GRU.net - Bringing the Internet Home To Gainesville

Account Information & Technical Support

• Contacting the Help Desk
• GRU.Net configuration information
• Services offered by GRU.net
• General High Speed Internet information
• Billing and payment options
• Creating or modifying an account
• Setting up Microsoft Windows XP for an existing GRU.Net account
• Recommended software

Solutions to Common Problems

• Accelerated Access FAQ
• Checking for and locating the source of telephone line noise
• Problems receiving e-mail
• Problems sending e-mail
• Problems with High Speed connections
• Problems dialing or connecting to GRU.Net
• Poor dial-up connection speeds

About Computers & The Internet

• About Spam
• Maintaining your privacy on the Web
• Preventing online abuse
• Protecting against a virus
• Outlook Express newsgroup icons
• Understanding the Internet
• Online etiquette
• Understanding emoticons and text abbreviations

Email

• Sending e-mail through different internet providers
• Outlook Express e-mail icons
• Other common e-mail questions
• Requirements for Internet Mail Servers sending email to GRU
• Understanding e-mail
• Checking your e-mail on the Web
• Exchanging contact information with others
• E-mailing Web pages to others

WEB BROWSERS

• About Browsers
• Searching the Internet
• Specifying a home page
• Internet Explorer shortcuts
• Introduction to cookies

OTHER INTERNET ACTIVITIES

• Newsgroups
• File transfers (FTP)
• Introduction to mailing lists

High Speed Ethernet

High Speed Internet Access is now available at dozens of Gainesville apartment complexes and neighborhoods. It’s FREE in some locations! See if it’s available where you live and sign up for services.