The Windows taskbar contains an area near the system clock for programs such as Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator that are designed to always be active.

The Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator icon has several "states":

Icon State	Image	Meaning
Enabled		When running and enabled the Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator icon depicts a blue-on-blue Momentum TurboSurf icon.
Active		When actively sending or receiving information or other data to the Internet using HTTP, moving arrows replace the Momentum TurboSurf.
Disabled		When Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is disabled, the Momentum TurboSurf icon has a red circle around it and a line through it.
High Speed Connection Detected		Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is not active when you are connected to the Internet using a high-speed connection.
Subscription Expired		If the free trial period or paid subscription has expired, The Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator icon is changed to reflect that fact.
Temporarily Unavailable		A special state can occur if the Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is temporarily unavailable. A small yellow triangle (shown below) appears to let you know that Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is still enabled, but your Internet experience is not being accelerated.

Note: The Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator icon may not immediately reflect state changes. This is normal. For the most accurate and up-to-date information run Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator diagnostics.

When Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is enabled, this menu item will appear as Disable Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator. When disabled, the menu item will appear as Enable Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator. By default, Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is enabled, meaning that your Internet experience is accelerated. When you choose the Disable option, the Momentum TurboSurf Acceleration Service will be bypassed and you will access the Internet at regular speed.

Note: Even if Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator is disabled, the Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator menu is still active. You can subscribe, check performance, or change settings in Options...

To completely inactivate Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator, choose Stop TurboSurf Accelerator from the Windows Start menu:

Programs -> {TurboSurf Accelerator program group} -> Stop TurboSurf Accelerator

Momentum TurboSurf accelerates the downloading of Web page images by first pre-compressing the graphics they contain.

By default graphic images are delivered to your Web page in slightly compressed form (High acceleration, third option) that balances speed of delivery with graphics quality. However, there are four other Graphic Image Acceleration options. Here is a summary of all of the options:

Low acceleration. This setting maintains the original quality of the graphics on the Web pages you view. You will still get good overall acceleration because Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator speeds up text, HTML, and some graphics through a technique called lossless compression, but graphics acceleration will be limited to about 1.2X (20% improvement with no loss of quality).

Medium acceleration. At this setting you get better graphics acceleration (2.0X or 100% improvement) with minimal effect on the actual appearance of the image.

High acceleration. This setting has increased acceleration with slightly more image quality degradation. It has usable graphic setting of approximately 3.0X improvement.

Very High acceleration. Even more graphics compression (~6.0X).

Maximum acceleration. This is the maximum or fastest graphics acceleration setting. At this level, you will find the typical Web page with lots of graphics appearing very significantly faster than without Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator. However, there is a trade-off in that most graphics will be slightly fuzzy (~9.0X). In addition, some pages have functional graphic elements that can be affected by loss of color. (Please consider trying several levels so you can find the one that best suits your needs.)

As you move the slider between the various graphic acceleration level options, you'll notice the three images changing. These changes reflect - in fact, they actually exaggerate - the effect graphics acceleration has on the images.

Block banner ads and other in-page advertisements. Enabling this check box will block advertisements presented as banners as well as ad coupons within a page. When blocked, the advertisement is grayed out. Advertisement Blocking is available for any browser that Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator has been configured for acceleration.

Note: When you first install Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator and have ad blocking activated, you might see advertisements in web pages that you frequently visit. This is because those web pages are already stored in your web browser's cache. Ad blocking is operational, however, only new ads that you have not seen before will appear as gray. To make all ads appear gray, you need to clear the cache of your web browser as well as Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator.

Viewing a Page with different Graphics Acceleration Settings

If you are using a graphics acceleration option above Low Acceleration and you want to view the page at, say, original quality, change to the higher-quality setting in the Graphics and Ads tab following these procedures:

Internet Explorer:  Select the Refresh option while holding down Ctrl (Ctrl-Refresh).

Netscape:  Select Reload (Ctrl-R) from the View menu.

The images in the refreshed (or reloaded) URL will reflect your new settings.

Note: Do not use refresh options on recently viewed pages, changing the Graphic Image Acceleration setting will not affect these pages if you look at them again. For example, if you view Page A at Maximum acceleration, then switch to Medium acceleration, then view Page B, page B will be at Medium acceleration. However, if you then view Page A, only elements of the page which have changed since you last viewed it will appear at Medium acceleration.

Refreshing an Image or Page with Internet Explorer
If you are using Internet Explorer, there is an easier way to retrieve the original image or Web page. Simply move your mouse over an image on a Web page and click the right mouse button. You'll see that two new options are available:

• Refresh Page with Full Quality. This option gets the full quality of the original images for the current page.
• Refresh Picture with Full Quality. This option is only available when your mouse is over a graphic. If you select this option, Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator will replace the compressed graphic image with an original quality version. Depending on the size of the image, this may only take a few moments. When the Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator icon arrows stop moving, the new image is in place. In many, but not all cases, the difference will be noticeable.
  
  Note: When you first install Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator, it is necessary to close and then restart IE in order to have the Refresh Page and Refresh Picture right-click menu options available.

