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Thousands of Active Channels, right at your fingertips!
When Microsoft first announced its Active Channel™ technology, Web authors and developers scrambled to build channels specifically for Internet Explorer 4.0. The question then became, "How do we make sense of all these offerings?" And the answer...the Windows Media Showcase. It's the first button on the Channel Bar, right on your Active Desktop. (Windows NT users may need to turn the Channel Bar on by choosing Internet Options from the View menu, then clicking the Advanced tab. Imagine a searchable, worldwide guide supporting 26 languages, over 60 locations, and more than 2,900 channels!

Here's how it works

When you install Internet Explorer 4.0 (Standard or Full install) with the Windows Desktop Update, you'll see the cool new Channel bar pictured at left. If you look closely (click the picture for a larger view), you'll see the Windows Media Showcase button at the very top. Once you've installed 4.0, click that button and the fun really begins!

The Windows Media Showcase contains links to thousands of Active Channel sites developed especially for Internet Explorer 4.0. But it's the way they're presented that makes it so much fun. Because they use Internet Explorer technology, channels give you special features that ordinary Web sites don't.

Once you've installed Internet Explorer 4.0, use our new Cool Media links to view channel previews and highlights, read up on the latest features and benefits of channels, and search channels worldwide by content category, by language, or by the technology they support.

Once you've seen the previews, you and you alone decide which ones to subscribe to (no fees involved). Ready to download? Or would you rather know more about Active Channels?

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