re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 10:01 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Barry(uk) (1288 messages posted) It doesn't happen to me when I use IE6, but then I have Spygot S&D and have the "bad download blocker" enabled in "immunize" which stops the "Avenue A inc" cookie from that site (might have something to do with it) I also use the Google toolbar it's popup blocker most likely stops it. In any case I rarely use IE and prefer Firefox. As for the other effects you experience (ie. windows resizing etc) Firefox has options the prevent this..... tools>Options>Web Features>"Advanced" button....here you can determine what you want to allow scripts to do. -- -- --- FireFox --- -- -- Written in response to: re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (jkrutke: Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 6:30 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (jkrutke: Wed, Jun 23, 2004, 8:32 pm) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Barry(uk): Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 1:26 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (jkrutke: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 6:30 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Falcon: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 6:55 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (mojo7819: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 8:41 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Falcon: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 8:46 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (mojo7819: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:09 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (mojo7819: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:12 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Falcon: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:13 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (mojo7819: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:48 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Falcon: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 10:32 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (mojo7819: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 10:51 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Barry(uk): Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 10:01 pm) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Falcon: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 5:25 am) re: Web pages forcing the Search bar to pop up... ugh (Falcon: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:00 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum