Window opener blocked

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Hi,
These URLs are being blocked by a HOSTS file or a third-party
security/privacy program.

Insure that you can see hidden files and search for a HOSTS file (not
HOSTS.SAM or LMHOSTS.) You can disable the HOSTS fie by renaming it to (eg.)
HOSTS.OLD or opening the file with notepad, placing a # in front of entries
you wish to disable and saving the file.

More on the HOSTS file at:
The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

(BTW) Spybot S&D creates a HOSTS file when the "Block bad sites" (Immunize)
feature is used.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"25or6to4" <25or6to4[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B1BAA11-E8AA-4612-9890-29813C4715B7@microsoft.com...
> An example of my situation // when I'm on a web site with IE, and there
are
> other windows opening (probably ad pop-ups), or if I have to select on one
of
> these areas for further work on that site, I get surrounded with windows
> inserts that states ...
> --------"Action canceled"----
> "Internet Explorer was unable to link to the web page you...." (then the
> remainder of the message does not show.)
> This renders the other sites useless, to open other sites required for
> further work on that site.
> ---Thanks for any help ----
> 25or6to4