Robert,
Maybe this registry fix can do it:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairTabs.reg
1) Restores the missing Tabs in IE (usually spyware related)
2) Unlocks the grayed-out Home Page section
3) Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options
Zee
"Robert A. Schoedel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The section on the GENERAL tab in the Internet Options
> section of the TOOLS menu is completely GRAYED OUT. Yhis
> happened after an outage of my DSL ISP. I'd appreciate
> any suggestions on how I can bting the chsnge options
> back again.