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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 06:03 PM
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Has anybody else had this problem.When reading through threads on Scoobynet and trying to reply to them, the "reply Button" is not present on screen! Only have this problem on my home PC and not at work. Unfortunately can't reply to this if any one can help. It's a pretty basic Packard Bell with a 1.8 Intel Celeron Processor.
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 06:06 PM
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Sounds like you're running Norton Firewall.

Calling somebody with the instructions...

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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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This really ought to be in a FAQ...

It's Norton Internet Security's ad blocking feature - it thinks that the 'reply' button is an ad, and stops it from appearing. The simple fix is to turn off ad blocking when browsing SN. There is another more complex fix, but Simon doesn't like people doing it so I won't describe it here.

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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 06:23 PM
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Yep - dunno the instructions for a permenant fix but disable any personal firewall software and see if it magically appears.

Happens when I use my parents PC with Norton on.
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 07:23 PM
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No need to turn off the firewall - just the ad blocking feature.
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 08:15 PM
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or if you want to leave ad blocking enabled, create a rule for scoobynet.co.uk to permit 'threadid'.
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 10:08 PM
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Mark,

You wouldn't do a couple of screen grabs showing what to do would you?

Something I can get Simon to stick up for permanent reference.

TIA.

Chris.
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Old Apr 3, 2003 | 10:49 AM
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Chris,

I posted the instructions in detail once. Simon deleted my post and replaced it with an expression of his views on ad blocking. The official line, I believe, is simply never to use ad blocking while surfing SN - whether you ever click on banner ads or not.

If you really want, I'll explain exactly how the fix is done - it's not complicated - but you can post it yourself. The 'fix' of simply turning off ad blocking seems to be a good compromise.

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Old Apr 3, 2003 | 10:56 AM
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Or the threads locked lol
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Old Apr 3, 2003 | 04:13 PM
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The ad blocking in Norton Internet Security 2003 doesn't cause any problems on Scoobynet (it doesn't block all the ads, but it doesn't take long to fix that ). It's the 2002 version of NIS that does cause problems.

I can't take screenshots as I'm not running 2002. It's all done in the Advanced settings though.
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Old Apr 3, 2003 | 06:04 PM
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Cheers, turned off the ad blocking and if by magic it appeared. Hence this reply.
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