How to Disable Common Pop-Up Blockers in
Internet Explorer
Identify and disable Pop-up Blocking wherever found. Remember
that there are often many Pop-Up Blocking software running
simultaneously. It is also very likely that you did not knowingly install
or activate them. The screenshots below can help you identify Pop-Up Blockers
on your PC.
Once you have successfully
identified and disabled a Pop-Up Blocker, click the RETEST button on the Pop-Up
Blocker Detected Page. If the "Welcome" screen appears, you
have disabled all Pop-Up Blockers. If the "Pop-Up Blocker
Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to identify
and disable.
Internet Explorer Integrated Pop-Up Blocking
With the release of Microsoft’s
XP Service Pack 2, Pop-Up Blocking is now directly integrated into Internet
Explorer (versions 6 and 7). By default Pop-Up blocking is Enabled.
To disable click the Pop-up
Blocked information bar at the top of your browser window. Then click Always
Allow Pop-ups from This Site in the drop-down. Next click the RETEST
button on the Pop-Up Blocker Detected Page. If the "Welcome"
screen appears, you have disabled all Pop-Up Blocakers. If the
"Pop-Up Blocker Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up
Blockers to identify and disable.
Common Toolbar Pop-Up Blockers
Listed below are some of the
more popular Pop-up Blocking software Packages that run in Internet Explorer,
and the workarounds in order to disable them to use the ELC. In
general, most Pop-Up Blockers will install themselves either within the browser
toolbar, or within the Windows Taskbar along the bottom right corner.
Instructions with screenshots on how to disable Yahoo, Google, MSN, AOL, Viewpoint,
AIM,
& PopUpCop
Toolbars, and Pop-Up Stopper
are listed below.
To find out if you have Toolbar
Pop-Up Blockers like Yahoo, Google, MSN, AOL, Viewpoint,
AIM,
& PopUpCop
you can look at the area between the Address Bar (where you type a web address
or URL) and the web page content. In the screenshot below you can identify
Google,
Norton Internet
Security, and, Yahoo (Y!)
Toolbars.
Sometimes Toolbars can be
hidden from your view, but still block Pop-ups. To see all of the
Toolbars available in Internet Explorer 6 and click View>Toolbars.
In the left screenshot below, you can see that Google, Norton Internet
Security, and Yahoo
Toolbars are installed but are unchecked and hidden to users.
To see all of the Toolbars available in Internet Explorer 7 and Tools>Toolbars.
In the right screenshot below, you can see that the Google
toolbar is installed and checked and visible to users.
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In order to disable their popup
blocking functionality you will first need to click on and check each
unchecked Toolbar in the Toolbars Menu. When you are finished, your
View>Toolbars Menu will look similar to the screenshot below.
Once you're able to view all of
your browser's toolbars, you can begin disabling Pop-up Blocking.
Matching up your Toolbars with the screenshots below and follow the
instructions for disabling.
Probably the most popular
toolbar, this program allows several other functions besides Pop-Up Blocking.
Listed below is how the bar will appear within IE:
The following icon is the
Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking,
Click on the Down arrow to bring up the Menu:
Uncheck the entry Enable Pop-Up Blocker. Next, click the
RETEST button on the Pop-Up Blocker Detected Page. If the
"Welcome" screen appears, you have disabled all Pop-Up
Blocakers. If the "Pop-Up Blocker Detected!" page reappears,
then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to identify and disable. Once you have
logged out of the ELC, you can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable
your Pop-Up Blocker.
