Configuring Windows XP Home Edition to Connect to the Internet

The process described below will only connect you to the Internet. It does not connect you to the Faulkner network and it does not give you access to Faulkner file space.

In order to use your Internet connection, you must have the necessary software to either browse the Internet or to perform other Internet functions. 

In order to access Grades or Account information make certain you are using Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.


Creating Your New Connection

Click on Start, then Control Panel.

start menu

 

Click “Network Connections

control panel

 

Click “Create a new connection” in the upper left.

control panel

 

Read the Welcome screen and click “Next.”

New Connection Wizard

 

Select “Connect to the Internet.”

New Connection Wizard

 

Select “Set up my connection manually.”

new connection wizard

 

Select “Connect using a broadband connection that is always on.”

new connection wizard

 

Select “Next”

new connection wizard

 

Select “Finish.”

You should now be able to access the Internet using your computer.