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Disabling Pop-up Blockers For Use With Communicator Web Access

Topic Last Modified: 2009-02-27

Before you begin testing, you must configure all of the Web browsers that you want to use in your tests. In particular, you must disable the pop-up blocker for all browsers.

To disable the popup blocker in Firefox

  1. Log on to a computer in your organization as a member of the local Administrators group.

  2. Start the Firefox Web browser.

  3. In Firefox, click Tools and then click Options.

  4. In the Options dialog box, on the Content tab, clear the Block pop-up windows check box, and then click OK.

To disable the popup blocker in Safari

  1. Log on to a computer in your organization as a member of the local Administrators group.

  2. Start the Safari Web browser.

  3. In Safari, click Safari and then clear the Block Pop-Up Windows check box.

To disable the popup blocker in Internet Explorer and to configure Internet Explorer for automatic logon

  1. Log on to a computer in your organization as a member of the local Administrators group.

  2. Open the Internet Options dialog box by choosing Internet Options either from Control Panel or from the Tools menu in Internet Explorer.

  3. In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Security tab, click Local intranet, and then click Custom Level.

  4. In the Security Settings dialog box, under Logon, select Automatic logon only in Intranet zone, and then click OK.

  5. In the Internet Properties dialog box on the Security tab with Local intranet still selected, click Sites.

  6. In the Local intranet dialog box, click Advanced.

  7. In the next dialog box (also titled Local intranet), type the URL of your Communicator Web Access site (for example, https://im.contoso.com) in the Add this Web site to the zone box and then click Add.

  8. In the Local intranet dialog box, click OK.

  9. In the original Local intranet dialog box, click OK.

  10. In the Internet Options dialog box, click OK.