Now Windows users can use Netscape Navigator, the world's most popular way to
navigate the Internet, with their America Online account! Any Internet
browser enables you to browse the World Wide Web. But only Netscape Navigator
allows you to see more of the Internet, more easily.

The following step-by-step instructions take you through the installation
process in about ten minutes, after downloading the necessary files. It's
very important that you follow these instructions EXACTLY, and we strongly
recommend that you print them out (by selecting FILE, PRINT) or copy them
into your word processor (by highlighting the text and selecting EDIT, COPY)
for easy access.

STEP 1 - MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING AOL VERSION 2.5

Ensure that you are using Version 2.5 of the America Online software in
Windows 3.1. To check, select HELP from the toolbar at the top of the screen,
then click on ABOUT AMERICA ONLINE. If the version number is less than 2.5,
you need to upgrade your software by selecting GO TO, KEYWORD, and typing
UPGRADE.

STEP 2 - MAKE SURE YOU'RE CONNECTING VIA A MODEM 

Ensure that you're accessing AOL with a modem, and NOT through a network
TCP/IP connection. If you're connecting to AOL from a network environment,
STOP HERE. These instructions are only for use with a dial-up, modem
connection to AOL.

STEP 3 - CHECK FOR EXISTING VERSIONS OF WINSOCK.DLL

Search for any file on your system called WINSOCK.DLL. To do this, open File
Manager, select the FILE menu and choose SEARCH. In the dialog-box on the
SEARCH FOR line type WINSOCK.DLL.

In the START FROM line type "C:\", without the quotation marks. Be sure to
include the colon and backslash after the "C". Make sure the box next to
"SEARCH ALL SUBDIRECTORIES" is marked, then click on OK.

If you find a file called WINSOCK.DLL or winsock.dll, you probably have other
online application(s) which require it. Installing another WINSOCK.DLL may
cause these applications not to work. We recommend you STOP here and consult
your software manuals before continuing. If you choose to continue with the
installation, and later discover that an application works incorrectly or not
at all, you will need to deinstall this version of WINSOCK.DLL and reinstall
the other one. This process can be tricky; therefore if you find other
versions of WINSOCK.DLL and are unsure about your abilities to reconstruct
the original configuration in case of problems, STOP HERE.

STEP 4 - BACK UP EXISTING VERSIONS OF WINSOCK.DLL

If you found previously existing versions of WINSOCK.DLL and have decided to
proceed anyway, first make a backup copy of the other versions on your
system.

You will need to close the Search Results window and insert a blank floppy
disk into your floppy disk drive before continuing the backup. Move any
existing versions of WINSOCK.DLL that you found in step 3 to a floppy disk,
and note the directory in which each was found. The easiest way to note the
directories is to recreate them on the floppy disk. In File Manager you can
open a window for the floppy drive and use FILE, CREATE DIRECTORY to create a
directory on the floppy disk with the same name as the directory on your hard
disk, then FILE, MOVE or drag and drop to move the older version of
WINSOCK.DLL to the floppy. If you are unsure how to do this, consult your
Windows documentation. Once you've copied the files to the floppy, remove
them from your hard drive.

Alternatively, you can rename the copies of WINSOCK.DLL that already exist on
your hard drive. Simply use FILE, RENAME in File Manager to change the .DLL
extension to your initials (as long as they aren't DLL!) or to .SAV.

Be sure that NO copies of ANY file named WINSOCK.DLL remain on your hard
drive.

STEP 5 - DOWNLOAD WINSOCK.DLL

Switch back to AOL and the Netscape menu. Double click on DOWNLOAD
WINSOCK.DLL, then click on DOWNLOAD NOW. Save the file in your WINDOWS
directory by selecting C:\WINDOWS in the DOWNLOAD MANAGER box that appears.

When you have finished downloading the file, click on CANCEL to return to the
Netscape menu.

STEP 6 - DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR

Double click on DOWNLOAD NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR! and click DOWNLOAD NOW. Ideally
you should download this file into an empty directory, or move it to an empty
directory after downloading. Make a note of the directory into which you
downloaded the file. When you have finished downloading the file, click on
CANCEL to return to the Netscape menu.

After you have downloaded N16E122.EXE and moved it to an empty directory,
decompress it by double-clicking on it in File Manager. The file will expand
to many files. After the file has decompressed and you are returned to File
Manager, press F5 to refresh the screen and display all the files.

Once the file has decompressed, double-click on the file SETUP.EXE and follow
the installation instructions.

STEP 7 - REBOOT, RESTART WINDOWS AND LOG ON TO AOL

Exit AOL and any other open programs, exit Windows, reboot your computer by
pressing CTRL, ALT and DELETE simultaneously, and then restart Windows if it
does not start automatically. Log onto AOL as you normally do.

STEP 8 - START NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR

Start Netscape Navigator by double-clicking on its icon. Success! You're now
using Netscape Navigator with your AOL connection!

STEP 9 - HAPPY SURFING!

We hope you enjoy the world's most popular World Wide Web browser. Be sure to
stop by PC World Online on the WWW at http://www.pcworld.com!

If you experience any problems in running Netscape Navigator or any other
online applications, you can undo this installation and return to your
original configuration by removing the new WINSOCK.DLL and replacing it with
the previous versions you backed up on the floppy disk or renamed.

