Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

Starting Internet Explorer 5

Start Internet Explorer 5 by following these steps:

  1. Double click the Internet Explorer icon located on your desktop, or click the Launch Internet Explorer Browser icon located on the Quick Launch toolbar.
  2. When you start IE5, the program looks to see if you are connected to the Internet and if you are not, it may display the Dial-Up Connection dialog box, shown in Figure 17.1. If needed, enter your User name and Password (your password is displayed as asterisks).
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    Figure 17.1 Filling in Connect information for dial-up networking. At your office, it's very possible that you won't see, or have to complete, this box.

  3. If you want, Windows can remember your password for you; simply select the Save password option.
  4. You can also have Internet Explorer dial the connection for you automatically every time if you select the Connect automatically option.
  5. Click Connect.

Tip

Working While Disconnected If you want to work offline (disconnected from the Internet), click the Work Offline button. When you work offline, you can display any document that has been saved to your hard disk (or to your company's network). If you request to view a document that can not be located, Internet Explorer will attempt to connect to the Internet again.

After your name and password have been verified by your ISP server, the Connected To dialog box disappears and is replaced by an icon on the taskbar. Internet Explorer then opens your start page—Microsoft's Start Page, your company's home page, your ISP home page, or a start page your system administrator has designated.

Plain English

Start Page The first page you see when you open IE5 is your Start page. From here, you can visit other pages on the Web. To return to this page at any time, click the Home button on the toolbar.

Home Page The "cover page" at an Internet or intranet site is called the site's home page. This is the first page that displays when you visit a site. The home page of a site usually contains a company logo and list of information available at the site.

Tip

Don't Forget to hang up! If you connected to the Internet using dial up networking (via the telephone) you need to hang up the phone line when you are finished. To do this, double-click on the Connected icon on your task and click Disconnect to hang up. Or, you can simply exit IE5, and click Disconnect in the dialog box that appears.

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