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Introduction to IRC for people using Windows.

(1) What is IRC?

(2) How is IRC set up?

(3) What does a client do? What is the purpose of a server?

(4) How do I get on IRC?

(5) Where can I find an IRC client?

(6) What else do I need before I can install an IRC client?

(7) How do I install this client that I found?

(8) What do I have to fill in in the client's Setup menu?

(9) Which server should I connect my client to?

(10) What is the port number to use to connect to IRC?

(11) Do I need a password to connect to irc?

(12) Do I have to give my real name?

(13) Do I have to fill in my E-mail address in the setup?

(14) What is a nickname?

(15) What is my IP Address?

(16) What is my Local Host name?

(17) I tried to connect to a server and received a "Connection refused," "Connection timed out" or "Unknown host" message.

(18) When I connect I get a "Not enough user parameters" error?

(19) How do I solve the "You haven't registered" error?

(20) I get disconnected at startup.... What does "*** Ghosts are not allowed on IRC." mean? What does "*** You are not welcome on this server." mean?

(21) What is K-lined? Why can't I connect to certain IRC servers? Why do some servers disconnect me?

(22) Can our firewall be blocking my IRC session?

(23) OK, I've got a client installed and I'm connected to a server, but I got restricted access...

(24) OK, I've got a client installed and I'm connected to a server, now what?

(25) What exactly is a channel?

(26) Now that I've decided on a nice channel. How do I join that channel? And what do I type once I get there? And when I'm done, how do I leave a channel?

(27) Ok, now what are the most basic commands?

(28) Ok, Now I'm ready for some less basic commands.

(29) What language should I speak? How do I behave on IRC?

(30) What is a channel operator? What is an IRC operator?

(31) How do I create a new channel?

(32) What are good channels to try while using IRC?

(33) Someone is using my nickname, can anyone do anything about it?

(34) Someone is using my channel, can anyone do anything about it?

(35) Help! Someone kicked/banned me from a channel. Whom do I complain to?

(36) There aren't any channel operators on my channel, now what?

(37) What is a "bot"?

(38) What was NickServ? Is NickServ ever coming back?

(39) Help, I get disconnected after the LIST command.

(40) I've done a /whois on myself and other people, and I notice that my real name shows up in parentheses. I don't like this! It doesn't show up in other people's parentheses. How can I change it?

(41) What is a netsplit? Why does everybody keep signing on and off? What does it mean when I see: ***NickName has quit IRC (*.bu.edu eff.org)?

(42) What is a Nick Collision Kill?

(43) What is a Server-op? ***irc.server.net sets mode: +ooo Nick1 Nick2 Nick3

(44) What is an Ident server? Why am I unidentified and why does it matter?

(45) What are Channel and User Modes?

(46) What do these Channel and User Modes mean?

(47) What server do you advise me to use?

(48) In other IRC FAQ's and help files I see more and sometimes totally diffferent commands and problems explained, how come?

(49) Where can I get more info?

(50) Credits?

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