YW & may we all see better times ahead.

Ruptured Rancher wrote:
> 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?