Libcom Web Accelerator Settings

• Detailed Install

• Launching the Libcom Web Accelerator
• Accessing the User Interface
• Setting Username and Password Information
• Changing Image Quality Settings
• Using the Pop-up Blocker Settings
• Starting and Stopping the Libcom Web Accelerator
• Closing the Libcom Web Accelerator

• Changing Your Connection Settings
• Bypassing the Libcom Web Accelerator for Selected Sites
• Accelerating E-mail
• View Your Acceleration Statistics
• Accessing Product Version Information
• Changing Auto-Update Settings

• Uninstalling the Libcom Web Accelerator

• Signup for the Libcom Web Accelerator and wait to receive download instructions from Libcom

• Download the installer to your Desktop

• Once the download has completed, move to Step 2

•After downloading the Libcom 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.

The installer will guide you through the complete setup process.

As this is your first time launching the product, you will be prompted for a username and password. Enter your Libcom E-mail Address and Libcom password in the fields provided as shown below.

Click OK. The Libcom Web Accelerator will connect to your Libcom Internet account.

After installing the Libcom Web Accelerator, an icon as shown below is placed in your system tray. Opening any web browser launches the Libcom Web Accelerator.

• Browse the Web as you normally would

• When finished, simply close your web browser, as you normally would, and the Libcom Web Accelerator will remain idle in your system tray.

• If you want to stop the application after browsing select Stop Libcom from the pop-up menu, or if you desire to exit the application completely, click Exit from the pop-up menu.

• Still having trouble? Feel free to contact us at 1-866-3LIBCOM or 412-653-5100 option 5 for product setup or feedback.

The Libcom 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 the Libcom Web Accelerator is not running and you need to launch it manually, an icon titled "Libcom Web Accelerator" is located in the Windows Start Menu under the Libcom folder (as shown below).

Libcom Web Accelerator Start Menu Folder

Libcom Web Accelerator Start Menu Folder

The Libcom taskbar icon appears in the Windows taskbar to you show you it is running.

Once launched, the Libcom 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 Libcom 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.

Your username and password information is located in the Connection Status dialog. To set your username and password:

1. Right-click on the Libcom Web Accelerator taskbar icon and select "Settings..." from the menu.

2. Click on the "Connection" tab.

3. Enter your Libcom E-mail Address and password in the fields provided. To avoid having to do this each time you connect, ensure that the "Save password" box is checked.

4. To save your settings, click OK.

The image quality setting changes the quality of images that appear in your Libcom 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 Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon.

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.

Note: The following information only applies to Microsoft 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).

The Libcom 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. The Libcom 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.

Enabling and Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker

1. Right-click on the Libcom 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 enable the blocking of floating Flash advertisements, check "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.

Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker for Specific Sites

1. Right-click on the Libcom 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.

Viewing the Pop-Up Blocker Log

1. Right-click on the Libcom 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".

Adding Sites to the White List

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.

When the Libcom Web Accelerator is launched it automatically connects. Occasionally, you may need to stop or start manually.

To Stop the Libcom Web Accelerator

If you are connected and you want to manually disconnect, right-click on the Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Stop Libcom".

The Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon will now have a red "X" through it.

To Start the Libcom Web Accelerator

If the Libcom Web Accelerator is stopped and you want to manually start, right-click on the Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Start Libcom".

The red "X" through the Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon will disappear.

To close Libcom Web Accelerator:

Right-click on the Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon and select "Exit" from the pop-up menu (see below). The Libcom Web Accelerator will disconnect and close. Doing this will not close any open browser windows.

Note: The Libcom Web Accelerator will automatically launch again the next time you reboot your computer.

Normally, the connection settings that are set during installation do not need to be changed. If however, Libcom provides new connection settings, you may change the preset ones using the "Settings" dialog.

1. Click on the Libcom Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu.

2. Select "Settings...".

3. Click on the "Connection" tab.

4. Press "Advanced...".

5. Change the "Remote Server Hostname" and "Server Port" to the ones listed above. In most cases, it is unnecessary to change the "Local Listening Port".

6. Press "OK" to close the "Connection" dialog box.

7. Press "OK" to save your new connection settings. These settings will be used next time you connect with the Libcom Web Accelerator.

If you wish to bypass the Libcom 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 the Libcom 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 the Libcom Web Acceleration.

3. Stop and then start the Libcom Web Accelerator.

Note: In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard (*) operator.

The Libcom Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time it takes to send and receive email. The Libcom 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 Libcom 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 the Libcom Web Accelerator and your mail client are restarted.

You can view the acceleration statistics and how they change dynamically using the Statistics dialog.

1. Click on the Libcom 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 the Libcom 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 the Libcom 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.

You may view the product version in the About dialog.

1. Right-click on the Libcom Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.

2. Select "About" to display the About dialog (see below).

AutoUpdate will inform you of any major or minor software upgrades to the Libcom Service. By default, you will be notified of all software upgrades.

If you want to manually update the Libcom 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.

1. Under the Windows Control Panel, select "Add or Remove Programs".

2. Select Libcom Web Accelerator and click Remove.

3. The uninstaller will launch and guide you through the uninstallation procedure.