WINDOWS POP UP BLOCKER

[masked1]

How can i get this disabled? Its doing my head in as when i want the pop ups to work they are blocked... what settings to I need to check?

 

[Creston]

What browser are you using, and what particular pop up tool? I'm not sure there IS a windows pop up blocker?

Creston

 

[dclive]

In MSIE, with SP2, there's a popup blocker.

 

[Creston]

heh, I didn't know that (still on W2k). Learn something every day.

Creston

 

[cubby1223]

look in the IE tools menu, it's there

 

[Carazariah]

Originally posted by: masked1
How can i get this disabled? Its doing my head in as when i want the pop ups to work they are blocked... what settings to I need to check?

If you have IE 6.0
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/sp2_popupblocker.mspx
The site should have a line at the top notating that the IE blocked a popup on the site you can click this line and it will let you allow the site to show pop-ups.

If you have Firefox
Choose Tools and Options You should see Firefox Options

Then click Allowed Sites and you'll see Link to photo of entry screen Enter the web page you want to allow pop ups and you should be set.

Good Luck,
C

 

[corkyg]

Windows XP (SP2) does have a pop-up blocker. It works and is easy to turn on and off, and also put in settings that let it be on and exempt certain sites. To access it, it is in IE6's Tools menu. A simple toggle for on and off.

 

[masked1]

running windows xp sp2 IE6.0

tools - pop up blocker is turned off

any ideas?

 

[masked1]

i think this is another case of Microsoft inbedding stuff that is not for the best interest of everyone. This applies to me as I am extremly annoyed!!!

 

[montag451]

What other software are you using?
What firewall?
Some like ZoneAlarm have an inbuilt popup blocker

 

[masked1]

i am not using any external blocker... that is why i am not understanding as to why pop ups are still blocked?

 

[aGreenAgent]

To get around it for now...hold CTRL. While you're holding down CTRL, no pop-ups are blocked.

 

[montag451]

Try lowering your security settings for IE -
Making sure that you don't touch what little firewall that sp2 provides

 

[masked1]

i have lowered all the internet settings and it still blocks things... holding down control key eh? what a nightmare.. will give that a go and see if it works....

 

[montag451]

What does it actually show up when your popups are blocked?

 

[masked1]

it shows at the bottom of IE that a block up is blocked.....

 

[montag451]

try BHOdemon.
Might show up something,
After that, if no success, post a HIJACKthis log

 

[masked1]

what is BHO demon?

and what do you mean by HIJACK this log? I am still new to the computing world

 

[montag451]

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3550.html
That is for BHOdemon -
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
That is for info on BHOdemon.

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
That is for hijackthis

Just post the full text in a post and that tells us all what is running on your computer.

 

[masked1]

thats fantastic.. thanks for the links