The Pop-up Windows tab allows you to suppress any pop-up windows that are launched from the web site you are visiting. These pop-up windows can be either commercial advertisements or "expected content", such as a streaming video, side-bar information, or information forms that requires your input. In either case, the Pop-up Windows tab allows you to block any pop-up and later manage them.

Pop-Up Blocking is only available when using Internet Explorer 5.0 or later browser to view web pages.

Don't Block Pop-up Windows. You can set Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator not to block pop-up windows by activating this radio button.

Block Pop-up Windows. To block pop-up windows, activate this radio button. When activated, any blocked pop-up window will briefly appear as:

When you have Block Pop-up activated and you want to view any pop-ups from this web site in the future, uses the right-click button to display the "Allow pop-up from this site" option.

The "Allow pop-ups from this site" option will override the Block Pop-up feature for the current web site.

Another way to temporarily by-pass the Block Pop-up feature is to hold down the Control key (Ctrl) as you visit a web site that you know will display pop-up windows. If the content in the pop-up window is an advertisement, then a light-gray tint will replace the image.

Play a sound when a pop-up is blocked. Enabling this check box allows you to hear a sound every time a pop-up window is blocked. Once you have activated this button, you can choose between:

• Standard sound. - The Standard sound is the "chord" (.wav) in Windows.
• Custom sound. - The Custom sound allows you to pick a sound by clicking on the Pick Sound button. The Pick Sound windows appears.

Select the sound you want, then click Open. You can then hear your selected sound by using the Test button.

Recently Blocked Pop-ups. This list window shows all web sites, domains, and URL addresses of pop-ups that Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator has blocked. You can perform certain operations on the list of blocked pop-ups, which includes:

• Show This Pop-up - After selecting a URL, clicking this button will launch a pop-up window to display it.
• Allow Pop-ups from This Site - After selecting a URL address and clicking this button, Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator will not block pop-up windows from the domain of the selected URL.
• Clear Above List - This option clears the list of blocked pop-ups.
• Edit List of Allowed Pop-ups - When you click on this button, the Allowed Pop-ups window appears.

The Allowed Pop-up window acts as a "whitelist" of acceptable web sites, domains, and URL addresses that you allow pop-ups. You can manage this whitelist by adding, replacing, and/or deleting. For example, this window shows that the web site of KRON4 (www.kron4.com) is allowed to display pop-ups of streaming videos for news clips.

This option allows you to change, at any time, the amount of disk space available for Propel Accelerator temporary files.

If you have sufficient free disk space, Propel Accelerator will set the default amount of disk space to 128 megabytes (MB). You can adjust this from a minimum of 20 MB up to a maximum amount allowed for your system. In the above example, the maximum is approximately 2 gigabytes (2040 MB).

If you generally visit only a few (<5) Web sites daily, the minimum settings may be sufficient. If you are an active Web surfer and regularly visit dozens or even hundreds of sites, a setting of at least 256 MB is recommended.

Delete Files. Propel Accelerator manages temporary files for you. However, a Delete Files... button is available in case you want to manually remove the temporary Propel Accelerator files stored on your system.

Note: Under normal operating conditions, there is no need for you to remove temporary Propel Accelerator files.

The Performance Meter & Test Page… window helps you track the degree to which Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator improves the performance of your Internet dial-up connection when accessing Web pages.

Here are the details:

• Average speed-up. Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator keeps track of the average virtual speed-up you receive. In the above example, the average speed increase is computed to be 2.5 times faster using Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator. The 2.5 value is obtained by dividing the effective Web access speed of 51.7 kbps by the average physical connection speed (in this case 20.8 kpbs).
  
• Web page access speed. The effective Web page access speed is based on the compression of text and graphics. So, in this example, you would have an effective connection speed of approximately 51.7 kbps when using Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator.

The following table shows the Web content types that are sped up by Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator:

Content Type(s)	Primary Use of Content Type
Text	Words that appear on standard Web pages, including browser-based email.
HTML, CSS, markup, and javascript	The computerized instructions that cause pages to be displayed with a particular look and functionality, such as tables and borders.
JPEG	A very common format for images. JPEGs appear on Web pages and browser-based email. Depending on the level of graphics acceleration chosen, the quality of the JPEG on a Web page sped up by Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator will be affected.
GIF	GIF images are often used for Web page graphic elements such as buttons, as well as animated images. GIFs appear in banner ads and browser-based email as well. Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator speeds up GIFs without impacting quality (lossless compression).
Flash	Flash images and animation are used in banner ads for other images.

• Download Acceleration. Momentum TurboSurf Accelerator now speeds up the downloading of MP3 files, executable programs, and other files downloaded from within your browser. Results depend on the quality of your connection. This feature works by checking for file mirror sites, segmenting files for parallel downloading if possible, and by retaining partially loaded file data across dropped connections.

Yes, however if you're running Norton Internet Security 2003 or 2004, you will need to make a change.

• Click on the Norton Internet Security system tray icon and choose "Norton Internet Security" from the top of the list.

• Click on "options" at the very top

• Click on the "firewall" tab

• Under "HTTP port list" find the number "8080" in the list, highlight it and click on the "remove" button.

• Click "ok"