pop-ups

If you’re one of the brave souls navigating your digital life on Windows 11, you’ve probably encountered Microsoft Edge's persistent reminders to set itself as your default browser. Loving Edge or not, these “gentle nudges” have turned into what can only be described as full-blown nagging. And...

Ah, Microsoft—always a trendsetter when it comes to nudging (or perhaps shoving) its users towards new horizons. This time around, the company has opted for a bolder strategy, taking the upgrade hustle to a whole new level. Windows 10 users are now being greeted by in-your-face, full-screen...

Ah, Microsoft—always the good ol’ reliable, albeit occasionally mischievous, tech giant. Windows 11 users recently found themselves facing yet another pop-up from Microsoft's Edge browser—a maneuver so underhanded it could make a magician blush. If you thought you could escape the incessant...

Hi everyone... I use Chrome for my browser, and I always use AdBlock, I have the Startup Instruction to just open my Comcast Home Page. It recently opens the Comcast Page but also an additional page, on top of it. It also opens a random page when I click pretty much any link on the page I'm...

good morning please help as i am going to loose my mind I am running windows 10 although my problem started while running windows 7 I have Avast security installed on my laptop and every time I access the web it pops up a thread from gnw.cisection dot net 1996....... for the love of computers...

Since Microsoft Edge does not yet have a built in UI for managing pop-ups these steps will help you add/remove entries from this list using the system registry. read more Continue reading...

Every time I start Winduws 7 I have some external hard drives that pop-up to show their contents. How do I get Windows to automatically approve these external hard drive, so I do not have to close those pop-up down every time ?

I am starting to think I will not like the new Notification icon on the Taskbar. They may change the way it behaves in the final version, but right now it is a distraction and a little bit of a nuisance. Why would I want to keep notifications about safely removing USB drives or other minor...

I have a recurrent problem with Windows 7 on my Dell computer. For several times now, the homepage and the default search engine changes to MixiDJ; some pops-up appear, such as: Fix PC errors now! or 1 click PC fix; various ads appear all the time; various unwanted windows open why I am trying...

On my laptop, I run a program (can't think of the name) that warns me of all attempted changes to anything. I'm getting the following notice, which I deny, as I think it is asking to delete a vital Windows command. cmd.exe / o/D /c del c:/users/me/appdaata/local/temp/O.del in my temp...

This is my work computer. I'm constantly slowed down by pop-ups opening in new windows instead of new tabs. Here's what happens: - I go to Tools > Internet Options > General > Tabs Settings - Change "When a pop-up is encountered" from "Always open pop-ups in a new window" to "Always open...

How do you get the small box thingy to stop popping up all the time asking for my password for Microsoft Outlook 2010 ? It will stop for a week then start up and ask me every 10 minutes :confused: Anybody have this problem? :(

I have windows 7 family version. My laptop is an ASUS K52F. I use MSE. For some reason, my firewall protection has been switched off. I don't know how long it's been off. Recently, I've started getting intrusive chinese pop ups when I open my firefox browser. I get emails from paypal saying...

Hi all, Here is a question that I posted on the MS-TechNet, but I thought I should post it here too, to get wider audience. Any help/suggestion that you can provide will be greatly useful. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 0 : Turning notifications...

Hello, I am new to this forum. I came here because I have spent over six hours googling for solutions to my problem, and no solutions have yet been found. I have Windows 7 Ultimate installed and need help fixing a problem. I hope my description of the problem is clear and understandable...

If you find that you being prevented from using the internet and you are getting pop-ups stating your pc has been attacked, then you need to get rid of this thing fast. It will infest your pc's registry. Basically it is a name changing rip-off rogue application that deliberately reports false...

windows security service is not getting started in windows 7 startup. i have opened the services.exe and the following message apppered. this was happening past from so many days. unwanted sites pops up in internet explorer. " One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because...

I am running 7 Home Premium 32-bit with the latest version of Firefox and Office 2007 on a machine I built back in August. A few weeks back I started getting Windows Genuine Advantage pop-ups telling me my version of Office couldn't be verified (this is a copy that was given to me by my...

first problem that happened first was when ever i started a program a notice would pop up and say the file is corrupt and i had to turn on the chkdsk utility. the second problem is that every 10secs(not exaggerating its that common) even if i am not doing anything on the computer a pop up...

Hope someone can help! Have just got new machine running windows 7 and IE8 with google toolbar. On several websites I can't seem to get links to work. Examples include not being able to open a bus timetable on stageoach site, not opening booking details on easyjet, and not being able to go to...