In Mozilla Firefox, you can access the settings for the built-in pop-up blocker by choosing Tools, Options, Web Features (or Tools, Options, Content). In the settings area for the pop-up blocker, you can add sites for which you want to allow pop-ups and change the type of notification you receive when a pop-up is blocked (you can set it to play a sound every time a pop-up is blocked).Choose Tools, Pop-up Blocker, Pop-Up Blocker Settings (or Tools, Internet Options, Privacy and click on the Settings button at the bottom of the window, next to the checkbox that enables the blocker).In IE, you can access the settings for the pop-up blocker as follows:

To allow pop-up windows for a specific website you have to change the settings for your pop-up blocker. When you click to see one of the Teacher Notes on this site it is displayed in a small pop-up window.

One example is this page from the FCIT Making the Connection website. There may be sites for which you want to allow pop-up windows.

If you have the latest version of IE installed (the one included with Windows XP Service Pack 2), it will display an information bar to let you know that a pop-up has been blocked whenever you visit a site that generates pop-up windows.

Most of the major web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Mozilla Firefox, now feature a pop-up blocker. One way to stop these pop-up windows is by using a web browser that has a built-in pop-up blocker. Pop-up windows are often used to display advertisements that appear when you visit a web page.

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