popups in IE on XP when running 2 OS

[Larry]

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i have been running on Win2K pro for a long time now and
today i installed XP SP1 on a second drive (can now boot
on either drives to win2k or winXP) but since i did that i
am getting popups like every minute (even when i am not
using the pc) they just keep coming. now i have never had
this problem before (i even have a popup blocker that has
never failed me). I only get these popups when i am
running on my C: drive (Win2k), i get no popups when i
boot on D: (WinXP).

any thoughts on how i could either stop getting popups or
just completely disable the internet on D: (the one with
XP) when i am running on C🙁Win2K) ?

 

[Guest]

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Larry wrote:
> i have been running on Win2K pro for a long time now and
> today i installed XP SP1 on a second drive (can now boot
> on either drives to win2k or winXP) but since i did that i
> am getting popups like every minute (even when i am not
> using the pc) they just keep coming. now i have never had
> this problem before (i even have a popup blocker that has
> never failed me). I only get these popups when i am
> running on my C: drive (Win2k), i get no popups when i
> boot on D: (WinXP).
>
> any thoughts on how i could either stop getting popups or
> just completely disable the internet on D: (the one with
> XP) when i am running on C🙁Win2K) ?

Install a software firewall such as ZoneAlarm on the Windows 2000 computer.
What you are getting are not browser popups, but popups generated by the
messenger system.

--

Frank GoBell

 

[Larry]

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Actually they are browser popups, its not the gray
messenger window ads
>-----Original Message-----
>Larry wrote:
>> i have been running on Win2K pro for a long time now and
>> today i installed XP SP1 on a second drive (can now boot
>> on either drives to win2k or winXP) but since i did
that i
>> am getting popups like every minute (even when i am not
>> using the pc) they just keep coming. now i have never
had
>> this problem before (i even have a popup blocker that
has
>> never failed me). I only get these popups when i am
>> running on my C: drive (Win2k), i get no popups when i
>> boot on D: (WinXP).
>>
>> any thoughts on how i could either stop getting popups
or
>> just completely disable the internet on D: (the one with
>> XP) when i am running on C🙁Win2K) ?
>
>Install a software firewall such as ZoneAlarm on the
Windows 2000 computer.
>What you are getting are not browser popups, but popups
generated by the
>messenger system.
>
>--
>
>Frank GoBell
>
>
>
>.
>

 

[kelly]

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Hmm, sounds odd, Larry.

Have you tried running Ad-Aware, Spybot and HijackThis? If not, give them a
run.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup

--
All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"Larry" <kap0ne@msn.com> wrote in message
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>i have been running on Win2K pro for a long time now and
> today i installed XP SP1 on a second drive (can now boot
> on either drives to win2k or winXP) but since i did that i
> am getting popups like every minute (even when i am not
> using the pc) they just keep coming. now i have never had
> this problem before (i even have a popup blocker that has
> never failed me). I only get these popups when i am
> running on my C: drive (Win2k), i get no popups when i
> boot on D: (WinXP).
>
> any thoughts on how i could either stop getting popups or
> just completely disable the internet on D: (the one with
> XP) when i am running on C🙁Win2K) ?