| Make sure you have the latest version of the Acceleration Software: Click Here to download (version 3.2.12) |
| Detailed Installation Instructions | Launching OWCTurbo Web Accelerator | Accessing the User Interface | Changing the Image Quality Setting | Changing the Pop-Up Blocker Settings | Starting and Stopping | Closing OWCTurbo Web Accelerator | Bypassing OWCTurbo Web Accelerator for Selected Sites | Accelerating Email | View Your Acceleration Statistics | Accessing Product Version Information | Updating Software | Uninstalling OWCTurbo Web Accelerator |
| Prior to installation, please make sure you are using your accelerated account by changing your login username from yourusername@owc.net to yourusername@owcturbo.net. This only applies to your dial-up login, not email settiings. |
Note: The current version of the software is
labeled MegaSpeed. This is mearly cosmetic and will be updated. This has no effect
on the performance of the acceleration. Please contact us with any questions.
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) We will provide you with a location to download the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator installer.
2) Download the installer to your desktop.
3) Once the download has completed, proceed to Step 2. |
1) After downloading the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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) After installing OWCTurbo Web Accelerator, an icon as shown below is placed in your system tray. Opening any web browser launches OWCTurbo Web Accelerator.
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1) Browse the web as you normally would.
2) When finished, simply close your web browser, as you normally would, and OWCTurbo Web Accelerator will remain idle in your system tray.
3) If you want to stop the application after browsing select Stop OWCTurbo from the pop-up menu, or if you desire to exit the application completely, click Exit from the pop-up menu. |
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1) To get the most out of your new software, please see the Product Guide.
2) If you experience problems downloading, installing or running OWCTurbo Web Accelerator, please contact us via email or telephone.
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| OWCTurbo Web Accelerator launches automatically each time you start Windows. It operates in the background to accelerate your Internet connection. No user intervention is required.
If OWCTurbo Web Accelerator is not running and you need to launch it manually, an icon titled "OWCTurbo Web Accelerator" is located in the Windows Start Menu under the OWCTurbo folder (as shown below).
The OWCTurbo taskbar icon appears in the Windows taskbar to you show you it is running.
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| Once launched, OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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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| The image quality setting changes the quality of images that appear in your OWCTurbo Web Accelerator. 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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator system tray icon. See the User Interface 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.
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| 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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| OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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. OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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.
1) Right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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.
1) Right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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.
1) Right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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".
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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| When OWCTurbo Web Accelerator is launched it automatically connects. Occasionally, you may need to stop or start manually.
If you are connected and you want to manually disconnect, right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Stop OWCTurbo".
The OWCTurbo system tray icon will now have a red "\" through it.
If OWCTurbo is stopped and you want to manually start, right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Start OWCTurbo".
The red "\" through the OWCTurbo system tray icon will disappear.
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To close OWCTurbo Web Accelerator:
Right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator system tray icon and select "Exit" from the pop-up menu (see below). OWCTurbo Web Accelerator will disconnect and close. Doing this will not close any open browser windows.
Note: OWCTurbo Web Accelerator will automatically launch again the next time you reboot your computer.
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If you wish to bypass OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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 OWCTurbo Web Acceleration.
3) Stop and then start OWCTurbo Web Accelerator.
Note: In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard (*) operator.
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| OWCTurbo Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time it takes to send and receive email. OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator and your mail client are restarted.
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You can view the acceleration statistics and how they change dynamically using the Statistics dialog.
1) Click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator 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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator'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 OWCTurbo Web Accelerator. |
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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You may view the product version in the About dialog.
1) Right-click on the OWCTurbo Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.
2) Select "About" to display the About dialog (see below).
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| AutoUpdate will inform you of any major or minor software upgrades to the OWCTurbo Service. By default, you will be notified of all software upgrades.
If you want to manually update OWCTurbo Web Accelerator:
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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1)Under the Windows Control Panel, select "Add or Remove Programs".
2) Select OWCTurbo Web Accelerator and click Remove.
3) The uninstaller will launch and guide you through the uninstallation procedure.
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