Jerry Wayne Decker wrote:
>
> Hi Camden et al!
>
> With regard to the web and pc accelerator programs, I had it installed
> on 3 machines since last Friday.
>
> It seemed to work ok and was in fact faster than before, in one case,
> blindingly faster.
>
> My friend sent me an email asking me to come over and 'get that thing
> off my computer'...his computer seemed to be working ok, but he says
> he didn't like logging on to their webage everytime as it took so long
> to load. He had things to do and considered this a nuisance...so I
> explained how to use add/remove to uninstall....he's back to being
> slower but happier.
>
> Now, my experience with the two computers has been identical, both
> negative.
>
> As of last night, I removed both programs from both computers.
>
> The reason? When on the web, my mouse pointer will just freeze for no
> apparent reason. Ctrl/alt/del and no keys respond, even after a 3
> minute wait.
>
> I uninstalled it on one computer and reinstalled thinking I had a
> corrupted file or two. It ran ok for a day or so, then bam, back
> again with the lockups.
>
> No time or patience with Microsoft clone software with mystery
> undocumented failures, so I removed both from the computers and
> informed the others here to watch out for similar problems.
>
> I also wrote the webmaster about this problem with their 'free'
> software and to date haven't received a response.
>
> So, if it starts locking up on anyone, you might try the reinstall but
> I just cleaned it out...not worth the hassle.
>
> Interesting how it worked fine for about 5 days before the problems,
> at least in my case.
>
> Thanks for bringing it up as I was intending on sending my experience
> to the list in case anyone else had specific problems with the programs.
>
> The subliminal program has been working without any weirdness so I'm
> still happy with it, though haven't bought the copy yet as I don't see
> any perceptible effects.....been about 6 days so far...possibly I've
> got too many 'improvements' running that are confusing my
> subconscious..<g>...one step at a time..
>
> ---Camden Bamber wrote:
> >
> > I tried that 'Webcelerator', but for some reason a Windows 3.1 style
> Dialing Progress box kept on coming up even when I closed it, so I
> uninstalled.
>