Can't access "Internet Options"

[David Staton]

OS is WinME with all patches up to date
IE 6
Norton AntiVirus and Norton Personal Firewall


The Problem:

When I try to access Tools>Internet Options I get this error message:

"This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer. Please contact your system administrator."

I have system set up to logon automatically using Windows Logon, so in
effect there is only one user and one administrator.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

David

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Close IE.
Open Regedit.
Find the value NoBrowserOptions and remove every instance of it.

You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot:
'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature?
If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control
Panel".
See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748

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[David Staton]

Thanks, Frank! Problem was with Spybot, as described by M.Burgess.

You da man!

DS

(P.S. Sorry about the second posting...I looked hard to find the first and
couldn't.)

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Thanks for the feedback.

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