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These pages will familiarize you with the features of Supercharged Internet Access.

Using Supercharged Internet Access.

Advanced Options.

Uninstalling.

Need further assistance? Feel free to contact us for product information or feedback.

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.

  1. Download the Supercharged Internet Access installer. (Here)

  2. Download the installer to your desktop.

  3. Once the download has completed, proceed to Step 2.

2. Install.

  1. After downloading the Supercharged Internet Access installer onto your Desktop, an icon as shown below will be on your Desktop. Double-clicking on the icon will launch the installer.

  2. The installer will guide you through the complete setup process.

3. Connect.

  1. As this is your first time launching the product, you will be prompted for a username and password. Enter the username and password provided to you by your ISP in the fields provided.

  2. Click OK. Supercharged Internet Access will connect to your ISP.

  3. After installing Supercharged Internet Access, an icon as shown below is placed in your system tray. Opening any web browser launches Supercharged Internet Access.

4. Browse the Web.

  1. Browse the web as you normally would.

  2. When finished, simply close your web browser, as you normally would, and Supercharged Internet Access will remain idle in your system tray.

  3. If you want to stop the application after browsing select Stop SlipStream from the pop-up menu, or if you desire to exit the application completely, click Exit from the pop-up menu.

5. Further Assistance.

  1. If you experience problems downloading, installing or running Supercharged Internet Access, consult the Troubleshooting or FAQ sections for further assistance.

  2. Still having trouble? Feel free to contact us for product setup or feedback.

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Launching Supercharged Internet Access

Supercharged Internet Access launches automatically each time you start Windows. It operates in the background to accelerate your Internet connection. No user intervention is required.

If Supercharged Internet Access is not running and you need to launch it manually, an icon titled "Supercharged Internet Access" is located in the Windows Start Menu under the Supercharged folder (as shown below).

The "Supercharged" taskbar icon appears in the Windows taskbar to you show you it is running.

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Accessing the User Interface

Once launched, Supercharged Internet Access 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 Supercharged Internet Access 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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Setting Username and Password Information

Your username and password information is located in the Connection Status dialog. To set your username and password:

  1. Right-click on the Supercharged Internet Access taskbar icon and select "Settings..." from the menu.

  2. Click on the "Connection" tab.

  3. Enter your username and password in the fields provided. To avoid having to do this each time you connect, ensure that the "Save password" box is checked.

  4. To save your settings, press OK.

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Changing the Image Quality Setting

The image quality setting changes the quality of images that appear in your Supercharged Internet Access. 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.

  1. Right-click on the Supercharged Internet Access system tray icon. See the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.

  2. Select "Settings...".

  3. Select the "Image Quality" tab.

  4. Use the slider bar to adjust the image quality setting.

  5. 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

Supercharged Internet Access can prevent pop-up windows and floating flash advertisements from appearing while you browse the Internet. This behavior is disabled by default, and no user-intervention is required. However, you can enable these features at any time.

A limited number of web sites require pop-ups to function correctly. Supercharged Internet Access 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

  1. Right-click on the Supercharged Internet Access system tray icon. See the user interface section of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.

  2. Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".

  3. Select the "Options" tab.

  4. To hear a beep whenever a pop-up is blocked, check "Notify blocked pop-up by PC speaker beep".

  5. To disable the blocking of floating Flash advertisements, uncheck "Block Floating Flash-Ads".

  6. To disable all pop-up blocking for all sites, uncheck "Enable PopUp Blocker".

  7. Press OK to save the settings.

Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker for Specific Sitesp

  1. Right-click on the Supercharged Internet Access system tray icon. See the user interface section of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.

  2. Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".

  3. Select the "White List" tab.

  4. Use the "Add", "Remove" and "Remove All" buttons to manipulate the White List.

  5. Press OK to save the settings.

Viewing the Pop-Up Blocker Log

  1. Right-click on the Supercharged Internet Access system tray icon. See the user interface section of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.

  2. Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".

  3. Select the "Logging" tab.

  4. 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.

  1. Right-click on any text while browsing within Internet Explorer.

  2. Select "Add to Whitelist" from the menu to add the current site to the White List.

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Starting and Stopping

When Supercharged Internet Access 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 "Supercharged" system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Stop Supercharged".

The "Supercharged" system tray icon will now have a red "X" through it.

To Start:

If Supercharged Internet Access is stopped and you want to manually start, right-click on the "Supercharged" system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Start Supercharged".

The red "X" through the "Supercharged" system tray icon will disappear.

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Closing Supercharged Internet Access

To close Supercharged Internet Access:

  1. Right-click on the "Supercharged" system tray icon and select "Exit" from the pop-up menu (see below). Supercharged Internet Access will disconnect and close. Doing this will not close any open browser windows.

    Note: Supercharged Internet Access will automatically launch again the next time you reboot your computer.

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Changing Your Connection Settings

Normally, the connection settings that are set during installation do not need to be changed. If however, your ISP provides new connection settings, you may change the preset ones using the " Settings" dialog.

  1. Click on the Supercharged Internet Access system tray icon to access the pop-up menu.

  2. Select "Settings...".

  3. Click on the "Connection" tab.

  4. Press "Advanced...".

  5. Change the "Remote Server Hostname" and "Server Port" to fastweb1.essex1.com. In most cases, it is unnecessary to change the "Local Listening Port".

  6. Press "OK" to close the "Connection" dialog box.

  7. Press "OK" to save your new connection settings. These settings will be used next time you connect with Supercharged Internet Access.

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Bypassing Supercharged Internet Access for Selected Sites

If you wish to bypass Supercharged Internet Access 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:

  1. If you have already defined a proxy exclusion list in your web brower, select "Use browser's proxy exclusion settings" to configure Supercharged Internet Access to exclude these sites as well.

  2. 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 SlipStream Web Acceleration.

  3. Stop and then start Supercharged Internet Access.

Note:  In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard (*) operator.

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Accelerating Email

Supercharged Internet Access can reduce the amount of time it takes to send and receive email. Supercharged Internet Access 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:

  1. Right-click on the :Supercharged" system tray icon. See the user interface section of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.

  2. Select "Settings...".

  3. Select the "Email" tab.

  4. Select "Enable for all applications".

  5. Press OK to save the settings. The changes will take effect the next time Supercharged Internet Access 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.

  1. Click on the Supercharged Internet Access taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.

  2. Select "Statistics...", to display the Statistics summary dialog.

  3. Click "Reset" to reset the statistics. You may do so at anytime while browsing without affecting Supercharged Internet Access's performance or operation.

  4. Click the "Details" button to view more detailed statistics information (see below).

    Consult the following table for a description of the values.

    Original Data

    Size of the original (uncompressed) data.

    Actual Data

    Amount of data sent by Supercharged Internet Access.

    Savings Ratio

    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.

    Text-based

    This row contains compression information regarding text-based content.

    Graphics

    Contains compression information regarding graphical content.

    Others

    Contains information regarding content that is neither text nor graphical.

    Upstream

    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.

  1. Right-click on the Supercharged Internet Access taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.

  2. Select "Help" and then "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 Supercharged Internet Access. By default, you will be notified of all software upgrades.

If you want to manually update Supercharged Internet Access:

  1. Open the "Settings" dialog.

  2. Click on the "Update" tab.

  3. Select "Update Now" to upgrade to the latest version.

  4. Press OK to save the settings.

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Uninstalling Supercharged Internet Access

  1. Under the Windows Control Panel, select "Add or Remove Programs".

  2. Select Supercharged Internet Access and click Remove.

  3. The uninstaller will launch and guide you through the uninstallation procedure.

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