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How to turn of pop up blocking in Windows XP SP2. These settings do not apply to any version of windows prior to Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Intenet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the "Tools" menu.
3. Select "Internet Options".
4. Select the "Privacy" tab.
5. Click the "Settings" button under the "Pop-up Blocker" heading.
6. In the field labeled "Address of Web site to allow" type "weber.edu" (with out the quotes).
7. Click the "Add" button. "*.weber.edu" will be added to the list of allowed sites.
8. Click the "close" button.
9. Click the "OK" button.

 

Firefox

Detect if Firefox is blocking a pop-up window

If below the address bar you see a toolbar like this appear:

Then a pop-up has been blocked by Firefox. Follow the instructions below to unblock it. 

Unblock a pop-up window that has been blocked by Firefox

To unblock a pop-up window that Firefox has blocked follow these steps:

  1. Click on the pop-up blocker toolbar (see image above) to display the blocker menu
  2. From the menu select the "Allow popups for www.weber.edu" option
  3. Reload the page

This will make Firefox save the Weber web site in it's list of Allowed Sites so that in the future all pop-ups from WEBER webpages will be displayed. 

Setting preferences in Firefox to allow pop-ups from WEBER websites

Another option is to change the settings in Firefox browser preferences to allow popups from WEBER websites, to use that method follow the steps below:

  1. From the Tools menu select Options
  2. Click on the Web Features tab located on the left of the window
  3. In there you will see a ticked option called Block Popup Windows, to the right of this is a button titled Allowed Sites click on this button.
  4. In the Address of web site field enter www.weber.edu and click Allow. The WEBER website should now appear in the list of allowed sites as shown below.
  5. Click OK twice to save and exit.

This will make Firefox save the WEBER web site in it's list of Allow Sites so that in the future all pop-ups from WEBER will be displayed.

 
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