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Product Guide
1. Installation.
2. Using Web Accelerator.
3. Advanced Options.
4. Uninstalling.
Detailed Installation Instructions
The minimum system requirements are a Pentium 200MHz with 64MB RAM, and at
least 5MB of hard-drive space. It works with Internet Explorer 4.0 as well as
Netscape Communicator 4.0 or any later releases of both browsers.
1. Download.
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We will provide you with a location to download the Web
Accelerator installer.
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Download the installer to your desktop.
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Once the download has completed, proceed to Step 2.
2. Install.
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After downloading the Web Accelerator installer onto your
Desktop, an icon as shown below will be on your Desktop. Double-clicking on
the icon will launch the installer.
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The installer will guide you through the complete setup process.
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After installing Web Accelerator, an icon as shown below is
placed in your system tray. Opening any web browser launches Web
Accelerator.
4. Browse the Web.
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Browse the web as you normally would.
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When finished, simply close your web browser, as you normally would, and Web Accelerator will remain idle in your system tray.
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If you want to stop the application after browsing select Stop Web Accelerator
from the pop-up menu, or if you desire to exit the application completely,
click Exit from the pop-up menu.
5. Further Assistance.
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To get the most out of your new software, please see the Product Guide.
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If you experience problems downloading, installing or running Web Accelerator, consult the Troubleshooting
or FAQ sections for
further assistance.
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Launching Web Accelerator
Web Accelerator launches automatically each time you start Windows.
It operates in the background to accelerate your Internet connection. No user
intervention is required.
If Web Accelerator is not running and you need to launch it
manually, an icon titled "SPEEDZILLA Web Accelerator" is located in the
Windows Start Menu under the SPEEDZILLA folder (as shown below).
The taskbar icon appears in the Windows taskbar to you show you it
is running.
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Accessing the User Interface
Once launched, Web Accelerator will remain in the system tray (as
shown below). For the most part, during web browsing there will be no need to
access the user interface. You can use the user interface to change settings,
view connection status or acceleration statistics.
To access the user interface features, click on the Web Accelerator
icon in the system tray (shown above). A pop-up menu will appear (shown below),
providing access to all the features of the product. Selecting and
single-clicking any of the menu items will access that particular feature.
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Changing the Image Quality Setting
The image quality setting changes the quality of images that appear in your Web Accelerator. The higher the quality you select, the longer it will take the
image to load. For slower Internet connections, it is recommended that you lower
your image quality. This slider can be adjusted anytime while browsing.
You can easily obtain full image quality for a particular image (described
below), so don't be overly conservative about lowering your image quality
setting.
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon. See the User Interface if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Settings...".
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Select the "Image Quality" tab.
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Use the slider bar to adjust the image quality setting.
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Press OK to save the settings.
Getting Full Image Quality
Note: The following information applies only when browsing with Internet
Explorer.
While browsing, if you would like to request the full quality image, simply
right-click on the desired image from within Internet Explorer and select
"Show Original Image" from the menu (shown below).
The full quality image will appear in place of the lower quality image (shown
below).
If you want to see the full quality version of all images on the current
page, simply right-click on any image from within Internet Explorer and select
"Show All Original Images" from the menu (shown below).
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Changing the Pop-Up Blocker Settings
Web Accelerator can prevent pop-up windows and floating flash
advertisements from appearing while you browse the Internet. This behavior is
enabled by default, and no user-intervention is required. However, you can
disable these features at any time.
A limited number of web sites require pop-ups to function correctly. Web Accelerator allows you to specify a "White List" of sites where
pop-ups will not be blocked.
You can also see a list of all pop-ups that were blocked. This information is
useful if you suspect a web site is not functioning properly because pop-ups are
being blocked.
Enabling and Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon. See the user
interface section of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".
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Select the "Options" tab.
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To hear a beep whenever a pop-up is blocked, check "Notify blocked
pop-up by PC speaker beep".
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To disable the blocking of floating Flash advertisements, uncheck
"Block Floating Flash-Ads".
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To disable all pop-up blocking for all sites, uncheck "Enable PopUp
Blocker".
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Press OK to save the settings.
Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker for Specific Sitesp
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon. See the
user interface section of the
product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".
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Select the "White List" tab.
