AOL Users Information
Having Problems with America OnLine 3.X Browsers?

All graphics viewed through America OnLine's Browser program (PC and Mac) are filtered. The purpose of this is to speed up download time and screen for explicit materials. In the process graphics data is lost (reduced) and the images may become fuzzy. If you wish to see the graphics as they where designed you will need to click on the "Load Original" button at the top of the browser. This will download the origional images, but will take longer.

PC users can use other browsers. Go to the "Internet Connection" area (keyword: internet) and click the Resources folder "Netscape". There you will find instructions for connecting AOL to Netscape Navigator. You will need WINSOCK.DLL, which you can get there. This will also allow you to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Using AOL 4.X, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer will solve almost all viewing problems.
How to re-configure the AOL browser to properly view graphics on the web:

If you use AOL to browse the web, you may have problems viewing graphics properly. The default settings can easily be changed to allow viewing of images as they were intended.

Follow the steps for the browser you are using:

AOL's Default Browser
1. Choose "Preferences"
2. Check "Uncompressed Graphics"
3. Make sure only "Show current location," and "Show destination of hyperlinks" are the only boxes checked.
4. At the bottom of the box, click on "Advanced."
5. Uncheck "Cache Web pages and graphics locally."
6. Choose "Purge Cache."
7. Click OK.
Internet Explorer - AOL
1. At the top of your AOL browser, click on the 'Prefs' button.
2. Go to the Web Graphics tab and uncheck the 'Use compressed graphics' box. Click 'OK'.
3. Now choose the "Advanced" tab located to the immediate left of the "Web Graphics" tab.
4. Click "Settings."
5. Under "Check for newer versions of stored pages," check "Every visit to the page."
6. For "Amount of disk space to use," choose "100% of drive."
7. Under "Current folder: C:WINDOWSTemporary Internet Files," click "Empty Folder."
8. Click "OK."

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