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Using a Second Browser for ThomsonNOW

Depending on your choice of Internet browser and which operating system you use, you may need to install a second browser to use with ThomsonNOW.

Custom browsers (for example, AOL and MSN) and customized versions of IE (those that say "Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by...") can cause difficulty with ThomsonNOW online. So can customized versions of Netscape, which are essentially a "lite" version of Mozilla.

If you normally use a custom browser, there's an easy solution: Keep your current browser and ISP, but download and install a second browser for use with ThomsonNOW. Refer to System Requirements for the appropriate browsers for your system.

If prompted Make this your default browser? while installing the second browser, answer No. Once it's installed, you connect to the Internet in your usual manner but use the second browser for ThomsonNOW.

For example, if you use AOL, don't use AOL or its custom "lite" version of IE for ThomsonNOW. Instead, download and install the full version of Internet Explorer 6. After that, you still connect to the Internet with AOL as usual. But when you are ready to use ThomsonNOW, minimize the AOL browser and start the full Internet Explorer to access ThomsonNOW.

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