Configuring Internet Explorer 6.0 for PC

Under the View menu, check to be sure there is a check beside Status Bar; if not select Status Bar

Under the Tools menu select Internet Options...

• Click the General tab
  • In the Temporary Internet files section
    • Click the Delete Cookies... button
    • In the Delete Cookies warning box click the OK button
    • Click the Delete Files... button
    • In the Delete Files warning box, click to check the box beside Delete all offline content and click the OK button
    • Click the Settings... button
    • In the Check for newer versions of stored pages section, click the radio button beside Every visit to the page
    • Click the OK button in the Settings window
• Click the Security tab
  • In the Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings section
    • Click the Internet icon
      • In the Security level for this zone section, click the Default Level button
      • Use the slider to set the Security Level to Medium or Medium-low
      • Click the Custom Level... button
      • Scroll down to the Scripting section
      • Under Active scripting, click the radio button beside Enable
      • Under Scripting of Java applets, click the radio button beside Enable
      • Click the OK button in the Security Settings window
    • Click the Trusted Sites icon
      • In the Security level for this zone section, use the slider to set the Security Level to Low
      • Click the Sites... button
      • Type blackboard.com in the text box below Add this Web site to the zone
      • Click the Add button
      • Type utsystem.edu in the text box below Add this Web site to the zone
      • Click the Add button
      • Click the OK button in the Trusted Sites window
• Click the Privacy tab
  • In the Settings section
    • Click the Sites... button
    • Click the Remove All button
    • Type blackboard.com in the text box below Address of Web site
    • Click the Allow button
    • Type utsystem.edu in the text box below Address of Web site
    • Click the Allow button
    • Click OK in the Per Site Privacy Actions window
  • In the Pop-up Blocker section
    • If the check box beside Block pop-ups is selected do the following steps
    • Click the Settings... button
      • In the Exceptions section
        • Type blackboard.com in the text box below Address of Web site to allow
        • Click the Add button
        • Type utsystem.edu in the text box below Address of Web site to allow
        • Click the Add button
      • In the Notifications and Filter Level section
        • Click to check the boxes beside Play a sound when a pop-up is blocked and Show Information Bar when a pop-up in blocked
        • Under Filter Level select Medium: Block most automatic pop-ups
      • Click the Close button in the Pop-up Blocker Settings window
• Click the Advanced tab
  • In the Browsing section, click to check the boxes beside Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer) and Disable Script Debugging (Other)
  • In the Java (Sun) section, click to check the box beside Use JRE 1.5.0_06 for <applet> (requires restart)
  • In the Multimedia section, click to check the boxes beside Play animations in web pages, Play sounds in web pages, and Play videos in web pages
  • Click the Apply button
• Click the OK button in the Internet Options window

From the Start menu select Control Panel

Double click the QuickTime icon to launch QuickTime

• Click the Streaming tab
  • In the Streaming Speed section click to select your connection speed from the pull-down menu (if you are using a high-speed connection select 256 Kbps DSL/Cable; if you are using a dial-up connection select 56 Kbps Modem/ISDN)
• Click on the Advanced tab
  • In the Streaming section
    • Click to select Custom... from the pull-down menu beside Transport Setup:
    • In the Streaming Transport window
      • Click to select HTTP from the pull-down menu beside Transport Protocol:
      • Click to select 80 from the pull-down menu beside Port ID:
      • Click the OK button in the Streaming Transport window
• Click the OK button in the QuickTime Preferences window

Exit the browser and Restart your computer