Broadly, this is what I have done. Signing up online from another computer or phone line (a) alters your computer's settings or (b) ends up with you only able to dial up from the phone number you signed up from. As it's being done from here for someone else, I'm knackered all ways.
In the end I've installed MSNFreeweb which seems to be some form of partnetrship with BT. No email, just web access, incredibly easy to install (download one file, save to floppy disk, run this on the PC concerned which had no existing dialup and it worked first time, so well in fact I honestly thought something must have gone wrong! When the lad concerned is old enough to use email, he can sign up to a hotmail or similar to get him going, then I'll get a freeserve, tiscali or similar to take him to the next step. The PC was pretty hopeless, a 100Mhz processor, 16mb ram, a CD-ROM drive which will only read CD-ROMs (Yet to find a recorded CD-R which it will read!), 256 colours max. and so on. Guess it will get used for very basic applications and that's it! -- Dilwyn Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] isp > > You don't need a CD > > Just go to the site of the ISP of your choice and set up the account > It will offer you a file. Don't run it but save it. > This will be a file with a .ins ending and will contain all the > configuration info > Once it is on your computer don't run it but read it in a text editor > You can then configure the bits that you want (like the e-mail) > but avoid having it customising your browser with ads and hi-jacking > your home page >
