HOW TO DISABLE
COMMON POP-UP BLOCKERS
In order to take the courses on , you
must disable any and all pop-up blocking software.
Listed below are some of the more popular Pop-up Blocking
software Packages, and the workarounds in order to disable
them. There are many Pop-Up blocking software packages, so
it is next to impossible to document the procedure for disabling
each one. In general, most Pop-Up Blockers will install themselves
either within the browser toolbar, or within the Windows Taskbar
along the bottom right corner.
Close all open Internet Explorer windows. Then re-insert
the course CD Rom. It will automatically open a new Internet
Explorer window. Then follow these instructions.
(If the CD Rom does not autorun, click on the "My Computer"
icon on the desktop, double click the drive that you placed
the CD in and then double click the file autorun.exe.)
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
With the release of Microsoft’s
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Pop-Up Blocking is now directly
integrated into Internet Explorer. Note: Pop-Up blocking is
enabled by default within SP2.
Listed below is the location of
the menu within Internet Explorer:
Click on Turn Off Pop-up Blocker.
Once this is done then the user should be able to view the
program. Once they are finished with their course session,
they can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their
Pop-Up Blocker.
About the IE 6 pop-up blocker.
Yahoo Toolbar
Probably the most popular toolbar, this program allows
several other functions besides Pop-Up Blocking. Listed below
is how the bar will appear within IE:
The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to bring
up the Menu:
Uncheck the entry Enable Pop-Up Blocker. Once
this is done then the user should be able to view the program.
Once they are finished watching the Program, they can go back
in and recheck the entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.
Google Toolbar
Google has their own brand of toolbar that is very similar
to Yahoo’s. It offers other features on top of Pop-Up blocking,
and looks like the following:
The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking, right-click on the toolbar
and a Drop-Down will appear with a listing of all of the
Toolbars.
Uncheck the entry Google. You will
now be able to view the Program. Once completed, to re-enable
the Google Toolbar, right-click again in the toolbar area
and recheck Google.
Important Note:
Changing the icon to reflect that Pop-Ups are now allowed
will NOT allow our Programs to run, even though it shows
the following:
You MUST disable the entire Toolbar.
About the Google
pop-up blocker.
MSN Toolbar
MSN Toolbar is the latest of the toolbars, but is starting
to gain popularity. As with Yahoo and Google Toolbars, it
allows other features on top of Pop-Up Blocking. Below is
the MSN Toolbar:
The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to
the right of the text to bring up the Menu:
Click on Allow Pop-ups. Once this is done then the
user should be able to view the program. Once they are finished
watching the Program, they can go back in and recheck the
entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.
AOL Toolbar
AOL Toolbar is another fairly new toolbar from one of the
big Online Providers. Like the others, this Toolbar offers
multiple features, and appears in the browser as follows:
The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:
To allow Pop-ups to appear, merely click on the icon. You
should now see the following:
Once this is done then the user should be able to view
the program. Once they are finished watching the Program,
they can click the icon again to re-enable their Pop-Up
Blocker.
Norton Internet Security/Firewall
Pop-up Blocker
- 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)
- Click the “Ad Blocking” line
- Click the “Turn Off” button
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