> I have my "Check for newer versions of stored webpages" set to
> Automatic so it should do this fairly often.

Not necessarily, especially if the web-accelerator's still
enabled/installed. (In truth, the "Hi-Speed" bit is referring to the
accelerator, which you do NOT have to have installed or enabled to use NZ as
your ISP.)


Ruptured Rancher wrote:
> Thanks. I have my "Check for newer versions of stored webpages" set to
> Automatic so it should do this fairly often.
>
> We have had problems with the Hi-Speed software ever since it was
> installed.
> I had to set my IE7, at the time, back to factory specs just so it
> wouldn't
> continuously close down. My profile is OK but my wife's profile
> apparently
> needs the same treatment. It's very inconsistent too. I was just on a
> news
> webpage and half the pictures came in perfectly while half were the fuzzy
> low-rez problem I asked about. Really strange. I hate problems that are
> neither here nor there but somewhere in between.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 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?