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How to Disable Common Pop-Up Blockers
If you are clicking on our website to view upcoming events or related links and nothing is happening... you may have a pop-up blocker installed!
To use the site, you should identify the software and temporarily disable it or you can hold down the Shift key or Ctrl key while clicking on the link and you will be able to bypass the pop-up blocking in most programs and browsers.
Listed below are some of the more popular Pop-up Blocking software Packages, and the workarounds in order to disable them to view our site's related links and event detail. There are literally dozens of Pop-Up blocking software packages, so it is next to impossible to document the procedure for disabling each one. In general however, most Pop-Up Blockers will install themselves either within the browser toolbar, or within the Windows Taskbar along the bottom right corner.
Microsoft Service Pack 2 (SP2)
With the release of Microsoft's Service Pack 2, Pop-Up Blocking is now directly integrated into Internet Explorer. Note that by default Pop-Up blocking is Enabled 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 item. Once they are finished viewing the item, they can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their 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 item. Once they are finished viewing the item, 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 item. 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 items to run, even though it shows the following:
You MUST disable the entire Toolbar.
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 item. Once they are finished viewing the item, 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 item. Once they are finished viewing the item, they can click the icon again to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.
Pop-Up Stopper
One of the more popular Pop-Up Blockers available, this software is designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It will install an icon in the lower right corner of your Start Menu Toolbar
The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking, right-click on the icon and a Pop-Up menu will appear with a list of options:
Uncheck the option Block pop-up ad windows. Once this is done then the user should be able to view the item. Once they are finished viewing the item, they can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.
PopUpCop
Another popular Pop-Up Blocker, this software is also designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It installs the following toolbar within the browser:
To disable Pop-Up Blocking, click on the arrow to the right of the badge and a menu will appear with a list of options:
Click on Disable PopUpCop. Once this is done then the user should be able to view the item. Once they are finished viewing the item, they can go back in and recheck the entry to re-enable their Pop-Up Blocker.
We are here to help...
If you have attempted to disable the pop-up blocker in your browser, but are still unable to view the item, please email webmaster@aod.org. We will email you the information you are having difficulty retrieving.
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