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Problem with XP SP2 and IE
Name: nick001 Date: May 9, 2005 at 23:20:59 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: Athelon64/1G
Comment:
Since I upgraded (or is it downgraded) my XP machines (a Toshiba laptop and a no name PC) to SP 2 I can't surf certain links. For example if I go to http://www.kitco.com/ and click on STYLE FILE:... under the "Latest Gold News" title I get a beep or blib sound and the browser doesn't do anything. Under Opera I can easily surf this link, and I use to before my upgrade do it with IE. I've played extensively with IE options and have had no luck so far.
The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things...
Name: Frosty Date: May 10, 2005 at 00:26:08 Pacific
Reply:
SP2 automatically installs a pop-up blocker for Internet Explorer I believe. If you right click on IE in the start menu and click "internet properties" and click the privacy tab, you can either disable the pop-up blocker or add http://www.kitco.com/ to the allowed list.
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