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How can I turn off those pesky pop-up meassages in Windows
XP....

The most irritating thing is that most of the pop-ups are
adertisements for pop-up blockers... however I'd rather
not feed that self-propagating business. They are making
themselves necessary by flooding me with pop-ups.

Is there a way to prevent pop-ups without patronizing the
the leaches that create the pop-ups, then try to sell you
something to stop them?
 
First, try invoking Xp's firewall...go to Start/Control Panel/Network
Connections, then right click on each one, click properties, click advanced
and check the box which says 'protect my .......'
 
chuck said:
How can I turn off those pesky pop-up meassages in Windows
XP....

The most irritating thing is that most of the pop-ups are
adertisements for pop-up blockers... however I'd rather
not feed that self-propagating business. They are making
themselves necessary by flooding me with pop-ups.

Is there a way to prevent pop-ups without patronizing the
the leaches that create the pop-ups, then try to sell you
something to stop them?
Click to expand...

If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by enabling the XP
built-in firewall (which should be done anyway). See HELP & SUPPORT for
easy instructions.

If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on your PC,
running ADAware may enable its removal. http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Read the instructions, download, install and run the program. The basic
utility is free.

If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being visited - then a
pop-up blocker may help. http://google.com Search for "ad blocker".
Or install and use a new-generation browser, such as NetScape
"streamline Navigator only" browser from http://sillydog.org/narchive.
NS and other browsers based on the Mozilla Gecko engine will will
selectively block pop-ups and images, and are more customizable then I.E.
For more...
sis the newgroup.
http://mozilla.org
 
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