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This section answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about
using and installing PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator. Click
any of the following questions for resolution information.
1. Overview of PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator
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How does
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator work?
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Will I benefit
from using PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
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What types of
content does PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator speed
up?
2. Download and Installation Help
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Where can I
download the PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator installer?
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I'm having
difficulty installing PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator. Where can I get
additional assistance?
3. Using PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator
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How do I start
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
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How do I change
the image quality setting for a particular image?
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How do I change
the image quality setting for all images?
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What do the
statistics displayed in the Statistics dialog
mean?
4. Product Details
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How do I use
Internet Explorer with PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
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How do I use
other browsers with PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
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Does PurSpeed XL
Web Accelerator speed up email?
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Where do I go
if I have problems with PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
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Where can I get
product information on how to use PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
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Does PurSpeed XL
Web Accelerator speed up my secure (HTTPS) transactions such as my
web banking?
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What operating
systems can PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator be installed
on?
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What system
requirements are necessary to use PurSpeed XL Web
Accelerator?
1. Overview of PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator
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How does PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator
work?
PurSpeed XL accelerates your Internet access through proprietary
text and image compression, content caching and other network
optimizations.
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Will I benefit from using PurSpeed XL Web
Accelerator?
If you have a slow Internet connection (such as a dial-up or
wireless connection) with bandwidth of less than 300Kbps, you will
experience a significant degree of acceleration using
PurSpeed XL.
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What types of content does PurSpeed XL
Web Accelerator speed up?
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator significantly speeds up web page
access. To achieve this speed up, proprietary lossless
compression is applied to text, html, xml, javascript and
style sheets. Proprietary image compression is applied to
gif images, jpeg images and Flash content.
PurSpeed XL also accelerates email traffic (POP3 and SMTP) using lossless compression.
PurSpeed XL does NOT speed up file downloads (over FTP or file
sharing programs), streaming audio/video and HTTPS (secure
web sites).
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2. Download and Installation Help
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Where can I download the PurSpeed XL Web
Accelerator installer?
Your Premier Internet Service Provider (ISP) will provide you with a
location to download the PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator installer.
Contact your ISP for further information.
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I'm having difficulty installing
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator. Where can I get additional
assistance?
Click here
for installation instructions. For those requiring additional
assistance, a full set of screenshots
are provided in the
Technical Support
section to assist you with the installation procedure.
It you are still experiencing problems installing, contact
your Premier Internet Service Provider for further assistance.
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3. Using PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator
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How do I start PurSpeed XL Web
Accelerator?
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time
Windows starts. You do not have to launch it manually.
A PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator icon appears in the Windows system
tray to show that it is operating in the background.
Click here
to consult the product guide for more information.
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How do I change the image quality for a
particular image?
Right-clicking on an image within Internet Explorer and
selecting "Show Original Image" allows you to view the original
image. Selecting "Show All Original Images" allows you to
view all original images on the entire web page.
Click here to
consult the product guide for more information.
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How do I change the image quality
setting for all images?
Right-click on the PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator taskbar icon and
select "Settings". Select the "Image Quality" tab. Adjust the
slider bar to the desired image quality setting. Press OK to save
the changes.
Click here to
consult the product guide for more information.
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What do the statistics displayed in the
Statistics dialog mean?
Click here to
consult the product guide for more information.
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4. Product Details
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How do I use Internet Explorer with
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
Internet Explorer is automatically configured to use PurSpeed
XL
Web Accelerator. Use Internet Explorer as you normally
would.
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How do I use other browsers with
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
Netscape Navigator is automatically configured to use
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator. Use Netscape as you normally
would.
For other browsers such as Opera and Mozilla, PurSpeed XL Web
Accelerator works with any web browser that allows you to specify
an HTTP proxy. You must set the HTTP proxy host to be "127.0.0.1"
and the port number to be the local listening port of the
PurSpeed XL Client (5400 by default). Consult your browser's
documentation for information on how this can be done.
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Does PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator speed up
email access?
Yes, PurSpeed XL automatically accelerates your email traffic
(POP3 and SMTP) for all popular email clients such as Eudora,
Outlook, Outlook Express and Netscape Mail. Other email
clients should work transparently as well.
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Where do I go if I have problems with
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
First, consult the PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator
Product Guide of the
Advanced module.
Secondly, try our Help (FAQ) Database (this page).
Next, try the
Technical Support
section.
If you are still unable to resolve your problem then contact
your Service Provider.
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Where can I get product information on
how to use PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
Click here to view
the Product Guide.
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Does PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator speed up
my secure (HTTPS) transactions such as web banking?
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator does not accelerate secure
transactions. Secure web sites will continue to work by
bypassing the acceleration component. If you have a Secure
application that you would like accelerated, inquire about the
PurSpeed XL Secure product.
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What operating systems can PurSpeed XL
Web Accelerator be installed on?
PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator can be installed on any of the
following operating systems:
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Macintosh Operating System: |
- Windows 95b w/ Winsock2
- Windows 98
- Windows 98SE
- Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME)
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Pentium 200MHz (or equivalent)
- 64MB RAM
- at least 5MB of hard-drive space.
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- OS X 10.2 or later
- PowerPC G3 processor
- 333MHz
- 128MB RAM
- 6MB of hard drive space.
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| Web Browser: |
Web Browser: |
- Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later)
- Netscape Communicator 4.0 (or later)
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PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator requires at least Internet Explorer
4.0 and Netscape 4.0 or any later version of either browser.
Note that the PurSpeed XL Email Acceleration component requires
Windows 98 and above, and that the PurSpeed XL Pop-up Blocker
component requires Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.
Newer versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are available
free of charge through Microsoft.
For Windows 95 users: Currently, Microsoft does not permit
Windows 95 users to install Internet Explorer 6 or greater,
however, Internet Explorer 5.5 is available.
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What system requirements are necessary
to use PurSpeed XL Web Accelerator?
| Windows Operating Systems: |
Macintosh Operating System: |
- Windows 95b w/ Winsock2
- Windows 98
- Windows 98SE
- Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME)
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Pentium 200MHz (or equivalent)
- 64MB RAM
- at least 5MB of hard-drive space.
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- OS X 10.2 or later
- PowerPC G3 processor
- 333MHz
- 128MB RAM
- 6MB of hard drive space.
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| Web Browser: |
Web Browser: |
- Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later)
- Netscape Communicator 4.0 (or later)
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