Since the book was published, a new revision of Windows, SP2, has come out, and it includes a popup blocker built into Internet Explorer. If you use Windows Explorer, you should install it --- it'll block popups and give you other kinds of security.

There's also a great new browser called Firefox that includes a popup blocker, and is better than Internet Explorer in a variety of ways. So you might want to try that one as well.

And if you want help troubleshooting the popup blocker you tried, let me know and I'll see if I can help troubleshoot them.

Also, the second edition of Windows XP Hacks will be coming out early next year, so you might want to give that a try.

-- Preston Gralla