pop-ups

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...

Tonight, after unplugging my mouse from the USB port and while re-positioning my laptop, I noticed some pop-ups that suggested I get a higher performance power adapter (my laptop was plugged in and 100% charged). The popup appeared and disappeared 5-6 times, then I noticed the flag in the...