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 20:16:22 -0600

You're welcome...I'm glad it helped. :-) 

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"TripleA" <TripleA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:BB1A6D4A-6BF0-46D2-9CE5-55D265126066@microsoft.com...
> You hit the nail on the head Ricky!
>
> That got rid of the annoying issue in offline browsing... it was so 
> logical
> that I totally skipped it. Has that ever happened to you?
>
> But something still makes me scratch my head... how does a little html and 
> a
> javascript popup link qualify as "active content"... this code it doesn't
> work on it's own, it doesn't think, it's not a program, it doesn't collect
> info, it doesn't even use cookies... how can it be qualified as active
> content?
>
> Like I use to tell my students in school... for every 1 that raises his 
> hand
> with a question, it's 4 more that have the same doubt... since no one will
> ask the teacher without first asking the people around him. You've just
> answered this question to lots of fellow webdesigners who've downloaded 
> the
> SP2.
>
> Thanks a ton!
>
> "Ricky" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >>
>> >> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> >> readers.
>> >> How to make a good newsgroup post:
>> >> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > 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...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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