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- Launching QNET Overdrive
QNET Overdrive launches automatically each time you
start Windows. It operates in the background to accelerate
your Internet connection. No user intervention is
required.
If QNET Overdrive is not running and you need to
launch it manually, an icon titled "QNET Overdrive Technology"
is located in the Windows Start Menu under the QNET
folder (as shown below).
If QNET Overdrive is running, the QNET Overdrive taskbar
icon will appear in the Windows system tray
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- Accessing the User Interface
Once launched, QNET Overdrive icon will remain in
the system tray (as shown below).
In general, there will be no need to change settings
during web browsing. You can use the user interface
to change settings, view connection status or acceleration
statistics. To access the user interface features,
click on the QNET Overdrive 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:
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive taskbar icon
and select "Settings..." from the menu.
- Click on the "Connection" tab.
- 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.
- 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 QNET Overdrive. 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.
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon. See the user interface section of the product
guide for detailed instructions.
- Select "Settings...".
- Select the "Image Quality" tab.
- Use the slider bar to adjust the image quality
setting.
- Press OK to save the settings.
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- 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
QNET Overdrive 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. QNET Overdrive 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.
To enable or disable the Pop-Up Blocker
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon and select "Pop-Up Blocker...". Please
refer to the user interface section of the product
guide for detailed instructions.
- Select the "Options" tab.
- If you would like to be notified any pop-up being
blocked, check "Notify blocked pop-up by PC
speaker beep".
- To enable the blocking of floating Flash advertisements,
check "Block Floating Flash-Ads".
- To disable all pop-up blocking for all sites,
uncheck "Enable PopUp Blocker".
- Press OK to save the settings.
To Disable the Pop-Up Blocker
for Specific Sites
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon and select "Pop-Up Blocker...". Please
refer to the user interface section of the product
guide for detailed instructions.
- Select the "White List" tab.
- Use the "Add", "Remove" and
"Remove All" buttons to manipulate the
White List.
- Press OK to save the settings.
To View the Pop-Up Blocker
Log
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon and select "Pop-Up Blocker...". Please
refer to the user interface section of the product
guide for detailed instructions.
- Select the "Logging" tab.
- 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".
To Add Sites to the White
List
You can add sites to the White List within the Pop-Up
Blocker dialogs (which is shown above) or from within
Internet Explorer.
- Right-click on any text while browsing within
Internet Explorer.
- Select "Add to Whitelist" from the
menu to add the current site to the White List.
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- Blocking In-Page Advertisements
QNET Overdrive can block many graphical advertisements
that appear on various web pages (i.e. ad banners).
Enabling this feature will prevent these ads from
being downloaded and displayed in your browser. The
Block In-Page Advertisements feature will thus reduce
download time.
To Enable or Disable the
Ad Blocker
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon and select "Settings...". Please
refer to the user interface section of the product
guide for detailed instructions.
- Select the "Features" tab.
- To enable ad blocking, check the "Block
in-page advertisements" box. To disable ad
blocking, uncheck it.
- Press OK to save the settings.
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- Starting and Stopping QNET Overdrive
When QNET Overdrive is launched it automatically
connects. Occasionally, you may need to stop or start
manually.
Stopping QNET Overdrive:
If you want to manually disconnect, right-click on
the QNET Overdrive system tray icon to access the
pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Stop QNET Overdrive".
The icon used when QNET Overdrive is disabled will
appear on the system tray.
Starting QNET Overdrive:
If QNET Overdrive is stopped and you want to manually
start, right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item
"Start QNET Overdrive".
The icon used when QNET Overdrive is disabled will
now be replaced with the enabled icon.
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9 - Closing QNET
Overdrive
To close QNET Overdrive:
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10 - 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.
- Click on the QNET Overdrive system tray icon
to access the pop-up menu.
- Select "Settings...".
- Click on the "Connection" tab.
- Click on "Advanced...".
- Change the "Remote Server Hostname"
and "Server Port" to the ones your ISP
provided you. In most cases, it is unnecessary to
change the "Local Listening Port".
- Press "OK" to close the "Connection"
dialog box.
- Press "OK" to save your new connection
settings. These settings will be used next time
you connect with QNET Overdrive.
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11 - Bypassing QNET Overdrive
for Selected Sites
If you wish to bypass QNET Overdrive for certain
web sites (web sites on your local corporate intranet,
for instance), then simply select the "Features"
tab on the "Settings..." dialog and click
on "Proxy Exclusion" (see below). You have
two options for bypassing sites:
- If you have already defined a proxy exclusion
list in your web brower, select "Use browser's
proxy exclusion settings" to configure QNET
Overdrive to exclude these sites as well.
- 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 QNET Overdrive Web
Acceleration.
- Stop and then start QNET Overdrive.
- Note: Some versions of Netscape do not support
the wildcard (*) operator.
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12 - Accelerating
Email
QNET Overdrive can reduce the amount of time it takes
to send and receive email. QNET Overdrive 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:
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive system tray
icon. See the user interface section of the product
guide for detailed instructions.
- Select "Settings...".
- Select the "Features" tab.
- Check "Enable QNET Overdrive Email".
- Press OK to save the settings. The changes will
take effect the next time QNET Overdrive and your
mail client are restarted.
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13 - Viewing
Your Acceleration Statistics
You can view the acceleration statistics and how
they change dynamically using the Statistics dialog.
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14 - Viewing
QNET Overdrive's Performance
You can view the accelerator's overall performance
using the Performance dialog.
- Click on the QNET Overdrive taskbar icon to access
the pop-up menu.
- Select "Performance...", to display
the Performance dialog.
- Click "Reset" to reset the statistics.
You may do so at anytime while browsing without
affecting QNET Overdrive's performance or operation.
From this screen you can view the size of the
original (uncompressed) data transferred through
QNET Overdrive, the actual (compressed) size of the
data, and your savings ratio. For example, a savings
ratio of 4.00 means that the actual data being
sent has been compressed to 1/4 the size of the
original data.
Also this screen displays the speed of your connection
and the estimated amount of downloading/uploading
time saved by using the accelerator. Note that
these two features are only available when using
a dial-up connection.
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15 - Accessing
Product Version Information
To view the product version information.
- Right-click on the QNET Overdrive taskbar icon
to access the pop-up menu.
- Select "Help" > "About"
to display the About dialog (see below).
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16 - Updating
Your Software
AutoUpdate will inform you of any major or minor
software upgrades to the QNET Overdrive Technology. By default,
you will be notified of all software upgrades.
To manually update QNET Overdrive:
- Open the "Settings..." dialog.
- Click on the "Update" tab.
- Select "Update Now" to upgrade to the
latest version.
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17 - Uninstalling
QNET Overdrive
- Under the Windows Start Menu, go to Programs,
QNET
- Select Uninstall QNET Overdrive Technology
- The uninstaller will launch and guide you through
the uninstallation procedure.
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