I disabled the "Hi-Speed" function and the pictures, for the most part, are
coming in clearly now, just a lot slower. Jeeze, what do you have to do for
truth in advertizing?

The only good thing about this is I bought the new video card on ebay rather
than a retailer. At least I didn't get totally screwed here. Now I can tell
NZ to stuff its accelerator and drop my access fee a few bucks.

Thanks for you help with this mystery.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> > 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?
>
>