Options with dialup com vender?

[danforth]

I did have the similar problem with the designated home page from the
vendor our library used.  We have been given 60 hours a month of free
access and that is the only account we had.  We also have a PC running Win95.

The vendor's software is a version of Personal Netscape which appears to be
the 16 bit version of Netscape 2.0 anda the Netscape dialing software. The
options menu would not allow you to modify the 'home setting'.   (I really
do resent that kind of setup.) I used that version to download Netscape 3
and then went thru the procedures to set up the the connection using
Win95's TCP stack.  Giving the sharing that does happen on the net, I was
lucky enough to find the following page, which walked me step by step thru
that set up process.
	http://www.conitech.com/windows/setup.html

Once I had Netscape 3 running using the WIN 95 network connecting, I was
able to change the 'home' URL, download plugins, etc.  

Good luck in your endeavor.

Isabel

At 12:55 PM 4/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Can anyone on the list give me some help?  Our library is brand
>new at this Web-connection-via-a-commercial-vender stuff.  We
>contracted with a vender last week to get Netscape access on
>two computers in our public services area.  So far so good,
>except for a few problems.  Is it possible to override a
>commercial vender's home page in favor of our own library
>home page?  My local computer support person is designated as
>the go-between, and he tells me we can't do that; when we
>connect, the vender's home page will come up and that is that!
>Also, we can't customize colors, but must accept the vender's.
>Finally, the machines automatically disconnect after 5 minutes
>of unuse; we have paid for 24 hour connectivity.  My computer
>guy says we just have to keep logging on, but in the afternoon
>and early evening, phone lines get busy.  Anything I can do
>besides learning to live with situation?  Please respond to me
>personally, and I will share with interested individuals
>if they will email me.  I've got so much to learn.  Thanks in
>advance!
>
>
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Isabel L. Danforth     Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
danforth at tiac.net     	Co-Director of Librarians' Online Support Team
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