No "Advanced" tab under internet options

[Calvin Carrier]

when I click on "Tools" then "Internet Options", only 5
tabs show up. They are "General, Privacy, Content,
Connections, and Programs". There is not a tab
for "Advanced" options. Does anyone know why this tab is
missing on my browser. I am running IE6 and Windows XP.
Please help?

 

[Alan Edwards]

The "why" may be malware.

Start-Run-Regedit
There could be more than one "AdvancedTab" value.
Try these keys first and then search for AdvancedTab (no space)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control Panel

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control Panel

Remove "AdvancedTab" if present.

Do the same for SecurityTab (which you didn't mention missing)

....Alan

 

[Alan Edwards]

That is because Spybot cannot cause this problem.

....Alan

 

[Calvin Carrier]

Alan, you are truly a GURU!!!! Your solution worked like
a charm! One question, what is malware?

-----Original Message-----
That is because Spybot cannot cause this problem.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In

microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Kent
W. Englandmicrosoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Calvin
Carrier"

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I'm curious if you have any idea how this setting came to be set on your
system.

 

[siljaline]

<snip>

One question, what is malware?

http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/malware.htm

HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_