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Use the "Add", "Remove" and "Remove All"
buttons to manipulate the White List.
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Press OK to save the settings.
Viewing the Pop-Up Blocker Log
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon. See the
user interface section of the
product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".
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Select the "Logging" tab.
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To add a web site to the "White List" so that pop-ups are no
longer blocked from that site, right-click on the site and click "Add
to Whitelist".
Adding Sites to the White List
You can add sites to the White List within the Pop-Up Blocker dialogs, shown
above, or from within Internet Explorer.
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Right-click on any text while browsing within Internet Explorer.
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Select "Add to Whitelist" from the menu to add the current site
to the White List.
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Starting and Stopping
When Web Accelerator is launched it automatically connects.
Occasionally, you may need to stop or start manually.
To Stop:
If you are connected and you want to manually disconnect, right-click on the
Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select
the menu item "Stop SPEEDZILLA".
The system tray icon will now have a red line on the bottom.
To Start:
If Web Acceleration is stopped and you want to manually start, right-click
on the Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu.
Select the menu item "Start SPEEDZILLA".
The red line at the bottom will turn green.
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Closing Web Accelerator
To close Web Accelerator:
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon and select
"Exit" from the pop-up menu (see below). Web Accelerator
will disconnect and close. Doing this will not close any open browser windows.
Note: Web Accelerator will automatically launch again the next
time you reboot your computer.
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Bypassing Web Accelerator for Selected Sites
If you wish to bypass Web Accelerator for certain web sites (web
sites on your local corporate intranet, for instance), then simply select the
"Proxy Exclusion" tab on the " Settings" dialog (see below).
You have two options for bypassing sites:
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If you have already defined a proxy exclusion list in your web
brower, select "Use browser's proxy exclusion settings" to
configure Web Accelerator to exclude these sites as well.
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You may also "Specify a proxy exclusion list" by selecting this
option. In the given text field, list all the web sites, separated by
semicolons, that you wish to bypass Web Acceleration.
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Stop and then start Web Accelerator.
Note: In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard (*)
operator.
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Accelerating Email
Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time it takes to send and
receive email. Web Accelerator accelerates email transparently without
any user intervention, so you can use your mail program exactly as you normally
would. It is compatible with any POP3/SMTP client, including Outlook Express,
Eudora and Netscape Mail. Email acceleration is disabled by default.
To enable email acceleration:
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon. See the user
interface section of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Settings...".
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Select the "Email" tab.
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Select "Enable for all applications".
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Press OK to save the settings. The changes will take effect the next time
Web Accelerator and your mail client are restarted.
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View Your Acceleration Statistics
You can view the acceleration statistics and how they change dynamically
using the Statistics dialog.
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Click on the Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up
menu.
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Select "Statistics...", to display the Statistics summary
dialog.
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Click "Reset" to reset the statistics. You may do so at anytime
while browsing without affecting Web Accelerator's performance or
operation.
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Click the "Details" button to view more detailed statistics
information (see below).
Consult the following table for a description of the values.
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Original Data
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Size of the original (uncompressed) data.
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Actual Data
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Amount of data sent by Web Accelerator.
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Savings Ratio
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Factor of reduction in data. E.g. A savings ratio of 4.00 means
your connection is 4 times faster than a normal connection on
average.
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Text-based
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This row contains compression information regarding text-based
content.
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Graphics
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Contains compression information regarding graphical content.
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Others
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Contains information regarding content that is neither text nor
graphical.
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Upstream
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Lists the total original and compressed amounts of data uploaded.
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Accessing Product Version Information
You may view the product version in the About dialog.
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Right-click on the Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the
pop-up menu.
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Select "About" to display the About dialog (see below).
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Updating Software
AutoUpdate will inform you of any major or minor software upgrades to the Web Accelerator
Service. By default, you will be notified of all software upgrades.
If you want to manually update Web Accelerator:
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Open the "Settings" dialog.
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Click on the "Update" tab.
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Select "Update Now" to upgrade to the latest version.
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Press OK to save the settings.
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Uninstalling Web Accelerator
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Under the Windows Control Panel, select "Add or Remove
Programs".
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Select Web Accelerator and click Remove.
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The uninstaller will launch and guide you through the uninstallation
procedure.
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