readbud opens all the article invitations in a new window. Individualized instructions for turning off most pop-up blockers in use are listed on this page. Bear in mind that if you have multiple pop-up blockers you will need to go through each one and disable every one. Even if a Toolbar is not being displayed, most of them will still block the pop-up.

NOTE: Some of the pop-up blockers will allow the user to open a pop-up window by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking the button.

To know if you have toolbars that are not displayed, click View then highlight Toolbars. This should bring up a menu similar to the one shown here.

If there is something listed that does not have a checkmark next to it, all you need to do to make it visible is click on it. Unfortunately, if you have multiple unlisted items clicking on it will also close the box so you will need to once again click View then highlight Toolbars to bring the toolbars menu up again. Repeat this step as often as neccessary until all toolbars are visible. (you can turn them off later when you are finished with your assessment). Go through each one and turn off the pop-up blocker.

If you have Norton Internet Security remember that the last step after turning off Norton Internet Security's pop-up blocker is to to either delete your Cache or to Refresh the assessment page while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl & Shift keys to open a non-cached copy of the assessment page.

Common pop-up Blockers And How To Disable Them

• Pop-up Blocker in Google Chrome
• Windows XP Pop-up Blocker Using Internet Explorer
• AIM Toolbar  
• AOL Toolbar  
• Earthlink  
• Firefox  
• Google Toolbar for IE  
• Mozilla/Netscape
• McAfee Internet Security
• MSN Toolbar
• Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2005 and 2006  
• Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2004 and earlier  
• Popup Manager
• Pop-Up Stopper
• Safari (Macintosh Computers)
• Starware Toolbar
• Viewpoint Toolbar
• Yahoo Toolbar
• Zone Alarm Pro

Pop-up Blocker in Google Chrome

Google Chrome automatically blocks pop-ups from showing up automatically. You can choose whether you want to see pop-up notifications. Choosing to see these notifications allows the user to open the desired pop-up and still leaves all other pop-ups blocked.

1. Click the wrench menu .
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Under the Hood tab.
4. If you want to see pop-ups, select the 'Notify me when a pop-up is blocked' checkbox.
5. Click Close.

If you allow pop-up notifications, an alert will come up at the bottom right-hand corner of the browser window whenever there are pop-ups for the page you're on.

Click the alert to expand the pop-up and display the assessment.

Windows XP Pop-up Blocker Using Internet Explorer

• To disable
  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
  3. Choose the Turn Off Pop-up Blocker option.
     
• To allow pop-ups for the readbud Website
  1. From the Internet Explorer tool-bar, Select Tools menu, from the drop down menu, Select Internet Options then Select the Privacy tab (at the bottom of the Pirvacy window should be a Pop-up Blocker section), Select the Settings button.
  2. Add this address to the "Address of Website to allow." http://www.readbud.com/
  3. Select the Add button, then Select the Close button, then Select the OK button.
• For more informations you can visit:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/sp2_pop-upblocker.mspx

AIM Toolbar

AIM Toolbar is often inadvertently installed along with AOL Instant Messenger, an instant messaging software.  This Toolbar provides search functionality and interacts with AOL Instant Messenger. 

• To disable
  1. Click on the AIM button on the left end of the Toolbar. This will open the drop-down list.
  2. Clicking on the Toolbar Options in the drop-down list will open the "AIM Toolbar Options"
  3. Choose the pop-up Blocker Tab and uncheck the Block pop-up Windows box.
  4. Click the OK button. 

Once this is done,  the user should be able to open the new window.  If you are still unable to log in, you may have more Pop-Blockers to identify and disable.

AOL Toolbar

• To disable
  1. Click Settings on the AOL toolbar.
  2. Click Pop-Ups in the Essentials tab.
  3. Click Off - Do not block any pop-ups
  4. Click Apply and OK to close the options window.
• To allow pop-ups from the readbud Website
  1. Click Settings on the AOL toolbar.
  2. Click Pop-Ups in the Essentials tab.
  3. In the Web Pop-Ups tab of the Pop-Up Control Settings window select Allow Web pop-ups from these sites.
  4. Enter ( http://www.readbud.com/)
  5. Click Add.
  6. Click Save.
• For more information you can visit:
  http://help.aol.com/

Earthlink

• To disable
  1. Click the Protection button on the toolbar.
  2. Click Pop-Up Blocker then Options.
  3. Click Off - Do not block any pop-ups
  4. Click Apply and OK to close the options window.
• To allow pop-ups from the readbud Website
  1. Click the Protection button on the toolbar.
  2. Click Pop-Up Blocker then Options.
  3. Click Open Allow List
  4. Right-click on the first blank line, then type the full address of the site ( http://www.readbud.com/) and then press <Enter> on your keyboard.
  5. Click OK to close the list.
  6. Click Apply and OK to close the options window.
• For more information you can visit:
  http://support.earthlink.net/tutorial/ta/protection/

Firefox

• To disable
  1. Open the Options window in Firefox.
  2. Click on the Web Features icon.
  3. Uncheck the Block pop-up Windows option.Click Apply and OK to close the options window.
• To allow pop-ups from the readbud Website
  1. Click Allowed Sites.
  2. Enter this address( http://www.readbud.com/)
  3. Click OK.
• For more information you can visit:
  http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/options#webfeatures

Google Toolbar

• To disable
  1. Open the Google Toolbar Options window by clicking on the options button.
  2. In the Accessories section click off checkbox next to the pop-up blocker option
• To allow pop-ups from the readbud Website
  1. Click Add to whitelist. OR
  2. Click on the following button on the toolbar.
• For more information you can visit:
  http://toolbar.google.com/pop-up_help.html

Mozilla

1. Open the Edit toolbar menu and choose the Preferences option.

2. On the right-hand column, under the Privacy & Security Preferences category, click on the pop-up Windows topic. (If no sub-categories are visible, double-click on the title Privacy & Security to expand the list.)

3. You can either de-select the box next to Block unrequested pop-up windows to completely disable the pop-up blocking software, or add Virtual HR Center to a list of allowed sites.

4. To do this, click the Allowed Sites... button, type http://www.readbud.com into the text field, and then click the Add. Click OK.

5. An alternative method of doing this is to browse to the Virtual HR Center website (http://www.readbud.com), and then click on the Tools toolbar menu. Choose pop-up Manager and then select the Allow Popus From This Site option.

McAfee Internet Security

1. point to McAfee Pop-Up Blocker
2. deselect Enable Pop-up Blocker

MSN Toolbar

MSN Toolbar is the latest of the toolbars, but is starting to gain popularity. As with Yahoo and Google Toolbars, it allows other features on top of Pop-Up Blocking.  Below is the MSN Toolbar:

The following icon is the Pop-Up Blocker:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to the right of the text to bring up the Menu:

Click on Allow Pop-ups.

Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2005 And 2006

1. Norton Internet Security 2005 usually adds a yellow and orange orb icon to your system tray in the Windows taskbar. You may be able to right-click on it and Disable.(see above picture)
2. Otherwise, click on Start>Programs>Norton Internet Security>Norton Internet Security.  In the left hand pane of the Norton Internet Security window click on Norton AntiSpam.
   
   
   
3. Choose the Status and Settings view under Norton AntiSpam.  If Settings for Pop-up Blocking display a green checkmark, then Turn Off Pop-up Blocking.  To do this, Click on the words Pop-up Blocking.
   
   
   
4. Click Pop-Ups Blocking -> Turn off.
   
   
   
5. It should now look like this
   
   
   
6. The last step is to clear your Cache. To do this you can open Tools >Internet Options > click the "Delete Files..." button OR from the assessment page, while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl key & the Shift key use your mouse to press the browsers refresh button.

Remember that the last step after turning off Norton Internet Security's pop-up blocker is to to either delete your Cache or to Refresh the assessment page while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl & Shift keys to open a non-cached copy of the assessment page.

Norton AntiSpam and Norton Internet Security 2004 and earlier

1. Norton Internet Security 2004 usually adds a blue and green orb icon to your system tray in the Windows taskbar.  You may be able to right-click on it and Disable.(see above image)
2. Otherwise, click on Start>Programs>Norton Internet Security
3. In the left hand pane of the Norton Internet Security window choose the Status and Settings view under Norton Internet Security. If Settings for Ad Blocking display a green checkmark, then Turn Off Ad Blocking. To do this, Click on the words Ad Blocking. The Ad Blocking Pane should appear in the right hand pane.
   
   
   
4. Click Turn Off.
5. The last step is to clear your Cache. To do this you can open Tools >Internet Options > click the "Delete Files..." button OR from the assessment page, while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl key & the Shift key use your mouse to press the browsers refresh button.

Remember that the last step after turning off Norton Internet Security's pop-up blocker is to to either delete your Cache or to Refresh the assessment page while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl & Shift keys to open a non-cached copy of the assessment page.

PopupCop

Another popular Pop-Up Blocker, this software is also designed solely for preventing Pop-Ups. It installs a toolbar within the browser:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, click on the arrow to the right of the badge and a menu will appear with a list of options:

Click on Disable pop-upCop. Once this is done,  the user should be able to open the new window.  If you are still unable to log in, you may have more Pop-Blockers to identify and disable.

Popup Manager (for Internet Explorer)

1. Launch a new Internet Explorer browser window and navigate to http://www.readbud.com
2. Right-click with your mouse on the small color-coded area in the bottom left corner of your browser window. This bar of color will appear either red or green and is called a "widget".
3. In the resulting drop-down menu, select the option to Allow pop-ups from http://www.readbud.com.

Note: In order to enable pop-ups on an individual basis, press the Ctrl key while clicking on whatever is initiating the desired pop-up window.

Pop-Up Stopper

If you have Pop-Up Stopper, an icon will appear in the bottom right hand corner of your screen.

1. To disable the blocker, right-click on the Pop-Up Stopper software icon.
2. Un-check the checkbox next to Enable pop-up blocking.
3. You can re-enable the software when you are done with your assessment.

Safari Web Browser (Macintosh Computers)

1. Open Safari
2. Click on the Safari Menu
3. Uncheck "Block Pop-Up Windows"

Starware Toolbar (for Internet Explorer)

• To allow pop-ups from the readbud, launch a new Internet Explorer browser window and navigate to http://www.readbud.com. Once you are on the readbud home page, click on the pop-up Blocker button in the Starware Toolbar. Once you do, the toolbar button will change to indicate that pop-ups will now be allowed from the readbud.
• To completely disable the pop-up blocker, click on the arrow next to the Starware logo on the left-hand end of the toolbar. This will display the main menu; select the Preferences... option from the resulting drop-down list. In the message window that appears, uncheck the box to Enable pop-up Blocker. Click OK to close the window.

Viewpoint Toolbar

Viewpoint Toolbar is often inadvertently installed along with Viewpoint Player, a media player software.  This Toolbar provides search functionality and shows snapshots of search results' pages. 

Clicking on the word Viewpoint on the right end of the Toolbar will open the drop-down list.

Clicking on the Options Menu in the drop-down list will open the "Viewpoint Toolbar Options".  To disable Pop-up Blocking choose the Pop-ups Tab and uncheck the Enable Pop-up Blocker box.  Then click the OK button. 

Yahoo Toolbar

Probably the most popular toolbar, this program allows several other functions besides Pop-Up Blocking. Listed below is how the bar will appear within IE:

To disable Pop-Up Blocking, Click on the Down arrow to bring up the Menu:

Uncheck the entry Enable Pop-Up Blocker.


Once this is done,  the user should be able to open the assessment window.   If you are still unable to log in, you may have more Pop-Blockers to identify and disable.

Zone Alarm

To disable the pop-up blocker in ZoneAlarm Pro:

1. Open the Zone Alarm program by clicking your Start Button and accessing the Zone Alarm folder under Programs.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Turn off Cookie Control, Mobile Code and Pop Up control.