Intrusive "blocked content" shield and sound

[MaryL]

I am using Win XP-Home Edition. Nearly every time I access the Internet, I
get that "ring" tone and Favorites -- or whatever I have open in the
left-hand frame -- disappears from view, only to be replaced by the
Microsoft yellow shield and message that IE has blocked something "to
protect my security." I would have no objection if this would run in the
background, but I find it very annoying that the announcement pops up over
and over again like this. In fact, the sound it makes is even more
annoying! I have followed the instructions given, to no avail. That is, I
have gone to Tools>Pop-Up Blocker>Pop-Up Blocker Settings and have unchecked
both "play a sound when a pop-up is blocked" and "show information bar when
a pop-up is blocked." I have also checked several times to make sure that
the boxes remain unchecked, and everything appears correct. Nevertheless,
this annoying intrusion occurs consistently. In most cases, it appears when
I open rather innocuous sources -- for example, it happens almost every time
I go to CNN.com.

Can anyone help? I can see the value in keeping the pop-up blocker, but not
if I can't turn off that annoying noise and the constantly reapparing
message. I really don't want to be "told" every time something is blocked.
Filter level is set at Medium (the default).

Thanks,
MaryL

 

[Karl]

I think this is what you are looking for:

PlaySound - Whether or not a sound should be played when a pop-up is
blocked. This sound is set in the Sound Control Panel. Go to Control
Panel/Sounds and Audio/Sounds tab/ find it (don't have SP2...gasp, so don't
know exactly how listed) in the list and apply None as the sound
association. Let me know if that worked.

 

[MaryL]

I just checked that location, and I don't see anything listed for IE. The
only "popup blocker" that I saw listed where I could turn off the sound was
associated with MS Money. I did select "no sound" for that, in case it
would carry over to IE -- but, of course, it did not. I get that annoying
"beep" whenever I open the Internet, along with the message that takes over
the left-hand frame. Incidentally, this does seem to be related to SP2 --
the only problem I have had with it (so far).

Thanks for the help. Any other suggestions?

MaryL