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Setting up an Internet account
Before you can view the information on the World Wide Web, you need to set up
an Internet account with an Internet service provider (ISP). To set up an ISP service
or to transfer an existing account to this computer, contact the ISP directly.
Dial-up Internet connections are those using a telephone system to connect to the
Internet. This may include ordinary analog telephone lines, ISDN connections, and in
some cases ADSL over PPP, or other technologies. Because dial-up connections are
designed to be temporary connections to the Internet, dial-up charges (with both your
telephone company and Internet service provider) often increase the longer you
connect to the Internet. To minimize the cost for dial-up Internet users, we suggest
that you only connect to the Internet during your e-mail and Web browsing session,
then disconnect when you are finished. Your Internet service provider can provide
instructions on how to connect to and disconnect from the Internet.
Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your cable television
or special telephone lines to connect to your ISP and access the Internet. In many
instances, broadband is considered an always-connected service. With this type of
service, your cost is the same regardless of the amount of time you use your Internet
connection.
Accessing your Internet account
The method you use to access your Internet account varies from ISP to ISP. Contact
your ISP for the correct procedure.
Using the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a multimedia window to the Internet that gives you access
to millions of information sources.
Information on the Web comes to you on
Web pages
, which are electronic documents
that you view using a Web page display program called a
browser
. You can use any
of the commercially available Web browsers, like Microsoft Internet Explorer or
Mozilla Firefox.
Web pages can contain text, animations, music, and other multimedia features. A
group of related Web pages is called a
Web site
. You can access Web sites to shop,
track investments, read the news, download programs, and much more.
You can explore a Web site or visit other Web sites by clicking areas on a Web page
called
links
or
hyperlinks
. A link may be colored or underlined text, a picture, or an
animated image. You can identify a link by moving the mouse pointer over it. If the
pointer changes to a hand, the item is a link.
To learn more about using the Web browser features, click Help in the menu bar.
Connecting to a Web site
After you set up an account with an Internet service provider (ISP), you can access
the many information sources on the World Wide Web.
To connect to a Web site:
1 Connect to your Internet account.
2 Depending on the method you use to connect to your Internet account, you
may need to start your Web browser. Click Start, then click Internet. Your default
Web browser opens showing an opening page or welcome screen.
Help
For general information about using Internet accounts, click Start, then
click Help and Support. Type the keyword ISP in the Search box, then click
the arrow.