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Adding Trusted Sites to Internet Explorer 7 Pop-up Blocker

  1. When you visit a website that brings out the pop-up window such as www.circuitcity.com, you will be notified by the following dialog box.

    Information bar message window  image

  2. Click the Close button. You can see the information bar (shown below) indicating that Internet Explorer blocked a pop-up window.

    Internet Explorer Information bar image

  3. Click the information bar and then, you will be prompted to the following menu.

    Information bar pop up menu image

  4. You can temporarily allow the blocked pop-up by selecting Temporarily Allow Pop-ups menu item. You will see the information bar indicating the blocked pop-up window is temporarily allowed.

    Information bar "temporarily allowed" image

    OR

    You can allow all the pop-up windows coming from this site by selecting Always Allow Pop-ups from This Site… menu item. You will be prompted to confirm your choice.

    "Allow Pop-up from this site" confirmation menu image

    Click Yes.

  5. If you want to manually add or remove the sites you want to allow the pop-up windows, select Tools » Pop-up Block » Pop-up Blocker Settings

    Menu image from Tools to Pop-up blocker

  6. You can manually add new sites or remove old sites by clicking Add, Remove or Remove All buttons. For example, you can use asterisk (*) to include all sub-sites within Cal State L.A. like *.calstatela.edu.

    Pop-up blocker settings window image


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