Pop up blovcker causing problems

[alex]

I am running Windows XP SP1 with the latest version of ie. I use
maxthon (an ie shell) as my default browser. i am trying to use a
language learning website for school (it is mandatory, so i need to
solve this problem) but a popup blocker on seems to be getting in my
way.
I say a pop up blocker since i do not know what pop up blocker is
causing the problem. When i try to log onto the sight, i get a message
that a popup blocker is preventing the site from operating properly,
and that i need to disable it. I disabled the popup blocker in
maxthon, but it didn't help. So, i closed maxthon and tried using ie.
still no go. Then i uninstalled maxthon and tried logging in, still a
pop up blocker is not allowing the site to operate properly.
I have no pop up blockers. No search bars (no google, no msn, no
yahoo, nothing!) I disabled norton, and set my privacy settings to
easy. I turned off every means of protection that i have on my
computer, on the remote chance that they something was somehow ,some
way, blocking a pop up. NOTHING!!! I ran a search in my computer for
anyfile with the word pop in it, and then searched on googld for the
purpose of all the dll's that i didn't recognize. I will check the
processes next, but i am not optimistic. Does anyone have any advice?
Please help!!!
Alex

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Can you open a second IE window via right-click (on a link) Open in New
Window?

Are you sure that the Yahoo toolbar isn't listed in Control Panel>
add/remove programs? It's sometimes installed with other programs and users
don't realize that it's there.

Next, Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone> set it to Default.
Internet Options> Privacy... slider at Low or Med or cookies allowed for
that site?

Are you sure that Norton was disabled? If you disabled the Norton firewall,
be sure to turn on the Windows Firewall (Control Panel> Windows Firewall.)

Researching processes and applications (Ctrl-Alt-Del) is an excellent idea.
Keep at it.

[Longshot] Go to http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/EXPLORIT/java/JavaScript.html
to see if Javascript is working.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[alexjsilver]

Yeah, i checked to make sure that yahoo isn't installed, and i ran
through all of the same ideas that you had. I downloaded firefox,
figureing that if the problem was with ie, that firefox would work. I
disabled the popup blocker on firefox and so on an so forth. I turned
off the firewall (and did not turn on the windows firewall, just to
make sure that i was not running anything that could keep the pop ups
from working.) i turned off intrusion detection on norton so that
wasn't the problem. I even disconnected myself from my router and
plugged the computer directly into the cable modem (just trying to cut
out as many variables as possible, i didn't think it was going to make
a difference) Basically, i exposed my computer naked to the internet,
and still this site insists that i have a pop up blocker (the site
works for other people, so i am pretty sure that is not the problem) I
have checked all of my processes, eveything and anything that i could
think of. I installed sp2 (finally) in the hopes that it would change
the config somehow. but no. nothing. nada. I have run out of ideas.

 

[alexjsilver]

Yeah, i checked to make sure that yahoo isn't installed, and i ran
through all of the same ideas that you had. I downloaded firefox,
figureing that if the problem was with ie, that firefox would work. I
disabled the popup blocker on firefox and so on an so forth. I turned
off the firewall (and did not turn on the windows firewall, just to
make sure that i was not running anything that could keep the pop ups
from working.) i turned off intrusion detection on norton so that
wasn't the problem. I even disconnected myself from my router and
plugged the computer directly into the cable modem (just trying to cut
out as many variables as possible, i didn't think it was going to make
a difference) Basically, i exposed my computer naked to the internet,
and still this site insists that i have a pop up blocker (the site
works for other people, so i am pretty sure that is not the problem) I
have checked all of my processes, eveything and anything that i could
think of. I installed sp2 (finally) in the hopes that it would change
the config somehow. but no. nothing. nada. I have run out of ideas.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Sorry... I lost track of this topic. And, I'm not sure that I have any
worthwhile ideas.

Try:
* Clear the History and the cache (Temporary Internet Files.)
* Delete any cookies from that site.
* One of these pages may help:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/27.html

The fact that multiple browsers are involved, still, I think, points to a
third-party program.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

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Yeah, I checked to make sure that yahoo isn't installed, and i ran
through all of the same ideas that you had. I downloaded firefox,
figureing that if the problem was with ie, that firefox would work. I
disabled the popup blocker on firefox and so on an so forth. I turned
off the firewall (and did not turn on the windows firewall, just to
make sure that i was not running anything that could keep the pop ups
from working.) i turned off intrusion detection on norton so that
wasn't the problem. I even disconnected myself from my router and
plugged the computer directly into the cable modem (just trying to cut
out as many variables as possible, i didn't think it was going to make
a difference) Basically, i exposed my computer naked to the internet,
and still this site insists that i have a pop up blocker (the site
works for other people, so i am pretty sure that is not the problem) I
have checked all of my processes, eveything and anything that i could
think of. I installed sp2 (finally) in the hopes that it would change
the config somehow. but no. nothing. nada. I have run out of ideas.

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Hi,
Can you open a second IE window via right-click (on a link) Open in New
Window?

Are you sure that the Yahoo toolbar isn't listed in Control Panel>
add/remove programs? It's sometimes installed with other programs and users
don't realize that it's there.

Next, Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone> set it to Default.
Internet Options> Privacy... slider at Low or Med or cookies allowed for
that site?

Are you sure that Norton was disabled? If you disabled the Norton firewall,
be sure to turn on the Windows Firewall (Control Panel> Windows Firewall.)

Researching processes and applications (Ctrl-Alt-Del) is an excellent idea.
Keep at it.

[Longshot] Go to http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/EXPLORIT/java/JavaScript.html
to see if Javascript is working.

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