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Pop-Up Blocking Software

If pop-up blocking software is prohibiting links from opening, you can configure some pop-up blocking software to allow safe pop-ups, like tutorial packages, to open.

How Can I Tell If Pop-up Blocking Software Is On My Computer?
Most pop-up blocking software comes in the form of an Internet browser toolbar. Many of the major search engine companies offer this type of software for free. Some more common examples are Google, AOL, Yahoo and Earthlink. These toolbars are usually located just below the address bar on your Internet browser.

A sign that pop-up blocker software is blocking what you wish to view is if the chat box quickly appears and then disappears.

How Can I View Safe Pop-ups?
There are three things you can do to view safe pop-ups:

  • Adjust your pop-up blocking software to accept pop-ups on selected Web sites (note that sometimes this feature does not work correctly).
  • Disable pop-up blocking from your toolbar to view safe pop-ups and then enable it when done.
  • Uninstall your pop-up blocking software to view the safe pop-ups and re-install it when finished. When dealing with the pop-up blocker that is installed with Windows XP Service Pack 2, you must go to Internet Explorer Options > Privacy > Pop-up Blocker Settings and add the address of the site you wish to view to the allowed sites list.

The following is a list of popular pop-up blocking software. Click the links below to see instructions for disabling the pop-up blocker.

Last Modified: Aug 13, 2009 11:27:am EDT