Setting up your Internet Account with Windows 7

You should have the following items before beginning:

  1. A computer with Windows 7, in good working order.

  2. A modem, connected to a working telephone jack, properly installed in your system and configured in Windows.

  3. The paperwork that was supplied when you signed up with the Library, including your username and password.

  4. You may require your Windows CD-ROM. (if your system shipped with one).



STEP I:

Click the Network Connection icon in the bottom-right hand corner of the start menu (next to the system clock). This will bring up the Network Connection window. Depending on how your computer is set up, it may look like either of the icons below.

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STEP II:

Windows7_Network&SharingCenter

Click Open Network and Sharing Center at the bottom of the Network Connection Window.





STEP III:

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Click Set up a new connection or network In the Network and Sharing Center.





STEP IV:

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1. Click Set up a dial-up connection.

2. Click Next.






STEP V:

Windows7:SetUpADialUpConnection
  1. Enter the telephone number for the dialup you plan to use.

  2. Most of Beauregard Parish can call this number toll free: 462-9420. If you can dial that as a local number, enter it in the Dial-up phone number area.

  3. If that number is long distance from your location, you may be able to use: 725-4484 or 725-3768 toll free.

    Warning: It is your responsibility to ensure that the telephone number you enter is toll free from your calling area. If you enter a long distance number with the area code, your computer will dial that number and the phone company will charge you for long distance calls.

  4. Enter the username and Password the Library assigned to you. Be Very careful to enter them as assigned. Most problems with login are due to incorrect password or username.

  5. In the Connection name box enter a name for this connection. You can enter Library or whatever you would like to call it.

  6. Click connect and a window will show that the connection is being dialed.

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Step VI:

Windows7:Reconect


To reconnect to this dial-up connection in the future, click the Network Connection icon in the bottom-right hand corner of the start menu, click Library (or whatever you typed in the connection name box), and then click the connection button.