Pop-up Blockers are intended to block unwanted pop-ups
(such as advertising) on web sites, but they also can interfere with legitimate functions
such as viewing MLS announcements, linked documents, IDX search screens, tutorial movies
or calendars. There are dozens of
pop-up blocking utilities; some also are included in anti-virus programs and
free Internet utilities.
- If supported by your software, a shortcut to temporarily
disable blocking on an
individual web site is to hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard when
you click on the address link to a web site.
Browser add-ons and free toolbars (such as Ask.com,
Crawler, FunWebProducts,
MyWebSearch, MySearch,
My Way Speedbar, Search Assistant) or desktop gadget adware (such
as WeatherBug or WhenU) also may interfere with MLS functions that
open a new browser screen for viewing (such as linked documents and
calendars).
- To remove unwanted or
troublesome browser add-ons and toolbars in Internet Explorer, open you Windows
Control
Panel > select Add/Remove Programs > select the appropriate toolbar >
click Remove (see note 1).
- To view browser add-ons, open Internet Explorer
> select Internet Options > Programs tab > click
"Manage Add-ons" button > beside Show, select "Add-ons
that have been used by Internet Explorer."
- To temporarily disable an add-on, select it in
the "Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer" list
(see step above) > under Settings, click Disable > OK.
To disable or remove unwanted or
troublesome browser add-ons and toolbars in Firefox: click Tools
> select Add-ons > select the add-on > click Disable button to
temporarily turn off, or click Uninstall button to remove the add-on >
OK.
Note 1: If you remove/uninstall a toolbar/browser add-on that was embedded in
a free product, you will no longer have access to the free product or feature.
To continue to be able to access the underlying product sometimes, temporarily disable the
add-on.
For specific instructions
to disable, configure or remove some of the most common pop-up blockers
and toolbars, select the appropriate
section below:
Note 2: Toolbars may be hidden but still functioning. To view a hidden
toolbar, go to the top of your Internet browser and select View >
Toolbars > click to check the desired toolbar. Only the checked toolbars in
the list will be visible in your browser.
Beginning with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, pop-up blocking has been
integrated into Internet Explorer and is enabled by default. To configure IE's
pop-up blocking:
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click Tools > select Pop-Up Blocker
- To disable pop-up blocking in IE, select "Turn Off Pop-up
Blocker"
- To allow pop-ups on approved sites, select "Pop-up Blocker Settings..."
- in "Address of Web Site to allow" box type ctimls.com
- click the Add button. The website *.ctimls.com
should appear under Allowed sites.
- click the Close button.
If pop-up blocking is turned on in Internet Explorer it will generate an "Information
Bar" the first time you go to a web site that uses pop-ups or
graphical code resembling pop-up code. Click where indicated inside the
Information bar and select either
- "Temporarily Allow Pop-Ups" to view blocked
information just during the current session
- "Always Allow Pop-ups from this Site" to always
see pop-ups at this web site
- "Settings" to allow pop-ups on multiple sites you
specify.
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Firefox blocks pop-ups by default. To configure Firefox's pop-up blocking:
- Open Firefox
- Select Tools > Options > Content
- To disable pop-up blocking, un-check "Block pop-up windows" >
click OK.
- To allow pop-ups on approved sites, verify that "Block pop-up windows"
is checked and click the Exceptions... button beside it. This opens
the Allowed Sites - Popups window
- in "Address of Web Site" box type www.ctimls.com
- click the Allow button. The website www.ctimls.com
should appear under Site with an "Allow" Status.
- click the Close button.
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To stop the Pop-Up Blocking feature in Google Toolbar, either
- Click on the Pop-Up Blocker icon
in the toolbar to allow pop-ups on this site 
;
or
- Right-click on the toolbar and un-check Google in the Drop
Down menu to temporarily disable blocking pop-ups.
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To disable the Pop-Up Blocking feature in the Yahoo Toolbar:
- Click the Down arrow beside the Pop-Up Blocker
icon
- To disable the blocker, un-check "Enable Pop-Up Blocker"
in the Drop Down menu
.
