window.open being blocked, but not on purpose!

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Mike

I do not have any ad-blockers installed, and according to HiJack This
don't have any spyware. But something has happened to my PC that is
blocking all pop-ups, including the ones that I click on.

I'm using Win98FE, and IE6.0. I have a website that uses the
Javascript window.open function to open a chat session in a new
window. The code looks like this:

<a href="something.html"
onClick="window.open('whatever.html','Child',vars); return false">

Whatever is blocking the window.open function doesn't revert it to the
href anchor; instead, nothing happens at all.

I just installed a new modem yesterday (USR 5699B), and I don't know
if this is causing the problem or if it's just a coincidence. I don't
think it's the problem, since window.open doesn't work when I view an
HTML page offline, either. But that's the only thing that I have
changed intentionally.

I have tried setting the Security Settings to their default, with no
effect. I disabled every program running in the background except for
the bare Win98 essentials, too, with no effect. I also discovered that
window.open DOES work in Netscape 7.0.

Is there a setting in IE somewhere that's blocking window.open? If so,
how do I turn that feature off??? It's crucial for me to use my own
site!

TIA,

Mike
 

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