Re: How can I get rid of the popup blocker with SP2???

From: Ricky (rsjoiner_at_no_spambellsouth.net)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:59:11 -0600

Try going to internet options..advanced tab..scroll down to security and put
a check in Allow Active Content to Run in My Computer and see if it helps.

"TripleA" <TripleA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2762CE12-087A-4EF4-8504-FFDFAA73167D@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jan Il, thanks for your response...
>
> I know what you're saying, and true, an icon does appear on the status bar
> on websites with automatic popups (as in this one for example)... I did
> right
> click on it and apparently disabled it since the popups open on this site
> now... but again, it doesn't do it for offline websites... to be more
> specific, those website that I have built and saved in my PC. As soon as
> I
> open one of the sites from C:// the status bar does not show the popup
> thing,
> but the warning message and an extra bar appears at the top (under the
> URL)
> that says "To help protect your security, IR has restricted this file from
> showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for
> options"... that's what I get on all my sites now, and I have no active
> content, unless you call a simple javascript popup active content, which
> it
> isn't.
>
> One of the options that I get is "allow blocked content" which I select
> and
> the message bar goes away... allow me to remind you that all of this is
> happening with the popup blocker turned OFF... then I click on a thumbnail
> to
> expand an image in a new window and there it goes again. In the new small
> window it says the same thing and I again have to click on it to allow the
> content. To the eyes of a client, this looks as if my code was bad or as
> if
> their website doesn't work correctly, when in fact it does.
>
> Like I said, online, I don't have this issue, it's only offline and you
> can't add local addresses to the safelist of websites... enventhough you
> shouldn't have to since the popup blocker is supposed to be OFF...
>
> And if instead of right clicking and allowing the content, I just close
> the
> extra bar, then when I hit the link to open the new window, the new window
> won't open... but rather will change the parent window (where the link
> was)
> to what the popup should have been... in other words, even worse.
>
> I'm using windows XP with all service packs and security updates up to
> date.
> I checked my PC with Norton Antivirus to see if I had any virus just in
> case
> (which is obviously not related to this since I started having this
> problem
> when I installed the SP2) and have Adaware too, to make sure I don't have
> bad software on my system. So, I dare to say I've ruled out the posibility
> of
> this issue not being IE related.
>
> Thanks again for your concern, and I hope I'm explaining what happens more
> clearly.
>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>
>> Hi TripleA :-)
>>
>> Try the following and see if it helps:
>>
>> Disable Popup blocker in XP
>>
>>
>>
>> XP has a lot of 'new features' built in and turned on by default:
>>
>> The popup blocker that is installed with SP2 is simple to turn on and off
>> and is turned on by default. It shows down in the status bar of IE, and a
>> simple right click gives you the option to enable/disable the blocker.
>> One
>> nice feature is that you can enable/disable popups for certain sites
>> rather
>> than just arbitrarily enable or disable them for all sites.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Jan :)
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi all, I am a web developer and the new popup blocker feature in
>> > Service
>> > Pack 2 is highly annoying and totally obstructs my work. All of my
>> > sites
>> are
>> > listings of some sort with lots of images that need to be enlarged (and
>> thus
>> > use a USER REQUESTED pop up to open them up larger in a new window).
>> > Sure,
>> as
>> > everything microsoft, it comes with very clear and easy instructions on
>> how
>> > to turn off this feature, but as usual, it's either faulty,
>> > inconclusive,
>> or
>> > just plain doesn't work.
>> >
>> > In IE I go to: tools > popup blocker > and then I turn it off... but
>> > guess
>> > what... it doesn't turn off. It "says" it's off, but it's not, it keeps
>> > working... or better said, not working.
>> >
>> > Online I can browse websites without the annoying popup blocker, but
>> > offline, my local websites (the ones I work on before I upload them to
>> > a
>> > server) cannot use the popups. It's driving me insane. Please help me.
>> > Somebody needs to tell these guys that not all popups are unrequested
>> > and
>> > that user requested pop windows are not only useful but a NECESITY...
>> > how
>> > else would you see a slideshow of images, or fill out a user survey, or
>> click
>> > on a thumbnail to expand an image...
>> >
>> > Geesh, it seems they made this thing to only please porn website
>> > visitors
>> > who get a million unrequested automatic popups... popups have never
>> > ever
>> been
>> > a problem for me, and I spend at least 14 hours a day on the
>> > internet... I
>> > never get them anywhere I wish to go to... sometimes a search result
>> > will
>> > take me to an unwanted website and boom, I get a million popups, but
>> > other
>> > than that, just a few here and there that usually only have surveys
>> > and/or
>> > discount coupons of some sort that I DO wish to see.
>> >
>> > Don't take me wrong, the feature IS a good one to have and I bet is
>> probably
>> > the best service pack they've come up so far... it's got a lot of
>> > pretty
>> good
>> > stuff that will make our pcs a lot safer... specially for self
>> > downloading
>> > viruses and worms, but please let administrators have the choice not to
>> use
>> > it, or think of us web designers who need the ability to browse freely
>> > offline... the option is there, but I need one that works!
>> >
>> > I have spoken with every guru and webmaster I know and no one has the
>> answer
>> > and they all agree that this feature is a pain in the *** offline...
>> > and
>> now
>> > we can't show our projects to our clients offline without the clients
>> > thinking that all those warnings and broken windows are the result of
>> > bad
>> > programming.
>> >
>> > The popup blocker settings come with a section where you can manually
>> > add
>> > "safe" websites... but guess what... if they don't begin with WWW then
>> > you
>> > can't add it. So, my local websites, again, the ones I have to test and
>> work
>> > on OFFLINE, obviously begin with C:// or D:// or whatever drive I have
>> them
>> > in... and those, I can't add to the safe list, so I still get all my
>> content
>> > blocked and when I'm lucky to get the warnings I can click off to let
>> > the
>> > content work, then everytime I go to a new page, they reactivate
>> themselves
>> > and i have to keep clicking them. It really doesn't let me work, and
>> > I'm
>> no
>> > rookie either. I've been doing this for years and consider good at what
>> > I
>> do.
>> > Please, some expert out there with a heart, tell me what I'm doing
>> > wrong
>> if
>> > anything, I need to be able to browse my sites offline with their full
>> > options without interruptions.
>> >
>> > Thank you all very much for hearing me vent...
>>
>>
>>