IE7 Links Causes Pop-Ups (Balloon)

Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn this
feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?

....and of course we all know what the "stupid pop-up" says...

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

JCO wrote:
Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn this
feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?

"JCO" wrote:

Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn this
feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?


= Click Start Control Panel Double click Network and Internet
Connections Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Click on Advanced Tab and uncheck this box:
[ ] Show friendly URLs

Click [OK] and then try this:
Click Control,panel Folder Options click View Tab and uncheck this Box:
[ ] Show Pop-up description for folder and Desktop Items.

If you still get the tooltip try this links:
= http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...alloontips.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307729
HTH.
Let us know.
nass
====
www.nasstec.co.uk

Here's an example:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-29727.html

It's the big popups... you won't have any troubles finding them in the main
body of the text.

The normal balloon titles don't bother me. I've seen them for many years.
But these "big" pop-ups, when you go over the link, are horrible to see.
You will see what I mean.
Thanks

"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
...
...and of course we all know what the "stupid pop-up" says...

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

JCO wrote:
Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn
this feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?

If I'm guessing correctly, that is advertising, put there by the web
page owner (not Microsoft.) Perhaps there is ad blocking software that
can change its behavior.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

JCO wrote:
Here's an example:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-29727.html

It's the big popups... you won't have any troubles finding them in the main
body of the text.

The normal balloon titles don't bother me. I've seen them for many years.
But these "big" pop-ups, when you go over the link, are horrible to see.
You will see what I mean.
Thanks

"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
...
...and of course we all know what the "stupid pop-up" says...

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

JCO wrote:
Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn
this feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?

This did not work, however, I was able to turn off Active Scripting, which
is on the security tab (advance).
This works, but of course, it will shut donw other options that may be
useful. I will evaluate for a few weeks and decide if I should keep Active
Scripting off or not.
Thanks


"nass" wrote in message
...


"JCO" wrote:

Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn
this
feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?


= Click Start Control Panel Double click Network and Internet
Connections Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Click on Advanced Tab and uncheck this box:
[ ] Show friendly URLs

Click [OK] and then try this:
Click Control,panel Folder Options click View Tab and uncheck this
Box:
[ ] Show Pop-up description for folder and Desktop Items.

If you still get the tooltip try this links:
= http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...alloontips.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307729
HTH.
Let us know.
nass
====
www.nasstec.co.uk

Hi JCO,
Argh, I just Visited the link you sent in your message, this Normal as this
a Site script for Drop down Menu.
Which Happen is the site have a lot of Sub-links on that Button and instead
of make them Visible to you and fill the whole screen and lose space and also
account on the content and the subject the designer would like to include in
this page.
Here are two examples:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ffice.11).aspx
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm

So you don't have trouble after all and there is nothing wrong with your
machine, this a new or design feature in many of websites these days.
HTH.
nass
===
www.nasstec.co.uk

"JCO" wrote:

This did not work, however, I was able to turn off Active Scripting, which
is on the security tab (advance).
This works, but of course, it will shut donw other options that may be
useful. I will evaluate for a few weeks and decide if I should keep Active
Scripting off or not.
Thanks


"nass" wrote in message
...


"JCO" wrote:

Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn
this
feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?


= Click Start Control Panel Double click Network and Internet
Connections Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Click on Advanced Tab and uncheck this box:
[ ] Show friendly URLs

Click [OK] and then try this:
Click Control,panel Folder Options click View Tab and uncheck this
Box:
[ ] Show Pop-up description for folder and Desktop Items.

If you still get the tooltip try this links:
= http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...alloontips.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307729
HTH.
Let us know.
nass
====
www.nasstec.co.uk

JCO wrote:

This did not work, however, I was able to turn off Active Scripting, which
is on the security tab (advance).
This works, but of course, it will shut donw other options that may be
useful. I will evaluate for a few weeks and decide if I should keep Active
Scripting off or not.

"Active Scripting" is a major blunder on Microsoft's part. It includes
both the use of Active-X controls, *and* the use of Javascript. If you
turn off Active Scripting, you disable both. You can't have one without
the other.

Unfortunately, the usual reason you would want to do this is
spyware/malware, which is normally a rogue Active-X control you got in a
drive-by install from an infected web site though one of the many
security holes in IE. The worst problem Javascript normally causes is
unwanted popup windows, which are created with a Javascript function.

