Yes, until they get better phone equipment in our town satellite is our only
option right now. Unfortunately, I was laid off last month so there are
other priorities afoot. I can use my old computer at my old office
occasionally as I still have good relations with the people there so if I
really need fast Internet access I can get it until someone gets my office
which is none too likely as all my servers were screaming in there and I was
the only one that would put up with that.

Thanks again.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> 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?
>
>