I can open web browsers okay but if I right click and selecet "Open in a new window" the window never loads. Same thing goes for when I click a link that automatically opens in a new window. The new window pops up and the microsoft colored flag in the upper right corner waves but the screen remains white and never loads. This just started a couple days ago, before then I could open new windows with no problems. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 9300 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz 302 MHz, 512 MB of RAM and I am running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Thanks for any help or suggestions!do you have an popup blocker from yahoo, or msn or google or anything else or perhaps the build-in popup blocker from sp2 (windows xp)?


greetz

blackberry  I do have a popup blocker that I believe is the built-in one you mentioned. I have experimented by changing its settings to: "allow popups from this site" on a trusted site but that did not help.  I have always had this same popup blocker and up until 2 days ago I never had problems with opening new windows and have never changed the popup settings.  I also have Norton AntiVirus and the day after this problem started (yesterday) I did a full computer SCAN and afterwards it said that it detected, fixed, and deleted 3 things. (I can't remember if they were all viruses or worms or what)  I don't know if this is related to my sudden new window opening problem. I have not noticed anything else wrong and I use my computer a lot If you got 3 things that Norton found, there are many more that it didn't. Download AdAWare, Spybot and Ewido and ruun them in safe mode. (They are free downloads, just google for them.) Be sure and let us know what you found.I have downloaded and ran Spybot and Ewido.  I am still looking for Adaware.  I LISTED their results below.  I still am unable to open new windows but at least I got a bunch of junk off my computer so thanks you very much!  
 
Spybot said it found and REMOVED 65 problems: Advertising.com, Avenue A Inc., BFast, ClickAgents, Commission Junction, CoreMetrics, DoubleClick, Erodata, FastClick, HitBox, HitsLink, ISearchTech.PowerScan, LinkSynergy, Market Engines, Marketengines, MediaPlex, NewDotNet, SexTracker, TargetNet, ValueClick, WebTrends live, WhenU.SaveNow, Windows Security Center.AntiVirusDisableNotify, Windows Security Center.FirwallDisableNotify

***The numbers in parentheses are the number of times the same thing was detected

Ewido found and deleted 153 infected objects: Spyware.MiniBug (3), Spyware.Cookie.2o7 7, Spyware.Cookie.247realmedia, Spyware.Cookie.Yieldmanager (2), Spyware.Cookie.Specificclick, Spyware.Cookie.Adorigin, Spyware.Cookie.Addynamix, Spyware.Cookie.Pointroll, Spyware.Cookie.Adtech, Spyware.Cookie.Falkag, Spyware.Cookie.Bluestreak, Spyware.Cookie.Serving-sys (2), Spyware.Cookie.Bursnet, Spyware.Cookie.Casalemedia, Spyware.Cookie.Centrport, Spyware.Cookie.Bridgetrack, Spyware.Cookie.Com 2, Spyware.Cookie.Sexcounter, Spyware.Cookie.Escomniture (96), Spyware.Cookie.Ru4, Spyware.Cookie.Valueclick (2), Spyware.Cookie.Overture (2), Spyware.Cookie.Valuead (2), Spyware.Cookie.Pro-market, Spyware.Cookie.Qksrv, Spyware.Cookie.Questionmarket, Spyware.Cookie.Revenue, Spyware.Cookie.Adjuggler (2), Spyware.Cookie.Liveperson (2), Spyware.Cookie.Spinbox, Spyware.Cookie.Onestat, Spyware.Cookie.Statcounter, Spyware.Cookie.Tradedoubler, Spyware.Cookie.Trafficmp, Spyware.Cookie.Tribalfusion, Spyware.Cookie.Clickzs, Spyware.Cookie.Realtracker, Spyware.Cookie.Burstbeacon, Spyware.Cookie.Myaffiliateprogram, Spyware.Cookie.Adserver, Spyware.Coupon
1. Start
2. Settings
3. Control Panel
4. Internet Options
5. Security tab
6. Reset all security zones to Default

And/or

1. Start
2. Settings
3. Control Panel
4. Internet Options
5. Advanced
6. Restore Defaults BUTTON.

You may need to do the following as well
 
1. Start
2. Settings
3. Control Panel
4. Internet Options
5. General tab
6. Remove cookies, temporary files and history

Kudos to Raptor.I did all 3 of the resets/removals suggested but I still can't open new windows. I really appreciate all the help though. Quote

I did all 3 of the resets/removals suggested but I still can't open new windows. I really appreciate all the help though.