Popup blocker does not get rid of the annoying advertisement panel vertical strip down the entire right side of my inbox message window.  It hinders my ability to read my messages.   If I cannot get rid of this panel I will leave hotmail!

@icunme:

The ads on the right side of Hotmail's pages can be COMPLETELY REMOVED!!
(For obvious reasons, the moderators in these forums will tell you that the ads cannot be removed from the free version of Hotmail and will provide alternative email solutions, but will not tell you about the following solution ... which allows you to continue using the free Hotmail service with the ads completely removed).
 

First, install the Firefox browser, and make it your default.

 

Then, install the extension to Firefox called Greasemonkey (this will allow scripts to be run within Firefox).

 

Finally, install the specialized script that will remove all ads from Hotmail and reuse the space vacated by the ads.

 

See this page for links to firefox and greasemonkey:

http://userscripts.org/about/installing

 

... and see this page for a link to the script you need:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8228