How do I change the access number to connect to Comcation?
Double-click the
Comcation dialer icon, click the properties button
and click the General tab. Enter the Comcation access number you wish to dial to connect.
Click OK.
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How do
I make Internet Explorer open automatically after I
connect?
Double-click the
Comcation dialer icon, click the properties button
and click the General tab. Click the box
"Start Internet Explorer when
connected". Click OK.
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How do
I make the connection window automatically minimize?
Double-click the
Comcation dialer icon, click the properties button
and click the General tab. Click the box
"Minimize connection status window".
Click OK.
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How do
I disable call waiting?
Double-click the
Comcation dialer icon, click the Dial Settings
button. Click the box "This location has
call waiting. To disable it, dial:" and
enter the number to disable call waiting.
(usually *70 for tone and 1170 for pulse).
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Can I
make it dial a number to get an outside line?
Double-click the
Comcation dialer icon, click the Dial Settings
button. Enter the number to get an outside line
in the box "To access an outside line, first
dial:"
How do
I save my password in Internet Mail?
Open Internet
Mail. Click mail and select "Skip
Logon".
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I can get ComCAT's homepage
fine, but I can't get any other web sites?
Check that the address
of the site you are trying is correct. If the web
site you are trying is a very popular one, try
another web site (very popular web sites could be
experiencing heavy traffic)
Try disconnecting and rebooting your computer, then
reconnecting. If this still doesnt help, Double-click
the Comcation dialer icon, click the TCP/IP Settings
tab, make sure the black dot is next to "Server
assigned IP address". Verify the Primary
and Secondary DNS and Domain Name is correct. Make changes as
needed. Click OK.
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How do I empty out my cache?
Click on View /
Options in your toolbar at the top of your browser
window. Click on the Advanced tab at the top of this
window. Click
on the Settings button, then click on the Empty
Folder button. You
will be prompted "Delete all files in the
Temporary Internet Files
Folder", at this point clicking yes will empty
your cache. After you
click yes you can click on the two OK buttons.
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I don't have any icons at the
top of my browser. How do I put them there?
Click on View in your
toolbar at the top of your browser window.
Make sure that the first option listed: Toolbar; has
a check mark in
front of it.
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Is there a way to make the
buttons on the toolbar any smaller / bigger?
Click on View /
Options in your toolbar at the top of your browser
window. Under the General tab, the bottom contains
check boxes
related to your toolbar. You want to make sure that
Standard Buttons
and Address Bar are both checked. A check in front of
Text Labels
will make the buttons larger. Unchecking that box
will make the
buttons on the toolbar smaller.
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I don't like the homepage
that is set on my browser. Can I change it?
Yes. Click on View /
Options in your toolbar at the top of your
browser window. Click on the Navigation tab at the
top of this
window. You should have Page : Start page and two
lines below
Address : http://www.something.com Click in the
Address part and
replace it with what you want your new homepage to
be. After
restarting Internet Explorer, the new address that
you typed should
now appear first. Clicking on the Home icon in your
toolbar will also
take you back to the new address that you set in the
Options.
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How do I clear the history
of previously visited web addresses?
Click on View /
Options in your toolbar at the top of your browser
window. Click on the Navigation tab at the top of
this window. At the
bottom are View History and Clear History buttons.
Clicking on the
View History button will open a new window with a
list of the last web
sites that you have visited. You can delete any one
of these
individually by highlighting one and hitting the
Delete key on your
keyboard.
If you click on the Clear History button, it will
completely delete all
recently viewed web addresses from your history
folder.
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How do I remove Web Sites
that are in my Favorites that I no longer want?
Click on Favorites in
your toolbar at the top of your browser window.
Then click on Organize Favorites. A new window will
open with a list
of all of the sites that are in your Favorites Menu.
Select the site that
you no longer want, and click the Delete button.
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