Fine Tune the IE Pop-up Blocker.

What do you do when your pop-up blocker denies web pages you want to see?

This question was answered on October 21, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Let’s face it; no one likes pop-up advertisements Thankfully, Microsoft saw it in their heart to add a very effective pop-up blocker to the Service Pack 2 update Unfortunately, there is the occasional website that requires pop-ups to be viewed properly In such a case it is necessary to “train” the pop-up blocker to allow certain websites

To add a website to the “Allowed” list:

1 From Internet Explorer, click Tools.

2 Select Pop-Up Blocker.

3 Select Pop-up Blocker Settings.

4 When the Pop-up Blocker Settings dialog box appears, type in a website address underneath Address of Web site to allow Only enter the host name, not the full path, i.e www.datadoctors.com

5 Click the Add button.

6 Press Close to close the dialog box.

To remove a website from the “Allowed” list:

1 From Internet Explorer, click Tools.

2 Select Pop-Up Blocker.

3 Select Pop-up Blocker Settings.

4 When the Pop-up Blocker Settings dialog box appears, select a site name from Allowed sites.

5 Press the Remove button.

6 Repeat steps 4-5 as desired.

7 Press Close to close the dialog box.

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Posted by Chad of Data Doctors on October 21, 2004

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