Google has their own brand of
toolbar that is very similar to Yahoo’s. It offers other features on top of
Pop-Up blocking, and looks like the following:
The following icon is the
Pop-Up Blocker:
Clicking
on the icon so that it changes to reflect that Pop-Ups are allowed will allow
the user to use Chat and
Instant Messaging in the ELC
MSN Toolbar is the latest of
the toolbars, but is starting to gain popularity. As with Yahoo and Google
Toolbars, it allows other features on top of Pop-Up Blocking. Below is
the MSN Toolbar:
The following icon is the
Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking,
Click on the Down arrow to the right of the text to bring up the Menu:
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Click on Allow Pop-ups. Next, click the RETEST button on the Pop-Up Blocker
Detected Page. If the "Welcome" screen appears, you have
disabled all Pop-Up Blocakers. If the "Pop-Up Blocker
Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to identify
and disable. Once you have logged out of the ELC, you can go back
in and recheck the entry to re-enable your Pop-Up Blocker.
AOL Toolbar is another fairly
new toolbar from one of the big Online Providers. Like the others, this Toolbar
offers multiple features, and appears in the browser as follows:
The following icon is the
Pop-Up Blocker:
To allow Pop-ups to appear,
merely click on the icon. You should now see the following:
Next, click the RETEST button
on the Pop-Up Blocker Detected Page. If the "Welcome" screen
appears, you have disabled all Pop-Up Blocakers. If the "Pop-Up
Blocker Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to
identify and disable. Once you have logged out of the ELC, you can
click the icon again to re-enable your Pop-Up Blocker.
Viewpoint Toolbar is often
inadvertently installed along with Viewpoint Player, a media player
software. This Toolbar provides search functionality and shows snapshots
of search results' pages.
Clicking on the word Viewpoint
on the right end of the Toolbar will open the drop-down list shown below.
Clicking on the Options Menu in the
drop-down list will open the "Viewpoint Toolbar Options" shown
below. To disable Pop-up Blocking choose the Pop-ups Tab and uncheck
the Enable Pop-up Blocker box. Then click the OK button.
Next, click the RETEST button on the Pop-Up
Blocker Detected Page. If the "Welcome" screen appears, you
have disabled all Pop-Up Blocakers. If the "Pop-Up Blocker
Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to identify
and disable. Once you have logged out of the ELC, you can go back
in and recheck the entry to re-enable your Pop-Up Blocker.
AIM Toolbar is often
inadvertently installed along with AOL Instant Messenger, an instant messaging
software. This Toolbar provides search functionality and interacts with
AOL Instant Messenger.
Clicking on the AIM
button on the left end of the Toolbar will open the drop-down list shown below.
Clicking on the Toolbar Options in
the drop-down list will open the "AIM Toolbar Options" shown
below. To disable Pop-up Blocking choose the Popup Blocker Tab and
uncheck the Block Popup Windows box. Then click the OK button.
Next, click the RETEST button on the Pop-Up
Blocker Detected Page. If the "Welcome" screen appears, you
have disabled all Pop-Up Blocakers. If the "Pop-Up Blocker
Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to identify
and disable. Once you have logged out of the ELC, you can go back
in and recheck the entry to re-enable your Pop-Up Blocker.
Another popular Pop-Up
Blocker, this software is also designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It
installs the following toolbar within the browser:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking,
click on the arrow to the right of the badge and a menu will appear with a list
of options:
Click on Disable
PopUpCop. Next, click the
RETEST button on the Pop-Up Blocker Detected Page. If the "Welcome"
screen appears, you have disabled all Pop-Up Blocakers. If the
"Pop-Up Blocker Detected!" page reappears, then you have more Pop-Up
Blockers to identify and disable. Once you have logged out of the ELC,
you can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable your Pop-Up Blocker.
One of the more popular Pop-Up
Blockers available, this software is designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It
will install an icon in the lower right corner of your Start Menu Toolbar
The following icon is the
Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking, right-click on the icon and a Pop-Up menu will
appear with a list of options:
Uncheck the option
Block pop-up ad windows. Next,
click the RETEST button on the Pop-Up Blocker Detected Page. If the
"Welcome" screen appears, you have disabled all Pop-Up
Blocakers. If the "Pop-Up Blocker Detected!" page reappears,
then you have more Pop-Up Blockers to identify and disable. Once you have
logged out of the ELC, you can go back in and recheck the entry to
re-enable your Pop-Up Blocker.
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