unable to view ads and some web sites

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Guest

i keep getting a page cannot be displayed error on some web sites.
i think its only pages with adserver/adtech ads in them.
i ran pest patrol a few days ago and have since uninstalled it.
any help would be great its not a huge fault more of a pain when i see the
pages not loading as they should
 
J

Jan Il

Hi kevwelsh :)

As you do not mention the most important information, what version of
Windows you are using,or IE version, I can only be general. :)

If you have any popup or ad blockers, or other toolbars, such as Google,
Yahoo, disable them. If you have Yahoo Campanion, uninstall it.

XP has a lot of 'new features' built in and turned on by default:

The popup blocker that is installed with SP2 is simple to turn on and off
and is turned on by default. It shows down in the status bar of IE, and a
simple right click gives you the option to enable/disable the blocker. One
nice feature is that you can enable/disable popups for certain sites rather
than just arbitrarily enable or disable them for all sites.

Check you firewall and antivirus programs for any ActiveX, popup or ad
blockers and disable them. McAfee has an ActiveX blocker in some versions.

also..chjeck these:

IE Popup Manager
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/XPSP2/securebrowsing/popupmanager.aspx

Temprarily allow Popups in XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/sp2_popupblocker.mspx

Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP
Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Mitigating Application Compatibility
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/appcom/apcmitig.mspx
Allow certain pop-ups after SP2 install

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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