Questions tagged [popups]
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How to make Outlook Calendar reminders stay on top in Windows 7
I'm just starting to use Windows 7 and I want to know how to make my Outlook reminders pop up and show themselves prominently. They keep opening discreetly, as just another window in the Outlook ...
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Google Chrome - Open pop-ups in new tab?
Is there a way to set Google Chrome so that it opens pop-ups in tabs instead of opening new windows?
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Why am I seeing ads on websites including Wikipedia?
I was reading about hash functions on Wikipedia when this ad popped up. I was appalled and flabbergasted and annoyed to find advertisements akin to this one dotting my article like sprinkles on a ...
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How do I make ALL pop ups in Firefox open in a new tab rather then a new window?
I'm running Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows 7. And I still got some pop ups in new Windows (particularly the problem always reoccurs at one website)
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Disable Microsoft Edge Pop-up Notifications in Taskbar and System Tray
I recently started seeing popup notifications from Microsoft Edge when I try to open another browser like Firefox or Chrome:
Is there any way to disable these popups without uninstalling Microsoft ...
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What is Speech Downloader?
I had a window popping up, notifying me that "Speech Downloader" is trying to modify my system settings.
Can anybody help me out, what kind of process or app "Speech Downloader" is?
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What is the most reliable way to block newsletter sign-up/email-request pop-ups in Chrome?
It is common for me to visit a website and then be presented with a "pop-up" box.
This is not a true "pop-up," in the sense that it is not a new browser window that has been created without the ...
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How to disable javascript modal popup ads
For many years I have blocked popup ads with AdBlock Plus.
But it seems more and more these past couple months there is a "new" kind of popup overtaking the web. They are javascript based "modal" ...
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How to make Outlook Calendar reminders stay on top in Windows
"...I want to know how to make my Outlook reminders pop up and show themselves prominently. They keep opening discreetly, as just another window in the Outlook stack on the taskbar. As a result, I ...
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Stop taskeng.exe window from popping up
I have several processes scheduled in my Windows 7 environment, mainly for backups, that are supposed to run in the background.
However instead of just doing it's work quietly in the background, the ...
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Name of the element that pops up when you mouse over a folder in Windows 10?
What is the name of the element that pops up when you hold your mouse/pointer over a folder in Windows 10? I've included a snippet below of the informational pop-up I'm referring to.
I tried searching ...
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How to disable popup messages in Windows 8?
Windows 8 keeps popping up irritating messages at all odd times at the top of the screen:
These seem to be like some sort of new balloon tips. How do I get rid of these permanently?
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How can I disable software update notifications in kde/plasma
I keep getting popups about updates and it's annoying. The window below is from the taskbar icon settings that I think is causing the popup. Is there a workaround? If I knew which package was the ...
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Flash Player Automatic Updater on Windows Startup
Adobe Flash Player is set to automatically check for updates on Windows startup. I've always wondered where exactly it is set to do this. Checking the running services, as well as msconfig does not ...
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How to disable popups in Firefox without add-ons?
For the past 5-10 years or so, I've been using Firefox, and I've never found out how to properly disable popups. I am now using Firefox 24.2.0 on Linux without Flash or Java. I used to just disable ...
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