If you could disable Active-X controls in IE and keep Javascript, it
would make things a lot nicer, but MS doesn't let you do that.

By turning off Active Scripting, you are disabling Javascript, and
*many* web sites won't work properly because they use it for needed
functions.

I prefer Firefox, which has tabbed browsing, disables the Javascript
function used to create popups by default (you can enable it on a site
by site basis for those sites that require it for some reason), and
deliberately doesn't support Active X controls because of the security
problems. I run it with the NoScript extension, which blocks all
scripting for sites unless they on on a whitelist you create.

The only thing IE is used for here is visits to the Windows Update site,
because that downloads an Active X control that examines your system and
determines what updates you *need*. and since I have automatic updates
turned on, that doesn't happen very often.
______
Dennis


--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

thanks for the info

"nass" wrote in message
...

Hi JCO,
Argh, I just Visited the link you sent in your message, this Normal as
this
a Site script for Drop down Menu.
Which Happen is the site have a lot of Sub-links on that Button and
instead
of make them Visible to you and fill the whole screen and lose space and
also
account on the content and the subject the designer would like to include
in
this page.
Here are two examples:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ffice.11).aspx
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm

So you don't have trouble after all and there is nothing wrong with your
machine, this a new or design feature in many of websites these days.
HTH.
nass
===
www.nasstec.co.uk

"JCO" wrote:

This did not work, however, I was able to turn off Active Scripting,
which
is on the security tab (advance).
This works, but of course, it will shut donw other options that may be
useful. I will evaluate for a few weeks and decide if I should keep
Active
Scripting off or not.
Thanks


"nass" wrote in message
...


"JCO" wrote:

Running WinXP-Pro w/IE7:

How do you turn this off. Every time my mouse passes over a link, I
get
this stupid pop-up that is big and annoying. Is there anyway to turn
this
feature off with out causing some other detrimental affects?


= Click Start Control Panel Double click Network and Internet
Connections Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Click on Advanced Tab and uncheck this box:
[ ] Show friendly URLs

Click [OK] and then try this:
Click Control,panel Folder Options click View Tab and uncheck this
Box:
[ ] Show Pop-up description for folder and Desktop Items.

If you still get the tooltip try this links:
= http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...alloontips.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307729
HTH.
Let us know.
nass
====
www.nasstec.co.uk

Great information and I'm guessing I will be turning it back on too.
Your correct on the Windows Update. That is how it works. That is why many
folks us FireFox to do updates on their computer... those folks that don't
have a genuine key.

Thanks again


"Dennis McCunney" wrote in message
...
JCO wrote:

This did not work, however, I was able to turn off Active Scripting,
which
is on the security tab (advance).
This works, but of course, it will shut donw other options that may be
useful. I will evaluate for a few weeks and decide if I should keep
Active
Scripting off or not.

"Active Scripting" is a major blunder on Microsoft's part. It includes
both the use of Active-X controls, *and* the use of Javascript. If you
turn off Active Scripting, you disable both. You can't have one without
the other.

Unfortunately, the usual reason you would want to do this is
spyware/malware, which is normally a rogue Active-X control you got in a
drive-by install from an infected web site though one of the many
security holes in IE. The worst problem Javascript normally causes is
unwanted popup windows, which are created with a Javascript function.

If you could disable Active-X controls in IE and keep Javascript, it
would make things a lot nicer, but MS doesn't let you do that.

By turning off Active Scripting, you are disabling Javascript, and
*many* web sites won't work properly because they use it for needed
functions.

I prefer Firefox, which has tabbed browsing, disables the Javascript
function used to create popups by default (you can enable it on a site
by site basis for those sites that require it for some reason), and
deliberately doesn't support Active X controls because of the security
problems. I run it with the NoScript extension, which blocks all
scripting for sites unless they on on a whitelist you create.

The only thing IE is used for here is visits to the Windows Update site,
because that downloads an Active X control that examines your system and
determines what updates you *need*. and since I have automatic updates
turned on, that doesn't happen very often.
______
Dennis


--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

JCO wrote:

Great information and I'm guessing I will be turning it back on too.

Leave it off, and see what happens when you surf. You won't like it.

Your correct on the Windows Update. That is how it works. That is why many
folks us FireFox to do updates on their computer... those folks that don't
have a genuine key.

