When I log on and have a PM, a box pops up asking (OK or cancel) if I want to view the message. Upon clicking OK, it will ask me if I want to open it in a new window or not. I click OK, but nothing happens. No new window pops up, and the main window stays on the index.php page.

I'm using IE7; is this my software's fault? Or does it have to do with the site? It seems like some kind of compatibility issue.

It is the browser's fault unfortunately. It thinks that the link is trying to open a pop-up and as such it tries and is successful in blocking it. I have had the same problem with Firefox as well. However, in Firefox I can go into the options and tell Firefox to allow pop-ups from certain sites. IE7 should have something similar. See if you can find that and it should solve the problem.

Let me know.

Cheers!

Ok. I found the pop-up blocker turned off (?), so I turned it on and included www.ucforums.com as on of the allowed sites. This'll be weird if it works, but if it works it works.

EDIT: umm, could someone send me a PM to test this?

Sent. Let me know. In fact, if you could send one back, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Thorin!

So now....
If I have the pop-up blocker turned off, it won't open in a new window.
If I have the pop-up blocker turned on, and allow this site, it still won't open in a new window.
But if I hit cancel, it will open in the same window.

Huh.

It's not important to me. I can still access my PMs in two simple clicks anyway. I'm not that lazy!