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Known Issues with IE7 and Vista:

IE 7 Upgrade Issues
Some end users have reported system instability after upgrading to IE 7, and have asked the Propel Team to investigate whether these problems are related to the presence of Propel Accelerator. The instability may manifest itself in very different ways, and may result in a corrupted registry file. Propel has done extensive testing and investigation of this issue. Based on the investigations, they believe these problems are not caused by Propel Accelerator. This is an issue with the IE 7 upgrade mechanism and is not related to Propel Accelerator software.

Popup Blocking
Propel recommends that IE 7 and Windows Vista users turn on their browser's built-in popup blocking feature. Propel Accelerator's popup blocking feature continues to work with IE 7 in Windows XP, but not in Windows Vista. In Windows XP with IE 7, popup windows will briefly flash on screen before disappearing after being blocked by Propel Accelerator.

Refreshing Pictures and Pages
After repeated use, the "Refresh Picture with Full Quality" or "Refresh Page with Full Quality" commands in IE7 may stop working. To work around this, select "Disable Propel Accelerator" from the Propel system tray menu, then press ctrl-F5 to reload the page, and then select "Enable Propel Accelerator" from the Propel system tray menu. Propel is working on a fix and expects this to be addressed in version 6.01.

Diagnostics in Vista
With Windows Vista, an error is reported in the Propel Accelerator diagnostics. Step 3 of the Propel Accelerator diagnostics, which checks for packet loss on the accelerated connection, reports that the connection does not allow this test, and skips this test. All other steps in diagnostics should proceed as normal.

Propel Accelerator

Propel Accelerator

Propel Accelerator is designed to provide maximum acceleration for all Web sites and additional acceleration for the Web sites you visit regularly. So, the more you surf, the faster your favorite pages will load! Specifically, Propel Accelerator speeds up the delivery of Web pages five ways:

NEW! Compression. Images and other graphic objects are compressed by removing some of the image detail. This results in dramatically smaller images that are delivered to your computer much quicker.

Caching. Propel intelligently retains and reuses Web pages and page elements that have previously been sent to your desktop.

Persistent Connections. Propel Accelerator optimizes the communication between your modem and KDSI. This eliminates the time wasted re-establishing and closing TCP/IP connections.

Chunk Encoding with Parallel Connections. When a user begins to download a file larger than 100KB, this feature downloads different segments of the same file from different locations.

Optional Content Filtering. Propel Accelerator lets you block unsolicited content, such as pop-up ads and in-page ads. Blocking these ads causes Web pages to load faster.

Pop-up Windows. (Windows Only). Propel Accelerator can block pop-up and pop-under windows that clutter your screen and slow down your surfing.

In-page Ads Propel Accelerator can block most advertisements that appear on Web pages. When an ad is blocked, it is replaced with a light gray box on the Web page to make sure that Web pages maintain their intended design. You can easily view blocked ads by right clicking on the gray box. As with pop-up blocking, you can turn this feature on and off any time you like.

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