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Web browser popup blocker exceptions need configuring

2014/04/09 plagwitz Leave a comment

Which computers
1. This I found on the Reception desk
2. but isn’t that then also wrong on all student pcs which have the same base image?
Which exceptions missing: I noticed immediately:
1. outlook.com
2. www.uncc.edu should read uncc.edu
Which browsers
1. Example is IE9,
2. But are others different?

2013/09/14 plagwitz Leave a comment

Try and get the popup blocker on your office or lab PC fixed here (if you are on Windows 7 here, you need to use the 64-bit version): choose "Run" – preferable to “Download” and "Open".
Then use Internet Explorer to try again what you were trying to do on one of our websites.
Background:
1. My users have been reporting for a while problems getting simple things done on campus websites. Last week I observed a few in their office and in the LRC being stalled by mis- or non-configured popup blocker, and not noticing the cause, being flummoxed.
2. The above little program configures the built-in internet explorer popup blocker to allow popups from websites that are part of our infrastructure.
3. It does not attempt to configure other popup blockers, whether inside or outside of this web browser.
4. The end user could also try
  1. (holding the key:) CTRL-click on the link where your web browsing fails.
  2. Or configure the popup blocker manually.
5. However, it would likely be best if this were done via GPO…