- BROWSER USE & SETTINGS:
WE RECOMMEND USING THE LATEST RELEASE OF WINDOW'S MICROSOFT EXPLORER, AVAILABLE BY DOWNLOAD FOR FREE AT THE
MICROSOFT EXPLORER SITE (THE LINK IS LOCATED AT THE END OF THIS PAGE.
DISPLAY SETTINGS SHOULD (IDEALLY) BE SET AT A SCREEN RESOLUTION OF 800 X 600 PIXELS (MINIMUM) AND WITH A COLOR QUALITY
OF 32 BITS.
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NECESSITATING THAT COOKIES BE ENABLED AND SECURITY SETTINGS ON YOUR BROWSER'S TOOLBAR BE ADJUSTED FOR VIEWING OF
WEBSITE CONTENT.
...GO TO "TOOLS" ---> "INTERNET OPTIONS" ---> "PRIVACY" ---> "SITE" AND ENABLE COOKIES BY
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(AS MANDATED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.)
- AVAILABLE MEMORY:
TRY CLOSING SOME PROGRAMS RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND AS THESE MAY BE CONSUMING MUCH OF THE PHYSICAL MEMORY
OTHERWISE AVAILABLE FOR OPENING WEBSITES AND RUNNING WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS. BEFORE CLOSING DOWN SOME UN-
NECESSARY START-UP APPLICATIONS THAT ARE AUTOMATICALLY SET TO RUN IN THE BACKGROUND (AND OF WHICH YOU MAY OR
MAY NOT BE AWARE ABOUT), PLEASE FIRST CONSULT EITHER YOUR SYSTEM'S ADMINISTRATOR OR COMPUTER MANUAL.
A GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION IS MICROSOFT'S NET-TECH WEBSITE. WE RECCOMMEND LOOKING UP "MSCONFIG."
- BANDWIDTH:
THE SPEED & AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO AND FROM YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM MAY BE TOO LOW FOR THE MULTI-
MEDIA PROGRAMS TO LOAD UP AND DISPLAY CONTENT ON THE SCREEN AT A REASONABLE RATE. SUCH IS AFFECTED BY INTERNET
ACCESSABILITY (DIAL-UP VS. BROADBAND), R.A.M. AS WELL AS YOUR SYSTEM'S PROCESSOR SPEED (IF YOU ARE RUNNING SEVERAL
APPLICATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY). A VARIETY OF SERVICES (CNET.COM, FOR EXAMPLE) OFFER TOOLS AND ADVISE ON MEASURING
AND IMPROVING INTERNET ACCESS UP & DOWN-LOAD SPEEDS.
- SYSTEM RESOURCES:
WAYS TO FREE UP SYSTEM RESOURCES AND INCREASE AVAILABLE MEMORY FOR WEB-BROWSING MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPLISHED
BY USING THE FREE SERVICES AVAILABLE AT "PC-PITSTOP" OR AOL'S "COMPUTER CHECK-UP" SITES. THESE WEB-SITES ARE NOT
AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH LASCMA. THEY ARE INDEPENDENT, FREE-STANDING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MOST PERSONS WITH INTERNET ACCESS. REGISTRATION AND/OR MEMBERSHIP MAY BE REQUIRED. AS ACTIVE X COMPONENTS & RUNNING SCRIPTS
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EACH SITE'S PRIVACY POLICY AS WELL.
- MEDIA PROGRAMS:
IF YOU STILL ARE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO VIEWING ANY OF THE MULTI-MEDIA WEB-CASTS,
FLASH EMBEDDED MEDIA OR JAVA DRIVEN TEXT & PHOTO IMPRINTS, CHECK IF YOUR COMPUTER ALREADY HAS INSTALLED THE
LATEST VERSION OF THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM. IF NOT, BELOW ARE LINKS TO THE PROGRAM WEBSITES WHERE THEY CAN
BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE. REMEMBER TO READ EACH WEB-SITE'S PRIVACY RULES BEFORE DOWNLOADING ANY OF THE
PROGRAMS.
This page was last updated: April 9, 2007
IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY VIEWING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS WEB-SITE, REVIEW THE FOLLOWING STEPS OR CONSIDER DOWNLOADING THE LATEST VERSION OF A NECESSARY PROGRAM YOUR COMPUTER MIGHT BE MISSING.
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