How to Disable Common Pop-Up Blockers
in Internet Explorer
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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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page last updated 01-31-2007