Kidney School™ Browser Requirements

Minimum Browser
JavaScript & Cookies
Flash 7 Plug-in
Adobe Reader Plug-in

Mimimum Browser
Kidney School is optimally designed for Netscape 2.0 or higher (7.2 recommended) and MS Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher (6.0 or higher recommended).

AOL users – You may experience difficulties using Kidney School. If you experience problems, we recommend downloading Netscape or Internet Explorer. After downloading, log into AOL, go to the Internet area, minimize the AOL window, then launch the browser program you downloaded and installed.

Download the lateset version of Netscape

Download the latest version of Internet Explorer

JavaScript and Cookies
In order to use the Kidney School website, your web browser must be set to accept JavaScript and cookies.

JavaScript is a computer language that allows Internet sites to provide rich, dynamic content and enable more powerful features. JavaScript is very secure, and most browsers support it.

Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored on your computer when you browse our site. They allow us to remember who you are when you come back, and store information while you use Kidney School. No one else can read your cookies, and we do not store any personal data in them. Cookies should be enabled by default for Internet Explorer and Netscape users.

To set your browser to accept cookies, look under under "Preferences" or "Options" in your browser.

Netscape version 4.5+
To enable cookies:

1. Edit
2. Preferences
3. Advanced
4. "Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server" OR "Accept all cookies," then click OK

To enable JavaScript:

1. Edit
2. Preferences
3. Advanced
4. Check "Enable JavaScript," then click OK

Internet Explorer version 4.0
To enable cookies:

1. View
2. Internet Options
3. Advanced
4. Security
5. Cookies
6. Check "Prompt before accepting cookies" OR "Always accept cookies," then click OK

To enable JavaScript:

1. View
2. Internet Options
3. Security
4. Custom
5. Settings
6. Scripting
7. Active Scripting
8. Check "Enable," then click OK, then click OK again

Internet Explorer version 5.0
To enable cookies:

1. Tools
2. Internet Options
3. Security
4. Internet
5. Custom Level
6. Cookies
7. Allow Cookies
8. Check "Enable," then click OK

To enable JavaScript:

1. Tools
2. Internet Options
3. Security
4. Internet
5. Custom Level
6. Scripting
7. Active Scripting
8. Check "Enable," then click OK

AOL version 4.0
To enable cookies:

1. MyAOL
2. Preferences
3. WWW
4. Security Settings
5. Custom Levels
6. Cookies
7. Check "Enable," then click OK

To enable JavaScript:

1. MyAOL
2. Preferences
3. WWW
4. Security Settings
5. Custom
6. Settings
7. Scripting
8. Active Scripting
9. Check "Enable," then click OK

Flash Plug-in
Some areas of our website require Macromedia's Flash 5.0 player. The plug-in is relatively small (170KB) and enables your browser to view certain types of animation.

Netscape 6 users: Flash is included as one of the default Netscape plug-ins, therefore no extra download should be required. Netscape 4.x users: Flash may not be included as a default Netscape plug-in for some versions of Netscape Communicator. Therefore, the user may be required to download the plug-in from http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/. The user will be provided a link if Flash is not present.

Internet explorer users: If the plug-in for Flash is missing, the user will be provided a link to download and install in one seamless operation at http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/

Download the lateset Flash plug-in

Adobe Acrobat Reader
Some Kidney School documents are available in a portable document format (PDF) file. This may be viewed on screen, downloaded, or printed to your local printer. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

Download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader