Some questions:  First, are you using a recent version of JAWS?  If he
has a popup blocker going, have you disabled it?  Otherwise, one thing
you might try is when you come to one of these links, route JAWS to PC
and then press Control plus Slash on the number pad and see if that
doesn't work.
Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: VICUG-L: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ted Chittenden
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:22 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Opening Websites in a New Window


HI to all.

I recently changed from my long-time Dell PC with Windows ME to a used
Compaq computer with Windows XP.  For the most part, things have worked
out well, but I do have a major problem.

The problem is:  when I go into http://www.radio-locator.com or
http://www.npr.org or other sites that launch linked web addresses in a
second window, I cannot get the second window to launch.  I contacted
the computer's previous owner, and he suggested I turn off Norton's
Internet Security which I did (along with disabling Norton Antivirus),
but it didn't help.  I went into the folders menu in the Control panel
and turned on and off the "Launch Folders in a Separate Process" to no
avail.  In the same menu, I turned on and off all three items relating
to launching pairs of web pages to no avail.  The previous owner had
MSN's popup blocker installed.  I exempted both websites and turned off
the Popup blocker to no avail.  I thought there might be something in
the Customizable Internet Options Security Setting Customize settings
area, but I looked through the list of items to disable and enable and
found nothing that sounded like it could do what I wanted it to do.  The
former owner was very scared of viruses (he was using a DSL cable
hookup), and the result is that the system contains several cleaning and
antispy programs (including both AdAware and Microsoft's antispy program
as well as Spybot).  The former owner also has several versions of
Firefox installed and Netscape Messenger loaded, bessides the Internet
Explorer 6 with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP I am currently using.

Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated, as I very
much enjoy listening to NPR programming and am a heavy contributor to
Radio-locator.  If I hear nothing, I may be forced to contact Geeks on
Call (and pay a nice premium) to resolve this issue.

To all, thank you in advance for assisting me with this problem.


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