TurboSpeed Accelerator Help

 

               

            Major Features:

 

  1. It optimizes your network settings for maximum performance.
  2. It handles all of the traffic to or from your browser.
  3. It gives you an access to the super fast network of servers, deployed by TurboSpeed all over the US and in selected locations elsewhere. 
  4. It compresses web pages, before they are sent to your computer, achieving compression ratios of 10-50 times.
  5. It compresses images on the web pages.
  6. It caches the images and other data, supplementing and improving your browser caching.
  7. It downloads large files in multiple streams from multiple servers if available.
  8. It resumes interrupted downloads from the place, where they were interrupted.
  9. It blocks unwanted banner ads in your browser and many popular applications.
  10. It blocks unwanted popups in your browser and many popular applications.
  11. It protects your privacy and enhances security

 

TurboSpeed Accelerator installs once and then works in the background.  It appears as a blue icon on the Windows Taskbar.  Point your mouse to the icon and see the effective speed of your Internet connection. Right click the icon to see all available options.

 

TurboSpeed updates its software frequently.  Visit the My Account area to download and install the latest version.

 

Troubleshooting

 

First Step

 

TurboSpeed Accelerator can automatically fix some browser configuration problems. Choose Repair any time a problem with TurboSpeed installation is suspected.  You may recognize problems with the installation, if the value of the effective speed does not change.  You must close all the browser windows before choosing Repair and you may want to restart your computer.

 

Ad Removal

 

Ad Removal enabled may sometimes cause unusual behavior or errors on some web pages.  If you experience unusual behavior, decrease Aggressiveness to Min or disable Ad Suppression altogether.

A yellow icon “Done, but with errors on page” may appear on the status bar of the browser.  This is not an error.

 

With Ad Removal enabled, you may occasionally see ads, that have already been cached on you hard drive before installation of TurboSpeed.  These ads do not consume additional bandwidth.

 

Firewalls

 

TurboSpeed Accelerator works with the majority of personal firewalls.  If you use a firewall, you may need to configure it to allow TurboSpeed Accelerator to access the Internet.  The TurboSpeed Accelerator modules, accessing the Internet, are PxClient.exe and PxUI.exe.

 

Norton AntiVirus

 

It is possible for Norton AntiVirus virus definition updates to interfere with TurboSpeed Accelerator.  If you experience problems after performing virus definition updates, run Repair for proper operation.

 

Blinking Icon

 

The TurboSpeed icon is blinking, when the data is transmitted through TurboSpeed Accelerator.  If TurboSpeed icon is not blinking, when you are browsing the Web, you may need to run Repair.  The icon is not blinking when pages are loaded through a secure connection (HTTPS), because they are transmitted directly, not through TurboSpeed Accelerator.

 

Technical Support

 

Our friendly staff is at your service at any time.  Please contact us at turbospeed@meckcom.net or call 1-877-824-0954.

 

If you have a technical problem, please provide us with the following information about your computer:

 

-          Operating system

-          Browser name and version

-          TurboSpeed Accelerator version ( look in the About, invoked from the popup menu)

-          Your ISP and the type of connection

-          What other software you are running (firewall, anti-virus etc.)

 

Multiple User Profiles

 

TurboSpeed automatically identifies a new User Profile and displays a dialog box, asking the user, whether the user wants to enable it in the new profile.  Click "Yes" if you want to use the service with that profile.

 

Manual Override

 

You may manually override TurboSpeed Accelerator, if you do not like changes, it did on a page.  It is especially useful, if you have set Images Quality to a low value, and you want to see images as they were originally on a particular page.

 

To completely override TurboSpeed Accelerator, press Shift-F5 while on the page (press Shift and, while holding Shift, press F5).  It will refresh the page, display images in their original quality, and all the ads on the page.

 

Shift-F7 works like Shift-F5, but keeps ad suppression.

 

This feature requires Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher.

 

If you wish to change behavior of TurboSpeed Accelerator on all pages, or if you are using another browser, change Settings.

 

Speed Meter

 

The Speed Meter measures the Effective Speed of your connection to the Internet.  “Effective Speed” is the nominal speed of a typical DSL connection that would render these pages for the same time.  For example, a value 147,000bps means, that web pages are loaded with the same speed as over DSL at 144kbps.  Given the many variables that determine actual speed, it is impossible to measure the effective speed precisely.  The Effective Speed is an approximation of actual speed. When the effective speed is above 200,000bps, “broadband” is displayed.  Effective Speed is displayed after 3-5 minutes of browsing.  The Effective Speed does not account for suppressed popups, so your real speed may be even higher. 

