Jim, Nothing was installed expect XP Home--bare bones. I did have Panicware "Pop-up Stopper" that worked really well. And as you say, I also had Google. The first things that popped up once I got my computer up was the "Found New Hardware" for my printer and scanner. Before I even got finished with those installations, the Messenger pop-ups started. I think I put a halt to them though by choosing disable in Administration Tools. I disabled that right off the bat the first time I installed XP and had no more problems with it. I just didn't want anything shooting messages back and forth from my computer without me knowing about it (or having a good reason for it).
It kind of annoys me that there are still many Web sites out there that still put necessary information in pop-up boxes--knowing that probably most people use pop-up blockers. But then, I guess they probably also know that it's pretty easy to hold the shift key down to temporarily disable it if you want to. :) Diane --- In [email protected], "JIM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Diane, > > > While my computer was in the shop they went ahead and installed a > > fresh copy of XP on the new drive. I'd forgotten what a pain that > > would be. Now I'm getting pop-up boxes every few minutes. There are > > two different ones..... > > Most of my recent computers have had Google presintalled and it has a pop-up > blocker. I haven't seen one in years. > > Jim > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
