Internet Explorer Manual Setup Changes PWS Internet Address
Article ID: 161159
Article Last Modified on 7/16/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Personal Web Server 1.0
- Microsoft Personal Web Server 1.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q161159
SYMPTOMS
When you run the Internet Explorer 3.0 Internet Connection Wizard and
choose Manual Setup, your Personal Web Server Internet address may change.
CAUSE
When you enter the user name for your Internet service provider (ISP) in
the User Name dialog box, the user name changes the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Domain Name System (DNS) Host setting.
RESOLUTION
Change the DNS Host setting to the appropriate computer name. To do so,
follow these steps:
- Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.
- Click to select TCP/IP, and then click Properties.
- Click the DNS Configuration tab, and then click Enable DNS.
- In the Host box, enter //<computer name>
, where <computer name> is the appropriate computer name.
- Click OK twice.
- When you are prompted to restart Windows 95, click Yes.
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