Harley: One could edit the registry, but that's not something that should be done by the casual user. TweakUI might help, but I don't know if it comes in a flavour compatible with your friends computer, since you didn't mention the OS. Outhouse is a PITA to make behave, especially when you have the audacity to not use Bill Gate's favourite.
(hide) If you want to save on bandwidth you can reduce the amount of information that shows up in your pages in the Settings. Try changing the number of games in the main page and the number of messages per page. (pauloaguia) (show all tips)