• Click the "Start button."
• Click on "Control Panel."

• Click on "Network and Internet Connections."

• Click on "Network Connections."

• Double-click on the connection for your ISP.   

Tip: Make sure you delete any old unused dial-up connections so that they don't confuse any of your programs that are used to using that old connection. If you only have your current connection in there then your programs such as Internet Explorer or Netscape should automatically use the right one.

• Click on the "Properties" button.

• Make sure the check is taken out of "Use Dialing Rules." 
• Enter The phone number of your ISP.
• Click on the "Configure..." button just beneath the top box

• Set the "Maximum speed (bps)" to 57600.
• Select "Enable hardware flow control."
• Select "Enable modem error control."
• Select "Enable modem compression."
• Select "Enable modem speaker."
• Click "OK."

• Click the "Options" tab.
• Select "Display progress while connecting."
• Select "Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc."
• Select "Prompt for phone number."

• Click on the "Security" tab
• Choose "Typical (recommended settings)."

• Click the Networking tab
• Under "Type of dialup server..." select "PPP: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000,Internet."
• You need a checkmark for "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" (the other items are optional).
• Click on the "Settings" button underneath PPP.

• Select "Enable software compression."

• Click on the "Advanced" tab.
• None of the advanced options need to be selected