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Peter Principle
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There are stupid-ass banners on PoF that generate noise when you mouse over them. They must be silenced. How can I do this? I use Windows XP and IE 7.0.
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That is what I had to do to get stupid applications (like garena) to stop displaying those ads, since they apparently use some kinda IE-like interface for ads. No big loss, since I use firefox for everything.
Ninja edit: Just curious, why the IE love? Or is it more that you aren't in a position to dictate what software you use? It's just that this is really where something like the firefox and ad block+ combo shines. Whenever you want to block an ad, or even any image you like, you can just right click it and add it to the block list. It's very convenient.
Advice followed up with a pre-emptive - You're not using a firewall? And you're using IE? Noisy ads are the least of your problems.
now as for advice. . . switch to Vista so that you can choose to mute individual applications. I use it when I'm playing flash games that don't allow me to mute their terribad 30-second-loop music. . .
I won't switch from IE to firefox for free from a download, but I should go to a store and spend ~$100 which will then require me to install a new operating system? You = dumb.
Excellent, I'll be looking into this further.
I tried firefox at home, there was something about it that annoyed me. I don't remember what it was. Work requires the use of IE, but I don't know if I can modify the host file at work or not.
There's also a flashblock-like plugin for IE. (There don't seem to be many adblock plugins for IE directly -- they are in some of the IE-based browsers like Maxthon or Avant.)
If you want to block most/all ads, you could go the hosts route, or you could try something like Privoxy, which is probably slightly more complicated but is supposed to be pretty well-configured out of the box.
Well, if you just don't like Firefox that's one thing, though I honestly don't know what would make IE seem better.
But just so you know, Firefox will not require administrator privileges to install as long as you change it from the default install location (Program Files) to some other place that you can actually create files. My job uses IE and we don't have admin access, but I use firefox anyway.
I believe you will need administrator (or at least power user, maybe) access to change the hosts file in Windows since it defaults to a system directory (and to change it I think you need to edit the registry).
All in one plugin for IE.