How to selectively disable anti pop-up software

1 How to selectively disable anti pop-up software Most pop-up blockers allow you to either selectively allow pop-ups from some sites or temporarily disable their function altogether. We recommend that you selectively allow pop-ups from the site (domain). We provide instructions for the most common pop-up blockers below. With virtually hundreds of pop-up blockers on the market today it is impossible to provide an all-inclusive manual. For instructions on other pop-up blockers, refer to your pop-up blocker manufacturer's manual: Google MSN Popup Stopper Yahoo AOL Popup Cop Windows XP Netscape Internet Service Providers (ISP) Nortons Internet Security Firefox Notes: 1. In many cases there is more than one pop-up blocker installed on your computer.

2 This being the case, you may need to configure all of them. 2. Other examples of pop-up blockers may be named "Ad Blocker" or "Window Killer", etc. 3. Sometimes a blocker may be installed even without your knowledge (this is called Spam ). Google toolbar If you are using Internet Explorer with the Google toolbar, ensure that the Google Toolbar says "Site pop-ups allowed" when you are on the student login page. To accomplish this, log in and click the button on the Google Toolbar that says " # blocked" ( , 132 blocked in the picture below). The button will turn into Site pop-ups allowed". The button will turn into Site pop-ups allowed". Find more information about Google's pop-up Blocker look at Yahoo toolbar If you are using Internet Explorer with the Yahoo toolbar, click on the pop-up menu (see picture below) and follow the next instructions.

3 Add the source of the pop-up window to your Allowed List by clicking the pop-up Blocker menu and selecting Always Allow Pop-Ups button. Find more information about Yahoo's pop-up Blocker look at Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SVP2) pop-up Blocker 1. Open an Internet Explorer window 2. Click Tools (on the upper menu) 3. Choose Internet Options 4. Select the Privacy tab 5. Click the button (see the picture below) 6. In the box for Address for Web Site to Allow write 7. Click the Add button (see the picture below) 8. Click Apply and OK 9. Now close out of Internet Explorer and reload the page Norton Internet Security/Firewall pop-up Blocker 1. Open Norton Internet Security's/Firewall s main window (you may click the firewall icon on the system tray or use Start->Programs->Norton Firewall( 2.))

4 Click the Ad Blocking line 3. Click the Turn Off button MSN Toolbar The MSN toolbar includes pop-up blocking. This is an example MSN toolbar: The following icon is the pop-up Blocker: To disable pop-up Blocking: 1. Click on the Down arrow to the right of the text to bring up the Menu: 2. Click on the Allow Pop-ups option. To re-enable pop-up blocking, re-check the Allow Pop-ups option. AOL Toolbar The AOL Toolbar includes pop-up blocking. This is an example AOL Toolbar: The following icon is the pop-up Blocker: To allow Pop-ups to appear, click on the pop-up blocker icon. You should now see the following: To re-enable pop-up blocking, click the pop-up blocker icon again. Netscape Toolbar Netscape's pop-up blocker is integrated into the browser.

5 To disable the pop-up blocker: 1. From the Edit menu, select the Preferences option. The following window will appear: 2. Click on the arrow beside the Privacy & Security option on the left-hand side of the window to make it display the options shown above. 3. Click on the pop-up Windows option 4. Remove the checkmark from beside the Block Unrequested pop-up Windows option. 5. Click Ok to close the Window. To re-enable pop-up blocking, check the Block Unrequested pop-up Winodws option. Mozilla Firefox Toolbar The Mozilla Firefox pop-up blocker is integrated into the Firefox browser. To disable the pop-up blocker: 1. Open the Tools menu and click on Options: The following window will appear: 2. Click on the Web Features icon in the list on the left.

6 3. Remove the checkmark beside the Block pop-up windows option. 4. Click Ok to close the window. To re-enable pop-up blocking, check the Block pop-up windows option. pop-up Stopper This software is designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It will install an icon in the lower right corner of your Start Menu Toolbar This is the pop-up Blocker icon: To disable pop-up Blocking: 1. Right-click on the icon and a pop-up menu will appear with a list of options: 2. Uncheck the Block pop-up ad windows option. To re-enable pop-up blocking, check the Block pop-up ad windows option. pop-up Cop This software is also designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It installs the following toolbar within the browser: To disable pop-up Blocking: 1.

7 Click on the arrow to the right of the badge and a menu will appear with a list of options: 2. Click on disable PopUpCop. To re-enable pop-up blocking, click on the arrow to the right of the badge and click on Enable PopUpCop. Internet Service Providers (ISP) Some Internet Service Providers include pop-up blockers in their connection software . This is an example from Comcast: Example: Comcast - how to disable pop-up blocking software 1. Select the Privacy button from the Security Manager (icon shown below) 2. From the drop down list, select Privacy Settings. 3. You can enable pop-up blocker or banner-ad blocking by placing a checkmark in the corresponding box. To disable either feature, remove the checkmark from the box.

8 4. Click Apply and then Ok after making changes.