Story Author: Gaylin Dorris, gdorris@iun.edu
Publish Date: May 2005
Source Publication: TechBuzz Report

Indiana University Northwest is in the process of installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) on all of its desktop systems. This new technology is designed to help keep your PC and your personal information more secure.

One feature of (SP2) is a Pop-up Blocker in Internet Explorer; this feature is installed and set to the medium setting, which means it will block most automatic pop-ups. The default settings for the pop-up blocker allow you to see pop-ups that are opened when you click a link or button on a Web site. Pop-up Blocker will also play a sound and show the Information Bar when a pop-up is blocked.

You can adjust these settings so that Pop-up Blocker works the way you want it to.

To change Pop-up Blocker settings

1) Open Internet Explorer.

2) On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up Blocker , and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings

 If you want to see pop-up windows from a specific Web site, type the address (or URL) of the site in the Address of Web site to allow box, and then click Add .

To temporarily allow a site to display pop-ups, click the Information Bar when it notifies you that a pop-up has been blocked. Then click Temporarily Allow Pop-ups.

To block pop-ups even if they are launched when you click a link or button on a Web site

1) Open Internet Explorer

2) On the Tools meny, point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.

3) Select the High setting in the box near the bottom of the dialog box.

If you want to see pop-ups that are blocked when you have this setting turned on, hold down the CTRL key while the window opens.