Q:
Ok, I am new to all of this, where do I start?
A:
First you need internet access and a browser,
but since you are already here, I guess you already
have that. :-P
A good place to start would be http://www.mirc.co.uk
Read the guidelines and faq, and download mIRC there.
NOTE: use 32 bit version for win95/98 and 16bit version for win 3.11
Q:
ummmmm, how exactly do I download mIRC?
A:
First, click on Download mIRC and find a download site close to where you live.
Second, choose 32 bit version for win 95/98 and 16 bit for win 3.1 and 3.11
Third, click on the download link.
(one close to where you live)
Fourth, when the file download box appear, choose
save this program to disk
Fifth, REMEMBER what folder you save mIRC into.
(look into the save in box) and click save.
Sixth, wait till the program is finished downloaded, then right click on the start button in the down left corner of your screen.
Click on explore, find the folder you saved it into, double click on the folder, and double click on the mIRC exe icon.
Q:
Ok, I clicked on the mirc.exe incon (shortcut) now how do I configurate (set up) this program?
A:
If you havent started mirc yet, click on the mirc icon either from your explorer or workbench. (shortcut image)
When the program is running, click away the introduction screen by pressing the little x in the top right corner.
mIRC will now show the mIRC OPTIONS box,where you will need to fill out some information.
Notice the tree structure to the left of the mIRC options box? By clicking one of the small plus (+) signs you will see that a list of sub items will unfold. At first only the CONNECT menu item has to be filled in.
First start by filling in your FULL NAME, EMAIL ADD., NICKNAME and ALTERNATIVE NICKNAME.
Now notice the box under the add, edit, delete, sort buttons and over the Connect to IRC server button? by clicking the down arrow on the right of the box you will see a long list of different irc servers. Select an irc server close to you or click the add button and add some from the list to the left. (inside the add box type in name of server (webbernet for example) then the server. (irc.webbernet.net) ports can be from 6666 to 6668 and you can password protect it if you want.)
Now click on the LOCAL INFO sub item, and make sure that on conect, always get local host also check that the ip add box is checked (for some systems or some internet providers you might need other setting here, if so, download and read the mIRC faq)
Now select IDENTD and enable the IDENTD SERVER, fill out your user id(nickname or your user id provided to you by your internet provider). Always set the system to UNIX and always set the port to 113. now click ok and you are now ready to log on. ;)
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