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Disabling Pop-up Blockers
Internet Explorer
  1. Launch an Internet Explorer browser window.
  2. Click on “Tools” in the toolbar, point to “Pop-up Blocker”.
  3. Click “Pop-up Blocker Settings”.
  4. Type “www.nylearns.org” in the “Address of Web site to allow” box.
  5. Click “Add”.
  6. Click the “Close” button to exit.
To completely disable the pop-up blocker, click on “Tools” in the toolbar, and select “Turn off Pop-up Blocker.

Firefox
  1. Select the “Tools” menu.
  2. Select “Options…”.
  3. Select “Web Features”.
  4. Click “Allowed Sites” opposite “Block Popup Windows”.
  5. Type “www.nylearns.org” and click “Allow”.
  6. Type “www.nylearns.org” and click “Allow”.
  7. Click “OK” to close Allowed Sites.
  8. Click “OK” to close Options.
To completely disable the popup blocker, uncheck the box next to “Block Popup Windows”. Click “OK” to exit the “Options” windows.

Netscape and Mozilla
  1. Navigate to www.nylearns.org.
  2. Select the “Tools” menu.
  3. Select “Popup Manager”.
  4. Select “Allow Popups From This Site”.
To completely disable the popup blocker, de-select the box next to “Block unrequested popup windows”.

Google Toolbar

There are three ways to disable the Google popup blocker.
  1. To allow a popup on a one-time basis, press and hold the “Ctrl“ (or Command) key as you click on the link to navigate to a new page.
  2. To completely disable the popup blocker, click “Options” and uncheck the box next to “Popup Blocker” in the Accessories section.
Yahoo Toolbar

There are three ways to disable the Yahoo popup blocker.
  1. Turn off Pop-Up Blocker by clicking the Pop-Up Blocker menu and uncheck “Enable Pop-Up Blocker”.
  2. Press and hold the “Ctrl” (or Command) key while clicking a link to override Pop-Up Blocker, and allow any popup windows resulting from the click.
  3. Add the source of the popup window to your “Allowed List” by clicking the Pop-Up Blocker menu and selecting “Always Allow Pop-Ups From…”. Then select NYLearns.org from the “Sources of Recently Blocked Pop-Ups” list, and click “Allow”.
AOL Toolbar

To allow popups from NYLearns.org:
  1. Click “Settings” on the AOL toolbar.
  2. Click “Pop-Ups” in the “Essentials” tab.
  3. In the “Web Pop-Ups” tab of the “Pop-Up Control Settings” window, select “Allow Web popups from these sites” from the available options.
  4. Enter “www.nylearns.org”, and click “Add”. Click “Save” when done.
Norton Internet Security
  1. Click on the “Norton AntiSpam” button located in the left-hand panel.
  2. Select “Pop-up Blocking” from the resulting menu. Several new options should appear along the right-hand side of the window. Click “Turn Off”.
Other Security Software

Refer to the software documentation to locate the popup blocker.
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