 

Settings Screen

 

Remove Banner Ads

 

Check Remove Banner Ads to enable banner ads removal from web pages. Effective Speed will increase when Remove Banner Ads is checked.  This feature will prevent also some pop-up and pop under ads from appearing.

 

Aggressiveness

 

This option determines how aggressive should TurboSpeed be when removing ads. There are no exact criteria for distinguishing ads from non-ads.  The default settings work well for most users.  Set Aggressiveness to “Normal” to remove more ads (with increased probability that some non-ads will be removed too or there will be errors on some pages.).  Set Aggressiveness to “Min”, if some non-ad images are removed or there are errors on the loaded pages (with increased probability that some ads would slip in).

 

Images

 

This option determines how TurboSpeed Accelerator treats images, received in the web and email pages.  If the user agrees to view some images with lower quality, TurboSpeed is able to compress them more, achieving more acceleration.  We recommend keeping it “Excellent Quality” or “Good Quality” for the best compromise between the acceleration and quality of the images.

 

No Changes  –  Images are not changed.  This option provides the lowest acceleration on the graphics intensive web sites.

 

Excellent Quality  –  Images look almost the same, as the originals.  This is the default setting.

 

Good Quality  –  Some distortions may happen in the images.

 

Fair Quality  –  Significant distortions may happen in the images.  This option provides the highest acceleration on the graphics intensive web sites. 

 

You can refresh the page and receive the images unchanged by pressing Shift-F5 or Shift-F7 (Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher)

 

Status Screen

 

Access Code

 

Shows your Access Code.

 

Status

 

Shows the status of TurboSpeed Accelerator.

 

Effective Speed

 

TurboSpeed Accelerator measures and calculates the “Effective Speed” of the connection.  When the effective speed is above 200,000bps, “broadband” is displayed.

 

Pop-ups suppressed

 

Shows the number of pop-ups and pop-unders that were suppressed since the beginning of the session. 

 

Maximum Privacy

 

TurboSpeed Accelerator adds a high level of privacy and security protection to your Internet browser.  When this checkbox is checked, privacy protection and security are set to maximum.  When the box is checked, your IP address is not normally visible to web servers that you visit and cookies are not sent to the known ad servers even if the Remove Banner Ads is not enabled.  HTTP Referer field is erased in cross domain requests.

 

In rare cases this option may slightly decrease performance or cause errors on the viewed pages.

 

 

Stop Animated Gifs

 

When this option is checked, TurboSpeed will prevent downloading of any frame of an animated gif beyond the first one.  It saves bandwidth and helps avoiding annoying animations.  Press Shift-F5 or Shift-F7 on any page if you wish to view animated gifs on it.

 

 

Block Flash Animations

 

When this option is checked, TurboSpeed will prevent downloading of FlashTM animations, even if they are not ads.  Press Shift-F5 or Shift-F7 on any page if you wish to view Flash animations on it.

 

Un-Install

 

Un-install removes TurboSpeed and restores the connection settings to their original values. Close all browser windows before selecting Un-install.

 

Enable

 

Enables TurboSpeed Accelerator and connects the computer to the Acceleration Service.  Close all browser windows before selecting Enable.

 

Disable

 

Disables TurboSpeed Accelerator and disconnects your computer from the Acceleration Service.  Close all browser windows before selecting Disable.

 

Repair

 

“Repairs” TurboSpeed Accelerator installation and related computer settings.  Close all browser windows before selecting Repair.

 

Help

 

Shows this help.

 

About

 

Shows TurboSpeed copyright notice and the link to TurboSpeed web site.

 

Settings

 

Shows the Settings screen.

 

Status

 

Shows the Status screen.

 

Wizard Screen

 

Enable Ad Blocking

 

Check Remove Banner Ads to enable banner ads removal from web pages. Effective speed will increase when Remove Banner Ads is checked. 

 

Kill pop-ups

 

Check Kill pop-ups for complete suppression of unwanted pop-ups, pop unders and ‘exit’ windows.

 

We recommend leaving both boxes checked.  You can change these settings later.

 

Welcome Screen

 

Enable Ad Blocking

 

Leave Enable Ad Blocking checked to enable banner ads removal from web pages. Effective speed will increase when Remove Banner Ads is checked.  This feature will prevent also some pop-up and pop under ads from appearing.

 

Block pop-ups

 

Leave Block pop-ups checked for complete suppression of unwanted pop-ups, pop unders and ‘exit’ windows.