I recently edited the security settings for the Internet and Intranet zones on my computer. Ever since then my pop-up blocker quit working, regardless of what I am doing to re-instantiate it into avtive duty. Note that I did never explicitly turn it off. All I did was change the defaults for downloading AcitveX controls.
Since then I made sure (and unchecked and checked) the Block pop-ups check box on the Internet Settings dialogs is checked many a times, which is every time I get really disgusted with the pop-ups again. I also clicked the "Default" button a few times ... just in case the first click didn't really do anything. Yes, I rebooted since, too.
Unfortunately, I seem to be the only one documenting this issue. It's not in the KB or the newsgroups.
Has anybody else seen this? Do I need to un-insall and re-install SP2, that's a solution in the same category as rebooting the computer when I was still running Windows 95, just a lot more time consuming. Or should I just go back to the pop-up blocker in the Google bar which I never had problems with?