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Internet Explorer 4.0
IE 4.0 Setup
  • First, click on the Start button and go up to Settings. Click on the Control Panel.
  • On the Control Panel screen, double-click Internet.
  • On the Internet Options screen, there should be a box that says Address or Homepage. Clear that blank out and type in www.hyperusa.com.
  • After typing the address, click Apply at the bottom and then the Connections tab at the top.
  • On the Connections tab, click the button that says Connect (located at the top right). It will bring up a screen that gives you three options. You want to click the middle option (I have an existing Internet account) and then click Next .
  • On the next screen, click the first option (accessing the Internet using an Internet Service Provider) and click next.
  • On the next screen, you want to click the first option (connect using a phone line) and click Next.
  • It should now ask for the telephone number. First, take the check out of the box that says, "Dial using country code and area code," then type the local access number in the Telephone Number blank and click Next.
  • Type in your username and password and click next.
  • The next screen will ask if you want to change the Advanced Settings. Click No and then Next.
  • In the connection name blank, type Hyperusa and click next.
  • If you have a mail program installed on your computer, the screen will ask if you want to setup an Internet mail account. If so, click Yes and Next.
  • It will ask for a display name. Type in your name and click next.
  • It will ask for an e-mail address. Type in your e-mail address and click Next.
  • The screen will ask for the incoming and outgoing mail servers. At the top it should say "my incoming mail server is a pop3." Click in the blank below that and type pop3.hyperusa.com. Click in the outgoing mail server blank and type smtp.hyperusa.com. Click next.
  • On the next screen, it should already have your username listed. You just need to type in your password and click Next. *We do not want to click "Log on using secure password authentication".
  • Next it will ask if you want to setup an Internet News Account. If you do, click Yes and then click Next.
  • On the following screens, you should be able to just click Next until you get to the screen that ask for the News (NNTP) server. In this blank, you will want to type news.hyperusa.com and then click Next. *We do not want to click "My news server requires me to log on".
  • On the next screen, leave the name as news.hpnc.com and click Next.
  • It will ask if you want to setup a Directory service. Click No and Next.
  • It should say finish. The setup is now complete. Once you click finish, you can access Hypernet by using the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop.