I have been having problems with my computer (Windows 98) Lately when I am on the internet and I click on something where another window pops up, it doesn't load at all...it just shows that outline of a window, but there is nothing in it.....any suggestions?

Which browser, and version?

Internet Explorer Version 6

This does seem to be asking the obvious, but you aren't using any pop up killers are you? I use proxomitron, and often have this "problem", but i just disable it if there's something i want to see...

Matthew

no....i am not....

I used to use a program called Pop Up Killer which worked beautifully. It would download a list of known pop ups and block those, and if other got through, you could add those to the black list very easily. Unfortuntatley, the program is no longer supported and i can't find anywhere to download it anymore.

Tony recommended a program called AdShield that becomes a part of IE. So far, its worked great for me, i get virtually no pop ups. One problem i am noticing however, is that sometimes, IE will just randomly freeze. Most of the time it'll lock up when i click on a link to go somewhere else. I can open up other IE windows and use them just fine, but the ones thats frozen will just show a blank white screen. weird. i don't know if this has anything to do with AdShield, but it seems like it might. i dunno.

try AdShield - www.adshield.org

that doesn't seem to help......is there any settings menus for internet explorer hat I might be overlooking?

nope

I'd say try the standard Microsoft fix of Uninstalling and reinstalling IE.

What about AdSubtract (or other banner blocking software)? If the popup is a standard banner ad, the popup will open the window but nothing will be displayed.

Does it do it everytime, at random, or on just one specific link?

Maybe you don't have javascript enabled and the pages that use it screw up?

I'd do what ricin says and try reinstalling it.

problem solved! I just went to 'Uninstall IE 6" and it gives you the option of repairing IE and that worked....Thanks for all your help!

Oh yeah. I forgot about the repair function. Glad that helped.