How does the pop-up blocker installed with Windows XP SP2 work?
If you have Windows XP you were required to install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 2 installs and enables a popup blocker in Internet Explorer. You may need to customize the popup blocker to get to some sites. For instructions on how to configure the popup blocker go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/sp2_popupblocker.mspx.