dial-up number
8. Uncheck the box beside Use Country and Area/City Code
9. Click Next
10. In the User name: box, type your Pennswoods.net user name
11. In the Password: box, type your password
12. Click Next
13. Check the circle next to My Internet Service Provider automatically assigns me one.
14. Click Next
15. Click Next. Leave the DNS servers set to 0.0.0.0
16. Check the circle beside No
17. Click Next
18. Click Finish
19. Click OK

Connecting to the Internet

1. In Program Manager, in the Microsoft Internet Explorer group, double-click on the pennswoods icon
2. Type your Pennswoods.net user name in the User Name: box
3. Type your password in the Password: box
4. Make sure the telephone number in the Phone number: box is correct
5. Click on the Connect button
6. This should get you connected to Pennswoods.net
7. In Program Manager, in the Microsoft Internet Explorer group, double-click on the internet Explorer icon
8. If you're prompted with Internet Explorer is not currently tour default browser...., uncheck Always perform this check when starting up, then click Yes
9. When Internet Explorer starts, it should open a web page. You're on the Internet!