Using the Internet Startup screen

The Internet Startup screen provides easy access to everything on your Netscape Navigator Gold Personal Edition CD.

From the Internet Startup screen, you can do the following:

Learn about how your dial-up connection works
Install Personal Edition software
Get a multimedia overview of the Internet and World Wide Web
Install additional software

This chapter tells you how to start and use the Internet Startup screen.

Starting the Internet Startup screen

How you start the Internet Startup screen depends on whether you've already installed Personal Edition.

If you haven't installed Personal Edition

To start the Internet Startup screen, first place the Personal Edition CD in your CD-ROM drive. If the Internet Startup screen doesn't appear automatically, follow these steps to display it:

Windows 95 users: Click Start|Run.
Windows 3.1 users: Click File|Run.
In the Command Line box, type the following:

D:\installwhere "D" represents the letter of your CD-ROM drive
Click OK, and the Internet Startup main menu appears. See page 34 for more information.

If you've already installed Personal Edition

If you've already installed Personal Edition, you can use an icon to start the Internet Startup screen. Follow these steps:

Place the Netscape Personal Edition CD in your CD-ROM drive.
Depending on whether you use Windows 95 or Windows 3.1, you can find the icon in one of two places:

Windows 95 users will find the Internet Startup icon in the Netscape Personal Edition submenu.

Click Start, then select Programs.
Select Netscape Personal Edition, then select Internet Startup.

Windows 3.1 users will find the Internet Startup icon in the Netscape Personal Edition program group.

In Program Manager, double-click the Netscape Personal Edition icon.
Then double-click Internet Startup.

The Internet Startup main menu

When you first start the Internet Startup screen, you'll see the main menu.

In the Internet Startup main menu, click the following buttons to perform the following actions.

Main menu button	Action
Get Ready	Learn about your Internet connection.
Install Personal Edition	Start installing Personal Edition. For detailed information on installation, see Chapter 1.
Get An Internet Overview	Watch a multimedia tutorial about the Internet and World Wide Web.
Install More Cool Software	Personal Edition comes with additional software that enriches your experience on the World Wide Web. Once you install this software, it will work transparently with Netscape Navigator Gold to bring you sound, animation, and enhanced printing and document production. In addition, you can install sets of ready-made graphics and Web page templates. Click Install More Cool Software to learn about and install this exciting software. You can also turn to Chapter 6 for more information.

Getting around the Internet Startup screen

To get from one screen to another, use the Internet Startup screen's navigation bar.

Navigation bar

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