YW, RR. You might consider a satellite connection, if you can afford it
these days.

Ruptured Rancher wrote:
> 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?