Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 I hate them, too. " Pop-up Stopper " doesn't work on those. I have noticed a new strain (as in bacteria) of pop-ups that come up on your bar and you cannot sign off until you click on them...but you can't close them without opening them...and when you do open them, they're full-screen with no way to click them off. You have to toggle back to where you were and close out the program to be rid of them. For every " pop-up stopper' " , a new breed appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 I hate them, too. " Pop-up Stopper " doesn't work on those. I have noticed a new strain (as in bacteria) of pop-ups that come up on your bar and you cannot sign off until you click on them...but you can't close them without opening them...and when you do open them, they're full-screen with no way to click them off. You have to toggle back to where you were and close out the program to be rid of them. For every " pop-up stopper' " , a new breed appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 It depends on what the popups say and what windows version you are running as to how you need to turn them off. For example, popups from your firewall are a good thing because the firewall is asking your permission to let a new program access the web. Popups asking if you want to save your password/login name when surfing the web might be another type of popup window you'd be seeing. It really depends on what the popups say as to how to get rid of them. We need more info Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 It depends on what the popups say and what windows version you are running as to how you need to turn them off. For example, popups from your firewall are a good thing because the firewall is asking your permission to let a new program access the web. Popups asking if you want to save your password/login name when surfing the web might be another type of popup window you'd be seeing. It really depends on what the popups say as to how to get rid of them. We need more info Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 You can visit download.com (no www.) Enter pop in the search bar and you'll find more pop-up stoppers than you can imagine with reader recommendations. It's part of CNETs site. Some are free; many are available for a 30-day trial. I was using Guard IE for a time, but it eventually proved to be ineffective (and I paid for it after the 30 days!). I'm using Norton Internet Security now and it hasn't let a single pop-up through, but it's part of a suite and not a freebie. Good luck, those pop-up are one of my pet peeves, too. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 You can visit download.com (no www.) Enter pop in the search bar and you'll find more pop-up stoppers than you can imagine with reader recommendations. It's part of CNETs site. Some are free; many are available for a 30-day trial. I was using Guard IE for a time, but it eventually proved to be ineffective (and I paid for it after the 30 days!). I'm using Norton Internet Security now and it hasn't let a single pop-up through, but it's part of a suite and not a freebie. Good luck, those pop-up are one of my pet peeves, too. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 If you are talking about in XP then try here: http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenger_service_popups.htm Quixote Pop-up hell > Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! > > Ken > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 If you are talking about in XP then try here: http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenger_service_popups.htm Quixote Pop-up hell > Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! > > Ken > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Jan, I am running windows XP professional. The pop-ups I am talking about are always blue, always right in the middle of the screen, always in the same type of text, always ads from outside somewhere - stocks, make bunches of money with no effort, sex something or other - you know, the regular stuff. I even get ones that tell where I can go to pay to 'stop these irritating pop-ups'. The other type of pop-ups that I get don't bother me. They are in the corner or edge of the screen are are usually an ad associate with some site I have visited. I just X them out. They are the multicolor kind. Oops, just got another blue bugger in the middle of the screen selling stocks. I see that it always says 'messenger service' at the top left in the blue bar at the top of the pop-up. I use Outlook Express. I have McAfee firewall, or had it, maybe. Last week I lost my cable connection when I tried to change some settings to see if I could get the computer to run faster. They thought that maybe the lost connection was because I had McAfee firewall, and they worked quite a while to try to remove the program. I am not sure if they were successful. I haven't received a McAfee update this week so I may need to contact them about getting set up again. Maybe that is a different issue from the pop-ups. Anyway, obviously I got connected back up. I have some visitors here now and need to be awayfor an hour or two. I will check back ASAP. Hope some of this info helps. Any suggestions are appreciated. Ken Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Jan, I am running windows XP professional. The pop-ups I am talking about are always blue, always right in the middle of the screen, always in the same type of text, always ads from outside somewhere - stocks, make bunches of money with no effort, sex something or other - you know, the regular stuff. I even get ones that tell where I can go to pay to 'stop these irritating pop-ups'. The other type of pop-ups that I get don't bother me. They are in the corner or edge of the screen are are usually an ad associate with some site I have visited. I just X them out. They are the multicolor kind. Oops, just got another blue bugger in the middle of the screen selling stocks. I see that it always says 'messenger service' at the top left in the blue bar at the top of the pop-up. I use Outlook Express. I have McAfee firewall, or had it, maybe. Last week I lost my cable connection when I tried to change some settings to see if I could get the computer to run faster. They thought that maybe the lost connection was because I had McAfee firewall, and they worked quite a while to try to remove the program. I am not sure if they were successful. I haven't received a McAfee update this week so I may need to contact them about getting set up again. Maybe that is a different issue from the pop-ups. Anyway, obviously I got connected back up. I have some visitors here now and need to be awayfor an hour or two. I will check back ASAP. Hope some of this info helps. Any suggestions are appreciated. Ken Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Quixote, I just saw your note. I will look into that ASAP. Thanks. Ken Pop-up hell > > > > Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of > the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving > instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and > it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I > had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate > those things!! > > > > Ken > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Quixote, I just saw your note. I will look into that ASAP. Thanks. Ken Pop-up hell > > > > Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of > the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving > instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and > it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I > had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate > those things!! > > > > Ken > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Ken, I use a free program called Pop-Up Stopper. It's available at http://www.panicware.com/. As someone mentioned, there may be *some* things it won't catch because the marketing villains keep coming up with new ways to provide us with their advertising, but it works pretty well for me. You can also set it so that only one browser window will open at a time (browser window is different than pop-up window). That keeps the evil scripts that open umteen browser windows from happening. When you want a GOOD window to open (like if you are buying at any internet site, sometimes they use lil popups that you *do* want -- like photo of product) you just hold down the control key. Same thing to open another browser window...just hold down the control key. Anyway, it works well for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Ken, I use a free program called Pop-Up Stopper. It's available at http://www.panicware.com/. As someone mentioned, there may be *some* things it won't catch because the marketing villains keep coming up with new ways to provide us with their advertising, but it works pretty well for me. You can also set it so that only one browser window will open at a time (browser window is different than pop-up window). That keeps the evil scripts that open umteen browser windows from happening. When you want a GOOD window to open (like if you are buying at any internet site, sometimes they use lil popups that you *do* want -- like photo of product) you just hold down the control key. Same thing to open another browser window...just hold down the control key. Anyway, it works well for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 I've heard that's a good one. Another one is Popup Dummy. I have it because it also works with the browser with AOL. Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 I've heard that's a good one. Another one is Popup Dummy. I have it because it also works with the browser with AOL. Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Any time you have a window you would like to close without interacting with it, hit control+alt+delete to bring up the task manager and you can close it from there. Quixote Re: Pop-up hell > I hate them, too. " Pop-up Stopper " doesn't work on those. I have noticed > a new strain (as in bacteria) of pop-ups that come up on your bar and you > cannot sign off until you click on them...but you can't close them without > opening them...and when you do open them, they're full-screen with no way to > click them off. You have to toggle back to where you were and close out the > program to be rid of them. For every " pop-up stopper' " , a new breed appears. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Any time you have a window you would like to close without interacting with it, hit control+alt+delete to bring up the task manager and you can close it from there. Quixote Re: Pop-up hell > I hate them, too. " Pop-up Stopper " doesn't work on those. I have noticed > a new strain (as in bacteria) of pop-ups that come up on your bar and you > cannot sign off until you click on them...but you can't close them without > opening them...and when you do open them, they're full-screen with no way to > click them off. You have to toggle back to where you were and close out the > program to be rid of them. For every " pop-up stopper' " , a new breed appears. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Thanks for the info everyone. I will try these things and see if I can get it under control. Ken. Re: Pop-up hell > I hate them, too. " Pop-up Stopper " doesn't work on those. I have noticed > a new strain (as in bacteria) of pop-ups that come up on your bar and you > cannot sign off until you click on them...but you can't close them without > opening them...and when you do open them, they're full-screen with no way to > click them off. You have to toggle back to where you were and close out the > program to be rid of them. For every " pop-up stopper' " , a new breed appears. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Thanks for the info everyone. I will try these things and see if I can get it under control. Ken. Re: Pop-up hell > I hate them, too. " Pop-up Stopper " doesn't work on those. I have noticed > a new strain (as in bacteria) of pop-ups that come up on your bar and you > cannot sign off until you click on them...but you can't close them without > opening them...and when you do open them, they're full-screen with no way to > click them off. You have to toggle back to where you were and close out the > program to be rid of them. For every " pop-up stopper' " , a new breed appears. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Yes, they do have a free edition. http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! TO UNSUBSCRIBE send a blank email to NMTC-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Yes, they do have a free edition. http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! TO UNSUBSCRIBE send a blank email to NMTC-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Rennie, I just downloaded it. I assume it just works in the background. I'll give it some time and see how it works. I see now that these ones I hate that come up in the middle of the screen and completely stop what you are doing are coming through my messenger service - always the same format, type, etc. They make me want to go and find the senders and wring their neck. Ken Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! TO UNSUBSCRIBE send a blank email to NMTC-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Rennie, I just downloaded it. I assume it just works in the background. I'll give it some time and see how it works. I see now that these ones I hate that come up in the middle of the screen and completely stop what you are doing are coming through my messenger service - always the same format, type, etc. They make me want to go and find the senders and wring their neck. Ken Pop-up hell Anyone know how to stop those blue pop-ups that show up in the middle of the screen suddenly?? One of the pop-ups once made the mistake of giving instructions on changing computer settings to stop them, and I did that and it seemed to work for the blue ones in the middle of the screen, but then I had the computer in the shop last week and I see they are back. I hate those things!! TO UNSUBSCRIBE send a blank email to NMTC-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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