Scroll bar in pop up windows not working

"solon fox" wrote:

> On May 12, 10:45 am, Tasha541 <Tasha....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > Whenever I open a pop up window (I think that's what you'd call them - a new
> > window opening from the original website) I have no vertical scrollbar. This
> > is extremely annoying since most of the time I need one to see the entire
> > window.
> >
> > Sometimes, I get a scrollbar but it won't move (this is rare). And on
> > occasion, I don't get a horizontal scroll bar either.
> >
> > I tried downloading Firefox and the same thing happens if that gives you any
> > clues.
> >
> > HELP!!
>
> Having a scrollbar or not having a scrollbar is a function of the
> script used to open the pop-up, i.e. it is the Web site who coded it
> that way, not your browser and not your operating system. You could
> try resizing the pop-up but unfortunately many pop-ups are scripted to
> not allow resize either. You're just dealing with dumb Web
> applications on those sites.
>
> -solon fox
>

Can't be the websites since they work fine on my sister's computer and they
worked fine on my old computer. (This computer was just purchased 2 months
ago and the problem has existed since the begininning). Try www.webkinz.com,
www.pokemon.com, and www.pogo.com and see if they work on yours.

Thanks,Tasha

On May 12, 9:04 pm, Tasha541 <Tasha... RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> "solon fox" wrote:
> > On May 12, 10:45 am, Tasha541 <Tasha... RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Whenever I open a pop up window (I think that's what you'd call them - a new
> > > window opening from the original website) I have no vertical scrollbar..  This
> > > is extremely annoying since most of the time I need one to see the entire
> > > window.  
>
> > > Sometimes, I get a scrollbar but it won't move (this is rare).  And on
> > > occasion, I don't get a horizontal scroll bar either.
>
> > > I tried downloading Firefox and the same thing happens if that gives you any
> > > clues.
>
> > > HELP!!
>
> > Having a scrollbar or not having a scrollbar is a function of the
> > script used to open the pop-up, i.e. it is the Web site who coded it
> > that way, not your browser and not your operating system. You could
> > try resizing the pop-up but unfortunately many pop-ups are scripted to
> > not allow resize either. You're just dealing with dumb Web
> > applications on those sites.
>
> > -solon fox
>
> Can't be the websites since they work fine on my sister's computer and they
> worked fine on my old computer.  (This computer was just purchased 2 months
> ago and the problem has existed since the begininning).  Trywww.webkinz.com,www.pokemon.com, andwww.pogo.com and see if they work on yours.
>
> Thanks,Tasha- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hi Tasha,

Does your sister's computer run Internet Explorer 6 or Internet
Explorer 7? IE 7 uses tabbed browsing, so there is a significant
difference.

I tried a few links on the Web sites that you cited and found that
scroll bars appeared in pop-ups when needed. I assume that you are
running Vista Home edition and IE 7. I am guessing that your sister is
running XP and IE 6.

Since I am running Vista and IE 7 and didn't see anything the matter
with those pop-ups, it tends to indicate that the trouble is with some
settings on your computer.

Go to Tools, Internet Options, General tab and towards the bottom is a
section called "Tabs", click the Settings button for tabs, where it
says, "When a pop-up is encountered:" select "Let Internet Explorer
decide how pop-ups should open."

Go to http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp and below the big blue
"Free Java Download" button, click the link for "Do I have Java?"
Follow the instructions there. If you do not have Java, or do not have
the correct version of Java then also follow their instructions for
updating/installing Java. Since your computer is new, the Java Runtime
Environment plug-ins required for some of those games may not have
been loaded. This might help to solve your problem.

I hope that you get it working exactly the way you like, but another
possible work-around (only if the above two steps don't work) would be
to set the pop-ups to always open in a new tab. Some people like it
that way, some people don't. If you choose to try that, then at least
you won't have the trouble with scroll bars.

-solon fox