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@source Registration and Installation Instructions for Windows

To familiarise yourself with what you will need to do, please read these instructions before you call. This will speed up the process of getting you connected.

1. Before registering for your @Source Communications internet access account, please be sure that you have the following ready:

Your computer running the "@Source Decryptor" program to be found in the "London Access" program group, and have reached the screen asking for a registration number.

Your credit card details. (These are required since we need some method of payment should you wish to remain on the service after the trial period. Please use the cut-out form if you wish to pay by cheque. Such cheques will not be presented until after the trial period.)

Your choice of email address. The format of your email address is xxx@yyy.source.co.uk. The "xxx" can be set by you in your mail preferences after installation of the Netscape Navigator software, the "yyy" is used to identify your account. The format of the "yyy" part of your email address is limited to 16 alpha numeric characters only , and must commence with an alpha character. (N.B. Since this part of your email address must be unique, please have at least one alternative ready in case your first choice is already taken.)

A pen and paper to write down your Login Name and Login Password.

2. Call @Source Communications on 0181-200-0100. The @Source operator will take your name, postal address, telephone number, credit card details, and your first choice of email address.

3. The @Source operator will give you your registration number. Enter this and click "OK". This will display a directory listing box which is where you select where you wish the Decryptor to create a new directory into which the installation software will be copied. (The default is to create this directory in the root of your "C:" drive.) Click "OK" when you have selected the destination, or to accept the default.

4. A new screen will be displayed, to the bottom right of which is a button called "Get Codes". Clicking on this button will display an 18 digit Product Code. The @Source operator will ask you for this code, and in return will give you an 18 digit Access Code. Enter the Access Code, and click "OK." This will take you back to the previous screen where you may now click on the "Retrieve" button. A screen will then indicate that the Decryptor is retrieving the Netscape Navigator Personal Edition installation software.

5. Whilst the Decryption takes place, the @Source operator will read to you your Login Name and Login Password. Both of these are alpha-numeric codes in which all letters are in lower case. Please make certain to write these down clearly distinguishing between "i", "l" and "1"; "o" and "0"; "z" and "2"; "s" and "5". When you have this information you have everything you need to connect to @Source Communications internet service.

6. When the Decryption has completed, click on the "OK" message.

7. Locate the "Atsource" directory that will have been created wherever you selected in (3), and run the "Setup.exe" program by double clicking upon it. (A default Win95 installation will show only "Setup" with an icon of a computer.) This will run the Netscape Navigator Personal Edition installation software.

8. Follow the "Typical" installation instructions presented to you. You will be asked to insert "Disk 2" and "Disk 3" during this process, since this is part of what was copied to your hard disk during Decryption, you only need click on "OK" in response to these messages. At the end of the Netscape Navigator installation, select the option to restart your computer.

9. When your computer restarts, there will be a new "Netscape Personal Edition" program group on your computer. Run the "Account Setup Wizard" program found there.

10. The "Account Setup Wizard" will ask you for:
a) Your Name (and Organization), which will appear in your email.
b) Your Login Name and Login Password. You should enter these as given to you by the @Source operator. (NB. Take care to enter these accurately and all letters as lower case!)
c) Your Login Name and Login Password for email. You may skip this screen since they do not differ from those already entered. The "Account Setup Wizard" will then assist you to select your modem. When all details have been completed, ensure that your modem is switched on and connected to both the computer and the telephone socket, and take the option to "Connect Now".

11. The "Account Setup Wizard" will close down and launch Netscape Navigator, and this will in turn cause the modem to dial the @Source telephone number and connect you to the internet. (NB. If at this point you obtain an error message, this is not unusual, and is a result of your computer's configuration. Should this happen, follow the following instruction for the your first connection to @Source. ¥ Quit Netscape and run the "@Source Dialer" program that will also be found in the "Netscape Personal Edition" program group, and click on the "Dial" button. This will create a telephone connection and then launch Netscape Navigator. For future connections you should only need to run Netscape Navigator.)

12. Once connected it is necessary to set your correct email address by selecting the "Options" menu item, then the "Mail and News Preferences" drop-down menu item, then the "Identity" tab. Enter your email address (and your return email address) as "xxx@yyy.source.co.uk", where the "xxx" is anything you wish and can be changed as and when you like, and the "yyy" is what you chose in 1c, above. Click "OK" on the identity preference window, then select the "Options" menu item again, then the "Save Options" drop-down menu item.

13. It is most important to backup the contents of the "AtSource" directory - excluding the sub-directories. From this one can always reinstall everything by re-running the "Setup.exe" program found there.

14. Once you are connected, the @source WWW site at http://www.source.co.uk/ is a good place to get technical tips on the @source service.
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