WIN1034 October 2005
Pop-up Blocker (Built-in) in Internet Explorer
For Windows
XP Service Pack 2
Author:
Everret Kawano
Revised:
Ginger Carey
Overview...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding the Pop-up Blocker............................................................................................................................................. 1
Turning On Pop-up Blocker............................................................................................................................................. 2
Setting Pop-up Blocker Exceptions.......................................................................................................................... 3
Getting Help............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Various web browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer
(IE), Netscape, or Firefox) have tools to turn on or off text windows called
"Pop-ups". When visiting unfamiliar web pages, it is precautionary to
block these pop-up windows as they could be used to display annoying ads or
possibly impose a security risk. However, several applications at UH require
these pop-up windows and they should be added as "trusted" sites. One
is the MyUH site: http://myuhportal.hawaii.edu
used for registration, and the other is the UH Web Mail site: https://mail.hawaii.edu
This document describes how to use the pop-up
blocker in IE for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2). With SP2 installed for Windows XP, IE has a
built-in pop-up blocker. The built-in
pop-up blocker also has the ability to let you specify certain web pages to allow
pop-ups. This feature allows you to have
the built-in pop-up blocker turned on and still be able to access web pages
that require pop-ups (e.g. UH Web Mail).
Open an Internet Explorer (IE) window. On the menu bar located at the top left hand
corner, select the Tools menu. In the Tools menu, run your
mouse over the Pop-up Blocker option. An expanded menu will appear to the right of
the Pop-up Blocker option. If your pop-up blocker is currently on, you
will see the option Turn Off Pop-up Blocker
and Pop-up Blocker Settings.
If your pop-up blocker is turned off, click on the option Turn On Pop-up Blocker.
To set specific web pages to allow pop-ups, you need to turn on the pop-up blocker. With the pop-up blocker on, select the Pop-up Blocker Settings… option. If you do not have the pop-up blocker on, you will not be able to click this option.
A new window titled Pop-up Blocker Settings will open. In this window, type in the web address of the page you wish to allow pop-ups. To set the UH Web Mail to allow pop-ups, type mail.hawaii.edu in the Address of Web site to allow box and click the Add button.
After you click the Add button, the site you wish to allow should be listed in the Allowed sites section.
Repeat this process for adding myuhportal.hawaii.edu to the Allowed sites. Click the Close button to close the Pop-up Blocker Settings window.
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