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Propel Accelerator Menu
When you click the Propel Accelerator icon in the menu bar, the Propel Accelerator
menu appears. From the menu, you can see the current status of Propel Accelerator
and your current web acceleration setting. You may modify this setting by
selecting an acceleration level between Maximum and Low. You can also disable
Propel Accelerator by selecting Off.
The menu includes an option to block banner ads and other in-page ads.?It also
has a Links command that provides access to the Propel Accelerator home page
and to online user information including the Quick Tour and Using Propel Accelerator
(this document).
Quick Tour
The Quick Tour is a two-minute web-based tutorial that explains:
- How acceleration works
- What content is accelerated and what is not
- How to use the Propel Accelerator menu
- How to measure your acceleration
The Quick Tour is available from the taskbar icon menu. To access this menu,
click on the icon in the taskbar.
Help
The Help menu option opens a local help file. Propel Accelerator Help includes
the following information:
- Installation instructions
- A description of the menu accessible from the Propel Accelerator icon
- Details about the system preferences you can select on the Acceleration tab
- Details about the options you can select on the Setup tab
- Descriptions of the type of content Propel Accelerator accelerates
Help is available from the Propel Accelerator menu. To access this menu, click
the Propel Accelerator icon in the menu bar.
Propel Accelerator Status
The top two lines in the menu show the current status of Propel Accelerator.
The status may be one of the following:
Accelerator: Enabled
Accelerating normally
Accelerator: Turned off. Enable by
choosing Web Acceleration below
Accelerator: Self-disabled -- Network
Connectivity Problems Detected
Accelerator: Self-disabled -- Network
High-speed Connection Detected
Accelerator: Login Invalid
Retry Login...
Accelerator: Version Not Supported
Upgrade Accelerator
The Propel Accelerator icon in the menu bar changes to reflect the status.
For example, when the status is Normal, the icon appears as a filled gray propeller.
When there is acceleration activity, the filled propeller spins. When Propel
Accelerator user-disabled, the propeller is hollow with a dark outline. By
clicking the icon, you can determine the current status because it displays
in the Propel Accelerator menu. |
