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09-06-2004, 07:54 PM
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SP2 for WinXP
Is the SP2 upgrade popup blocker going to block pop ups like when a web page has another page open in a new browser window? There are many pages out there written that way. I have a few out there myself.
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09-06-2004, 08:04 PM
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i don't think so cuz no popup blockers i've used have done that. if you rlly wanna take a load off, just use firefox it has a built in blocker if i'm not mistaken and will probably reduce the amount of spyware ur getting anyways
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09-06-2004, 08:33 PM
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Yes, if you set it that way. Then, to open a window you have to control/click to open it.
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09-06-2004, 08:41 PM
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Thanks guys. I have sent for the CD as the SP2 upgrade was a four hour download!
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09-06-2004, 09:19 PM
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I have sp2 installed on several rigs and have had no problems with any of them,and yes the pop up blocker is excellent and you can adjust it to your liking.
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09-07-2004, 07:03 AM
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XP's popup blocker uses the standard Microsoft philosophy of block first ask questions later. It blocks pretty much all popup pages whether they popup via a click or by the page load. Kind of a dumb way of doing it since it seems like if you clicked on it, you do want it to open. The other thing that it doesn't do is block pop under pages. These are pages that will load when the page loads but they pop down out of focus.
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09-07-2004, 10:55 AM
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I rather like the Microsoft style of preventing by default. If you want the blocked Window to open, it's easy enough.
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09-07-2004, 03:31 PM
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09-07-2004, 03:36 PM
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Well I have never had a problem with IE's popup blocker. It works really good. I don't get the annoying popups anymore, and if I do want to see a popup, like a popup on pcmech when I get a PM, I set it up, and the popup blocker doesn't block it anymore.
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