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Setting Up Your Inspiron™ Laptop
Setting Up a Wireless Connection
Before you can use your wireless Internet
connection, you need to connect to your
wireless router. To set up your connection to a
wireless router:
Ensure that wireless is enabled on your 1.
computer (see “Enable or Disable Wireless”
on page 9).
Save and close any open files, and exit any 2.
open programs.
Click the Start button and then click 3.
Connect To.
Follow the instructions on the screen to 4.
complete the setup.
Setting Up Your Internet Connection
To set up an Internet connection with a provided
ISP desktop shortcut:
Save and close any open files, and exit any 1.
open programs.
Double-click the ISP icon on the Microsoft 2.
Windows desktop.
Follow the instructions on the screen to 3.
complete the setup.
If you do not have an ISP icon on your desktop
or if you want to set up an Internet connection
with a different ISP, perform the steps in the
following section.
NOTE: If you cannot connect to the Internet
but have successfully connected in the
past, the ISP might have a service outage.
Contact your ISP to check the service
status, or try connecting again later.
NOTE: Have your ISP information ready.
If you do not have an ISP, the Connect to
the Internet wizard can help you get one.
Windows Vista
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Save and close any open files, and exit any 1.
open programs.
Click 2. Start → Control Panel.