Hey I c sum ppl on here talking about annoying pop-ups. U can get some free pop-up stoppers and many browsers have built-in ones too.
But if u just wanna use IE to surf then to kill the pop-up windows do this:
Tools>Internet Options>Security>Select Custom Level>Scroll down to Active Scripting>Click Disable
Click OK twice.
Hope that helps...just remember that some sites USE pop-ups to show u pics...so u kinda have to play with it....!