It's not a sin to be on dial-up, and "so-called" is right! What you're
seeing in IE (but not in OE) is due NetZero's "web accelerator." If you
disable (or uninstall) it, all should be well...but it may take longer for
graphics files you've previously viewed to refresh (downloaded again).

Also check your settings...

IE Tools | Internet Options | General | Browsing history | Settings | Check
for newer versions of stored webpages <=here

What is a web accelerator?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator


"Ruptured Rancher" wrote:
> Yes, I'm on NetZero with their so-called Hi-Speed Internet. I can't get
> wireless in the small town I'm in due to the trees that suround my house.
> ADSL is a long way away too due to the old phone equipment that Verizon
> keeps the whole town on.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> Are you on dial-up and is a "web accelerator" installed?
>>
>> Ruptured Rancher wrote:
>>> Not sure if I have a hardware or software problem here.
>>>
>>> I have run into a problem viewing photos or otherwise high resolution
>>> pictures in Internet Explorer 7 and later 8 after I upgraded to it.
>>> These
>>> photos on a webpage will be displayed in a very low resolution, blocky,
>>> blotchy manner while text or line drawings are usually displayed with
>>> no
>>> problems. This occured after I had upgraded my motherboard to the
>>> fastest
>>> processor the manufacturer said it would accept which was an Intel
>>> 3.06Ghz
>>> HT one. Unfortunately I gave the old processor away when I upgraded my
>>> uncle's computer with it and he's out of state. The original processor
>>> was
>>> not a HT processor but the computer's manufacturer (a major one - THE
>>> major
>>> manufacturer of PCs out there) said this processor was compatible with
>>> the
>>> motherboard.
>>>
>>> I thought the integrated video card may be the problem as it wasn't all
>>> that
>>> great so I put a new one in that doubled the amount of memory and had a
>>> faster processor in it. Unfortunately this didn't change anything.
>>> What's
>>> strange is I can have the problem viewing a photo in my ISP's mail
>>> website
>>> but not when I download the same photo into Outlook Express and view it
>>> there! Raising the video card's resolution to the highest level
>>> doesn't
>>> change anything either as those high resolution pictures on the page
>>> are
>>> still out of focus, so to speak.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas what to tackle next with this problem?