Windows XP - SP1 Firewall & Pop-Up Blocker

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Guest

I'm running Windows XP - SP1 and after I performed a Windows Security Update
all of a sudden I now have a pop-up blocker. I cannot find the Firewall or
Pop-Up Blocker settings anywhere in Control Panel. The Blocker is keeping me
from web sites including this one. In Control Panel, I cannot even find the
"Switch to Category View" setting that is supposed to allow me to see the
Firewall & Blocker info. The question is how can I find out whether or not I
am using the MS firewall and also find the Blocker settings?

As a point, a few months ago I upgraded to XP SP2 and everything went to
heck in a handbasket. Slow performance & certain key programs of mine no
longer worked!
I had to uninstall XP SP2 and one consequence of that is that I no longer
have the "Help and Support" off of the START button! Any ideas on how I can
get it back?

Any help at all would be much appreciated.
 
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Will Denny

Hi

The pop-up blocker is installed with SP2. Open Internet Explorer and click
on Tools>Pop-up blocker. You can adjust the settings that way.

For the Firewall, go to Control Panel>Security Center. Again, the settings
can be adjusted via that route.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Guest

Hi, all;
I did not ask this question, haven't seen it before, nor did I request to be
notified of replies to it. Yet I got this Hotmail message: "A Microsoft
Community member has responded to your question entitled "Windows XP - SP1
Firewall & Pop-Up Blocker" . Please read the response and indicate whether it
answered your question or not. By rating a post as an answer, you help others
find the answer more quickly, you give the person who posted the answer
credit for their contribution, and you help increase the quality of answers
in the discussion group. Read and rate the response."
Any one know why I am getting unsolicited messages worded in this way? Any
one else experiencing the same thing?
Regards,
IanRoy.
 

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