# Hotmail now spawning popup windows? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-now-spawning-popup-windows/48284 **Category:** Factual Questions **Created:** [January 3, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-now-spawning-popup-windows/48284 "2001-01-03T19:49:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll) #### Post date: [January 3, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-now-spawning-popup-windows/48284/2 "2001-01-03T20:49:44Z")
I’m running Win2k Advanced Server sp1 and IE5.5 sp1. I just went to hotmail and got a pop up when I first logged in (for ebay), but not as I navigated folders. You could turn off javascript by going to Tools|Internet Options|Security|Custom Level|Active Scripting but you’ll probably lose functionality on a lot of sites. I’m sure the guys at MS have done it as a way to make advert money. Another thread also talked about pop ups like this. It seems to be a growing trend. Still better than actually paying for the net though. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail-now-spawning-popup-windows/48284)._