# WinXP SP2 to Block Pop-ups in IE
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132
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**Created:** [November 10, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132 "2003-11-10T21:58:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132/1 "2003-11-10T21:58:37Z")
> Microsoft plans to add pop-up blocking features to Internet Explorer next year as part of its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP, a move that would go far toward stamping out the Web advertisements.
read more from ZDNet:
[http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104\_2-5105139.html](http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5105139.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132/2 "2003-11-10T22:05:07Z")
bout Damm time!!!.
Those thiefs. Take Netscape 4 exsample. It’s perfect, it doesn’t freeze your whole pc when the site doesn’t exsite. then give’s after a half a min a 404 failt. And it allready has a build in pop-up stopper.
I had to download one off twocows for IE. I hate Microsoft.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132/3 "2003-11-10T22:07:30Z")
I use the google toolbar which blocks popups for IE (and gives me quick access to a google search dialog … and highlights text in a page… and has page rank… and allows going up a directory in sites… its bliss =) )
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132/4 "2003-11-10T23:33:50Z")
all the time!
you tried the new thing i posted for the taskbar? not bad either…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132/5 "2003-11-11T07:11:19Z")
Yeh, I’ve been using the popup blocker on IE for a while now. It works so well… It blocks all uneeded popups but keeps all the links you press (the ones that are supposed to open poups)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/winxp-sp2-to-block-pop-ups-in-ie/35132/6 "2003-11-13T23:16:39Z")
Opera and Mozilla have a build in “pop-up stopper” too… 😉 and u can block **only** unrequested popup windows …😉