XP Home and Pro SP2 Popup Blocker

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Neo,

Information bar may be displayed for many occasions (not only for pop-ups).

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

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Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"Neo Anderson" <n.anderson@morpheus.con> wrote in message
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I'm beginning to think the popup blocker is a menace. I have it disabled
under my Tools \ Internet Options \ Security \ Custom Lever \ Use Popup
Blocker
AND I have it turned off at Tools \ Turn off Popup Blocker AND the Show
Information Bar . . . . IS disabled
and yet -

The popup bar still shows and it shows when I simply open an htm file on my
system - one that I authored.

I didn't beta test this new sp2 but I've tested past Operating systems and
upgrades there to and It's quite obvious to me that SP2 does indeed have
some bugs in it.

I could site a couple more but this is not the time.

Why isn't the popup blocker disabled/turned off when I have it set such?
Please NO lectures about security. I understand that issue just as well as
anyone that wants to reply such. I'm talking about a disabled/turned off
popup blocker functioning when I open a file that's on my computer!

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Hey Neo,

you've disabled the pop-up blocker by doing the following?
"Tools \ Internet Options \ Security \ Custom Lever \ Use Popup
AND I have it turned off at Tools \ Turn off Popup Blocker AND the Show
Information Bar . . . . IS disabled"

i tried this for ages and the blocker just kept on coming >> eventually, i
realised that i needed to "re-enable" active content in the advanced tab and
not only the security tab. so, try: Tools / Internet Options / Advanced tab
>> then scroll down to the Security section of the list. Select the Allow
active content to run in files on My Computer

this worked for me and finally i am rid of that annoying pop-up blocker!

rose

"Neo Anderson" wrote:

> All understood. However active content can't be the issue. The file is a
> simple .htm file that only has a background color, 10 words of text and an
> image (.jpg of a scanned painting). If I share the folder and access the
> file over my network from my other computer, that one doesn't seem to have
> an issue with the file.
>
> I'm beginning to get the idea that Microsoft's idea of 'security' is to just
> simple put bars and fences around everyone's computer and then try to
> convince us how secure we are and how great they are for providing it.
>
> --
>
> "Ramesh [MVP]" <ramesh@nojunkmails.com@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uB2H0YiqEHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Neo,
> >
> > Information bar may be displayed for many occasions (not only for
> > pop-ups).
> >
> > Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
> > Pack 2:
> > http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
> >
> > --
> > Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
> > http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
> >
> >
> > "Neo Anderson" <n.anderson@morpheus.con> wrote in message
> > news:%23zCvtViqEHA.2612@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > I'm beginning to think the popup blocker is a menace. I have it disabled
> > under my Tools \ Internet Options \ Security \ Custom Lever \ Use Popup
> > Blocker
> > AND I have it turned off at Tools \ Turn off Popup Blocker AND the Show
> > Information Bar . . . . IS disabled
> > and yet -
> >
> > The popup bar still shows and it shows when I simply open an htm file on
> > my
> > system - one that I authored.
> >
> > I didn't beta test this new sp2 but I've tested past Operating systems and
> > upgrades there to and It's quite obvious to me that SP2 does indeed have
> > some bugs in it.
> >
> > I could site a couple more but this is not the time.
> >
> > Why isn't the popup blocker disabled/turned off when I have it set such?
> > Please NO lectures about security. I understand that issue just as well
> > as
> > anyone that wants to reply such. I'm talking about a disabled/turned off
> > popup blocker functioning when I open a file that's on my computer!
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>