You *can't* use Firefox to do Windows updates, because it *doesn't*
support Active-X. The Windows Update site *requires* IE. (You *can*
make Firefox support Active-X, but it's a "not recommended unless you
know what you are doing!" operation.)

I use Firefox because it's simply a better browser, and would use it
even if IE *were* secure.

And yes, I have a genuine key. Assuming people use Firefox because they
don't have one is an error. They use it because its a better browser,
and many folk use it because they run Macs or Linux, where IE isn't
available. Of course, Mac and Linux users don't have to worry about
getting the latest security patches.

Thanks again

You're welcome.
______
Dennis

--
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."

-- Jack E. Leonard

I was not trying to imply any inappropriate behavior on your part. My tone
was definitely not meant in that way. If I sound that way to you... I
certainly apologize.

I was on the phone with my cousin.. when reading your post. He was telling
me that his friend used Firefox because it gets around the detection and can
still get the updates (or downloads). I might of misunderstood my cousin
and will verify with him again.

Your correct that Firefox is an excellent browser. MS is playing catch-up
to stay in the game. I was not implying that everybody that uses Firefox,
is doing so to get around the Genuine Detection. I know that it is a great
browser.


"Dennis McCunney" wrote in message
...
JCO wrote:

Great information and I'm guessing I will be turning it back on too.

Leave it off, and see what happens when you surf. You won't like it.

Your correct on the Windows Update. That is how it works. That is why
many
folks us FireFox to do updates on their computer... those folks that
don't
have a genuine key.

You *can't* use Firefox to do Windows updates, because it *doesn't*
support Active-X. The Windows Update site *requires* IE. (You *can*
make Firefox support Active-X, but it's a "not recommended unless you
know what you are doing!" operation.)

I use Firefox because it's simply a better browser, and would use it
even if IE *were* secure.

And yes, I have a genuine key. Assuming people use Firefox because they
don't have one is an error. They use it because its a better browser,
and many folk use it because they run Macs or Linux, where IE isn't
available. Of course, Mac and Linux users don't have to worry about
getting the latest security patches.

Thanks again

You're welcome.
______
Dennis

--
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."

-- Jack E. Leonard

JCO wrote:

I was not trying to imply any inappropriate behavior on your part. My tone
was definitely not meant in that way. If I sound that way to you... I
certainly apologize.

No apology required. I didn't think you were trying to imply that. I
was merely pointing out your reply could be interpreted in that manner.

I was on the phone with my cousin.. when reading your post. He was telling
me that his friend used Firefox because it gets around the detection and can
still get the updates (or downloads). I might of misunderstood my cousin
and will verify with him again.

It depends upon what he is doing. You can get to any part of the
Microsoft site with Firefox. You can even get to Windows Update. It
just won't *work* with Windows Update, because Windows Update downloads
an Active-X control to examine your system and determine what updates
you need. Firefox deliberately doesn't support Active-X, so this stage
gets nowhere. (You can get Active-X support in Firefox with an
extension, but it's a "Not recommended, and you better know what you're
doing!" operation. You can also get an extension that will load IE in a
tab, and I know folks who use that to visit Windows Update in FF.
Personally, I don't see why they bother. Simpler just to invoke IE.)

Other downloads can be had from the Microsoft site, but some of them
require a Genuine Advantage check before you can get them. That's an
actual program the site sends you, which you must run to validate you
have a licensed copy of Windows before you can get the download.

Firefox won't help you get around that.

Your correct that Firefox is an excellent browser. MS is playing catch-up
to stay in the game. I was not implying that everybody that uses Firefox,
is doing so to get around the Genuine Detection. I know that it is a great
browser.

MS has a way to go. I downloaded IE 7 mostly to see what they did, and
was underwhelmed. (I dual boot Win2K and WinXP, and still have IE 6
under 2K, so I figured I had a fallback if IE 7 didn't work.) It's nice
that MS has finally discovered tabbed browsing. Unfortunately, IE 7 was
supposed to be a big security fix, and there still seem to be a number
of holes.

I understand IE 8 will focus on standards, like better support for CSS.
IE is still the *least* standards compliant browser, and causes
headaches for web designers coding site they want to work in all
browsers. (*No* browser is *fully* standards compliant. The all have
funny little "gotchas!" where things don't work as expected as must be
worked around.)

I'm happy to see MS paying attention to IE again, because the
competition makes all browsers improve, and provides a better experience
for the user.
______
Dennis

--
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.