Add/Remove Programs has been restricted.

[Mike]

When I try to open add/remove programs I get the
error "Add/Remove Prgrams has been restricted. Please
check with your administrator". I am a local admin on this
computer and would like any suggestions to remeady the
problem.

Thanks,

 

[Smile Extender]

Policy restrictions can be found under these four registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies

I don't know which setting causes restrictions you have, but you can test
yourself. Browse these registry keys with regedit and change suitable 0x01
values to 0x00 and reopen control panel.

Other way is to get Registry Monitor from www.sysinternals.com and let it
create log file while you try to access control panel. From log you can see
what registry settings control panel check before giving that message.