LOL - no smilies.....guess they're still giving CPR to the hamsters......

Wow...you do work for the Government....apparently the Postal Service........

You don't need the 'EL' software. Just set up your connection: http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?s=st%3D235%2Ce%3D0000000002010280604%2Ck%3D102%2Csxi%3D12&article=23597

If you're losing connection without it, then the problem is somewhere in the XP settings.

It's been so long see I've seen dialup, I'm afraid I'm going to be reasonably worthless as to settings ....... 

....surely, there must be at least one other troll on the planet with dialup..........do you have the Troll Hotline number???

haven't lost connection yet tonight, but I haven't opens Impulse either.  When I had Impulse installed before it kept hanging up updating itself

what I did was set IE to dial when there was no connection - so when I opened IE the normal connect box came up

but now, eveytime I open something, installer has another attempt at accelerator - least it takes no more than 2 cancels

got the link above bookmarked just in case.

graphics laden pages take a really long time without acceleration

forums don't take too long without it, unless the post has screenshots in it

I just opened the wb gallery page at 22:24 and right now (22:26) i've got 12 full thumbnails out of 24 loaded on the page and I have it set to show 48

Good luck there Bichur.  I'm still hoping you'll find the solution.  I remember dialup and you're right graphics on net pages are no fun especially without the accelerator.  Have you heard from support yet? 

crap.  forgot i put in a ticket.... I'll go check...

So... being the impatient troll i am and after reading all those whiney posts about support still hasn't got back to me....

1st thing Monday.

who knew?

I probably should have put a sticky on my monitor reminding me I had a ticket in and I really should wait.

You tell good stories.....tell me another........please?

after this one is over....

so I looked over the secret support instruction...

part of which was to go into C:\Program Files\Stardock\Impulse

and rename an exe to exe.bak and insert this other file.

so I open My Computer

cancelcancel

open C:\

open Program Files

open Stardock

what the?

Impulse(2)

and there ain't nothing in there but a bunch of folders with (2) at ends of the names - no exes

I think I hear System Restore snickering....

Hey TaskManager!!!

Sorry though for all the work you have ahead for you.

Well good luck there Bichur.

Now I'm wondering.....

If I restore back to before I 1st restoreed and Impulse still shows no exes inside - I can just delete the folder, clean up the reg, reboot and reinstall the full verion, right?  other wise it get a clean reinstall.

Got no hopes the ELTotalAcces will come back as it was, so that will be unistalled until I get a good one to install.

and yes Duck, it's a neccesity when browsing pro umm... intensively graphic laden sites such as various gallery here a WC.

You may have been on to something there BDBF

Went to Giveawayoftheday today and TMicro blocked it a a file exchange service

Didn't block gamegiveaway though

I had turned on website filtering last month when I followed a google link looking for some psp and paint.net plugins - clicked on link and TMicro stopped a virus or trojan from loading from that page

Now I wonder if the log/update part of Impulse was tagged as needing web site blockage?

Once my ELink disk comes in and I get all set as it was... gonna have to test that out...

well, that didn't work....

so I reformatted in Jan.

still couldn't use impulse.

all posts and skin comments section had no comment/reply box except maybe once out of 70 pages looked at

wife couldn't get her necessary school stuff to load - 10 mile trip to the nearest wifi...

dialup suxored....

You and yrag both deserve Karma for this one for sure.

bestowed

on the good foot:

been using an HP F50 15" (and that would be diagonal) monitor - Monday picked up an Acer 19" widescreen for $89 = I can now use IRB's skins!!  whoohoo

basic dsl finally became available in my area (my road is at the end of the line so I got lucky) - got it hooked up Tues after work.. even set it up with a wireless gateway so the wife can get connected from whatever room she's in

double whoohoo

still having slight issues with Impulse whn it loads up I get "problem retrieving update data" in the bottom left corner - if I let it sit for 10 min or so it starts working..

It's working normally then

glad to know it's not me..