From davec@execpc.com Sun Mar 9 19:33:52 1997 Return-Path: davec@execpc.com Received: from mailgate.execpc.com (root@mailgate.execpc.com [169.207.16.5]) by mail.execpc.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id TAA18254 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:33:45 -0600 (CST) Received: from earth.execpc.com (davec@earth [169.207.16.1]) by mailgate.execpc.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id TAA15026 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:33:45 -0600 From: davec@execpc.com Received: by earth.execpc.com id TAA02132; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:33:45 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199703100133.TAA02132@earth.execpc.com> Subject: Monday's POP Bulletin To: techpeople@execpc.com Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:33:45 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-execpc] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: OR We're likely going to get a lot of calls on this POP Bulletin, as it requires Madison customers to change their phone number setting, something that will likely confuse a large number of them. I've given instructions for each of the major software packages: please review the POP bulletin to ensure that you're familiar with the procedure for changing the phone number for each of these packages so that these calls do not take up too much of our time. In this POP Bulletin: * Sales tax for March Special rates * New Madison area dial-up number! If you're a customer residing in Wisconsin, and are thinking of sending in a check for one of our March specials, please be sure to add the appropriate amount of Wisconsin State sales tax to your order. A listing of the special rates, and the total cost with sales tax, follows below: Year of 15 hr/week $125 $99 ($104.05 w/tax) Year of unlimited $219 $199 ($209.15 w/tax) Year of 15 hr/week ISDN $350 $299 ($314.25 w/tax) Year of unlimited ISDN $600 $499 ($524.45 w/tax) -- For our Madison-area customers only: We have recently added new, all-digital lines to our Madison dial-ups. Unfortunately, due to technical reasons Ameritech is requiring us to switch our telephone number for the Madison area dial-up to (608) 280-2800. If you are a customer of ours in the Madison area who is currently dialing into the (608) 285-7000 number, please switch the phone number in your Internet software to the new number, (608) 280-2800 immediately. Instructions on how to change the phone number in various Internet packages follow. Changing the Madison Exec-PC phone number in your Internet software (for MADISON area customers only): If you're using Windows95: Double-click on My Computer, double-click on Dial-up networking, click with the right-hand mouse button on the Exec-PC icon and select Properties from the list that appears. A dialog box will appear with a phone number field: change Telephone Number from 285-7000 to 280-2800. Click on OK to save the change. If you're using the Exec-PC Internet Installer for Windows 3.1: Double-click on the Internet Dialer icon. Hit the key to stop the dialer from automatically dialing out. Click on the word Dialler in the menu bar, and select setup.cmd from the resulting menu. You will see the old phone number displayed: change 285-7000 to 280-2800. Click on the OK button, and then continue clicking on the OK button to bypass the other setup screens. When you are done, you can exit the Internet Dialer by selecting File -> Exit. If you're using Netscape Navigator Personal Edition for Windows 3.1: Double-click on the Account Dialer or Exec-PC Dialer icon. The phone number will be displayed, change it from 285-7000 to 280-2800. Double click on the 'close box' in the upper left-hand corner to close the dialer. The dialer will ask you if you want to save the new settings. Select Yes. Windows NT 4.0: Double-click on the dial-up networking icon. Select Exec-PC in your "Phonebook entry to dial", and click on More. Select Edit Entry and Modem Properties, and change the phone number field from 285-7000 to 280-2800. Click on OK, then click on Close. If you're using a Macintosh: Click on the Apple Menu in the upper-right hand of your screen, and select Control Panels. Check to see if you have a Config PPP control panel, Free PPP control panel, or OT/PPP control panel. If you have none of the above, check to see if you have an icon with a globe and a telephone in the upper-right hand corner of your menu bar -- if so, go to the FreePPP instructions. Config PPP: Double-click on the Config PPP icon, click on the Config... button, and change the Phone num from 285-7000 to 280-2800. Click on done, and then close the Config PPP window. Free PPP: Double-click on the Free PPP icon -- or, on many machines, selecy the "telephone/globe" icon in the upper right-hand side of your top menu bar and select Open FreePPP Setup... If you don't see the General, Accounts and Location tabs, click on the little arrow pointing to the right in the lower left-hand corner so that these tabs appear. Click on Accounts. Select "Exec-PC" or "Exec-PC PPP", and click on Edit. Another dialog box will open, with a phone number setting. Change this from 285-7000 to 280-2800. OT/PPP: Double-click on the OT/PPP control panel. In the number field, change the number 285-7000 to 280-2800, and close the control panel. OS/2 users: Double-click on the "Dial Other Internet Providers" icon, select your Exec-PC connection, and click on Modify. On page one of the settings, you'll see a Phone Number blank: change this value from 285-7000 to 280-2800. Internet in a Box users: Double-click on the Configuration Utility icon, then click on Manual Setup. In the menu that appears, there will be a field to enter the Phone Number. Change the phone number from 285-7000 to 280-2800, then click on OK to exit the menu. - The Exec-PC Internet Helpdesk (help@execpc.com) Dave Cowen (davec@execpc.com) Director of Exec-PC Technical Support. ------------ http://www.execpc.com