- To configure the blocker, check "Enable Pop-Up Blocker"
and select "Always Allow Pop-Ups from..." on the
same Drop Down menu
- In the Yahoo! Pop-Up Blocker dialog screen, select ctimls.com
in the "Sources of Recently Blocked Pop-Ups"
- Click the Allow button and then the Close
button.
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- Click the Down arrow beside the Pop-Up Blocker
icon
- Check "Allow Pop-ups"
in the Drop Down menu
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To stop the Pop-Up Blocking feature in AOL Toolbar, click on the Pop-Up
Blocker in the toolbar 
to toggle it to allow pop-ups 
.
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To disable the PopSwatter popup blocker in the Ask Toolbar:
- Display the Ask Toolbar if not visible (at the top of your Internet
browser select View > Toolbars > click to check "Ask
Toolbar")
- Click the PopSwatter icon (looks like a yellow flyswatter) on the
Ask Toolbar
- Click Disable PopSwatter.
To configure PopSwatter to allow pop-ups on selected sites such as
ctimls.com:
- Go to the web site (www.ctimls.com)
- Click the PopSwatter icon on the Ask Toolbar
- Click "Change Preferences"
- Add the site to the "Safe List" (click "Safe
List" tab > Allow Popups for www.ctimls.com
> click Allow > X to close).
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The Ask.com, FunWebProducts, or MySearch toolbar/browser add-ons are embedded
in many FREE downloadable products (such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, My
Mail Signature, My Mail Stamp, and Popular Screensavers). These
toolbars may then be activated whenever a new browser window is opened
automatically - such as when viewing linked MLS documents, IDX search screens,
tutorial movies,
or calendars.
Note: To configure or temporarily disable the popup blocker
in the Ask Toolbar, follow the instructions in the previous section (Ask
Toolbar with Popswatter).
To remove the Ask Toolbar from Internet Explorer:
-
Close all browser screens
-
Go to the Start menu and click on Control Panel
-
In the Control Panel, double-click on Add/Remove Programs
-
Select Ask Toolbar from the Programs list
-
Click the Change/Remove button to
uninstall.
To remove the Ask Toolbar from Firefox:
-
Click on Tools near the top of your Firefox browser window
-
Select Extensions or Add-Ons
-
Select the Ask Toolbar
-
Click Uninstall to remove (or click Disable to temporarily
disable), then click OK.
If you continue to experience problems with the Ask.com, FunWebProducts,
or MyWebSearch
browser add-on (after completing the above removal steps):
- Go to http://help.funwebproducts.com/uninstall/uninstall.html
In Windows XP or earlier,
- Open or Run the uninstall.html file and follow
the prompts
In Windows Vista,
- Save uninstall.html file
- Double-click on the saved file
and select the appropriate options
Close all web browser screens to clear the add-on out of
memory. If the add-on persists, re-start Windows.
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Like Ask.com/FunWebProducts, the "sponsor supported" Crawler toolbar is included with thousands
of FREE downloadable products (such as screensavers, wallpaper, animated
cursors, desktop weather or traffic utilities, radio & MP3 players, online
games, smileys, eCards and IE skins).
To disable the Pop-Up Blocking feature in the Crawler Toolbar:
- Go to the Crawler Toolbar Settings
Select the "Services Settings" tab
Check the box beside Popup Blocker and click the Settings
button
Under the General tab select Disable
Click the Apply button and then the OK
button
To configure the Pop-Up Blocking feature in the Crawler Toolbar:
- Go to the Crawler Toolbar Settings
- Select the "Services Settings" tab
- Check the box beside Popup Blocker and click the Settings button
- Select the Advanced tab
- Click the Add Website button
- Enter www.ctimls.com as the "Site host name"
- Click the Apply button and then the OK button
To Uninstall the Crawler Toolbar either use Add/Remove Programs in
Windows Control Panel, or:
- Click on the "Crawler" button, select the "Help"
and then the "Uninstall" option
- Select the component(s) to remove and click the Uninstall button
- Click Yes to close IE windows
- Click Yes to reboot windows.
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Note: If you disable blocking pop-ups, you may want to re-enable pop-up blocking
after you finish using the function that was being
blocked.
Related Articles and Internet Links:
To return to CTI's on-line menu of Help & Tutorials for CTI
Navigator, click here .
To go directly to CTI's CMA tutorial
movie, click here.
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