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Creating A New Dial-Up Networking Configuration:

Step 1: Open your "My Computer" icon.

Step 2: Open the Dial-Up Networking folder.

Step 3: Click the "Make New Connection" icon.

Step 4: The first screen welcomes you and begins the setup process. Click Next.

Step 5: Name the Dial-Up Networking connection MaxAnywhere, MaxPost or any other identifying name, select the modem from the drop-down list and click the modem "configure" button.

Step 6: Set the speed to 57600 and click the Connection tab.

Step 7: Leave the Connection preferences as default. If given an option, you do want a checkmark to wait for a dial tone before dialing. Don't set the "cancel call" option for under 30 seconds (if you have the option at all). Click the Advanced button.

Step 8: This is where you set a "win" modem for software data flow. The most common Win modems: US Robotics 56k Win Modem; LT Win Modem; SupraMax 56k; HSP MicroModem; PCTel; Motorola SM56; ESS; Zoltrix; Shark; anything with HSP in the name.
This is where you can set "init strings." The two strings shown in the "Extra Settings" box or options for configuring a 56k modem to connect at a 34k rate if it is unable to maintain a 56k connection.
Hit "OK" twice to get back to the Dial-Up Networking Wizard screen and click Next.

Step 9: Leave the area code blank. Put in the phone number with 3 or 4 commas at the end of the number for a more stable connection. If you are at work or in a hotel then you may need to dial 9 to get an outside line. In that case, place a 9,, in front of the phone number. Be sure to put one or two commas after the 9 so that the modem will wait for the phone line transition before beginning to dial the number. You may also need a comma at the front of the number to force the modem to wait for a dialtone. For 10-digit dialing, put the area code in the phone number box (not the area code box). Click Next and Finish.

Step 10: Create a desktop shortcut. Return to the Dial-Up Networking folder. You will see your various internet connections. Use the RIGHT mouse button (not the normal left mouse button) to click on the connection icon. A menu will pop up as shown below. Click the option to Create Shortcut.

Step 11: A window will pop-up to tell you that you can't create a shortcut here. You didn't want it there, anyway. Click the "yes" button to put the shortcut on your desktop.

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