IE Security Zone buttons greyed out

[Gil Theissen]

Bought an old thinkpad laptop at a yardsale. It's running win95 with ie4
(I upgraded to ie5). Problem is that although it will connect to some
websites, there are a bunch of websites (legitimate ones) it won't connect
to (cannot find server). It was a corporate laptop and I think the sysadmin
locked the browser down real good. The Content Advisor was enabled and
password protected, but I found the reg hack to disable it, but the problem
still persists and I think it may involve the "Security Zones" setting.
However under the Security Tab, the "custom level" and "default level"
radio buttons are grey out in all the zones (internet, intranet, trusted,
restricted) and I can't make any changes to any of the zones.
Upgrading to IE5 didn't help and I can't find anything on the web. Can
someone here could tell me if there's a reg hack to re-enable these settings
or how to otherwise undo or redo this setting?
Thanks - Gil
Theissen

 

[PA Bear]

Is Spybot installed on the machine?

Custom Level and Default Level buttons in Internet Options Security tab are
grayed out:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/secchangesettings.htm

"Sites" button and "Custom Level" slider are grayed out in Internet
Options - Security tab?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/flags.htm
--

IE5-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.browser

New IE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP

 

[Gil Theissen]

Thanks for the reply. I managed to re-enable the radio buttons through the
registry, but unfortuantely that didnt solve the p[roblem. To give an
example of urls I can and can't open, I went to Google News and made a list
of the links I could open and the links I could not.
================
NO:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801178.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5105278,00.html

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1414843,0050.htm

http://www.planet-f1.com/news/story_20076.shtml

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050628-1446-scotus-tencommandments.html

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/3361.html
==================================
YES:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/top_stories/15_46_356_28_05.txt

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8919701

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_179184849.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/fusion.php
==============
if the url ends in html, htm or shtml, I can't open it. The only exception
was the CBS link and there I could open it, but none of the pictures
displayed.
Another example, I can got to www.yahoo.com, but none of the pictures
display (red x's) and I can't sign in or open any links. I can also go to
www.ebay.com, and then open the site map, but once there none of the links
to the sub-categories will open.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
Thanks - Gil Theissen

 

[PA Bear]

Please include all of previous message in your replies, Gil.

Do these links not work at all or do the resulting IE windows give you a
"Page not found" or "Page cannot be displayed; Server or DNS error" error?
For the latter, see http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm#dns.

If you revert back to IE4, do the problems persist?
--
~PA Bear

Thanks for the reply. I managed to re-enable the radio buttons through the
registry, but unfortuantely that didnt solve the p[roblem. To give an
example of urls I can and can't open, I went to Google News and made a
list of the links I could open and the links I could not.
================
NO:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801178.html
<snippage>
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1414843,0050.htm

http://www.planet-f1.com/news/story_20076.shtml

==================================
YES:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/top_stories/15_46_356_28_05.txt

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8919701

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_179184849.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/fusion.php
==============
if the url ends in html, htm or shtml, I can't open it. The only exception
was the CBS link and there I could open it, but none of the pictures
displayed.
Another example, I can got to www.yahoo.com, but none of the pictures
display (red x's) and I can't sign in or open any links. I can also go to
www.ebay.com, and then open the site map, but once there none of the links
to the sub-categories will open.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
Thanks - Gil Theissen

 

[Gil Theissen]

Two things happen. The vast majority of the time, I get the standard "The
Page Cannot be displayed" (cannot find server or dns error) message but when
I get that message, it pops up almost instantaneaously after I click on
sites that I can't load. However, on some occasions - like when I try to
sign in to yahoo.com or try to select a 'search category' (news, images,
etc.) at www.msn.com, nothing happens and I just stay on the same page.
I haven't tried rolling back to IE4 yet, but the problem existed with
IE5 which is one of the reasons I upgraded to IE5.
Flushing cache and cookies didn't help, not did any of the suggestions
at the link you sent.

Gil Theissen
==================================

Please include all of previous message in your replies, Gil.

Do these links not work at all or do the resulting IE windows give you a
"Page not found" or "Page cannot be displayed; Server or DNS error" error?
For the latter, see http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm#dns.

If you revert back to IE4, do the problems persist?
--
~PA Bear

Thanks for the reply. I managed to re-enable the radio buttons through
the
registry, but unfortuantely that didnt solve the p[roblem. To give an
example of urls I can and can't open, I went to Google News and made a
list of the links I could open and the links I could not.
================
NO:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801178.html
<snippage>
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1414843,0050.htm

http://www.planet-f1.com/news/story_20076.shtml

==================================
YES:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/top_stories/15_46_356_28_05.txt

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8919701

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_179184849.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/fusion.php
==============
if the url ends in html, htm or shtml, I can't open it. The only
exception
was the CBS link and there I could open it, but none of the pictures
displayed.
Another example, I can got to www.yahoo.com, but none of the pictures
display (red x's) and I can't sign in or open any links. I can also go to
www.ebay.com, and then open the site map, but once there none of the
links
to the sub-categories will open.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
Thanks - Gil Theissen

Is Spybot installed on the machine?

Custom Level and Default Level buttons in Internet Options Security tab
are grayed out:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/secchangesettings.htm

"Sites" button and "Custom Level" slider are grayed out in Internet
Options - Security tab?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/flags.htm

 

[Gil Theissen]

Correction....problem solved. Turns out I was using the wrong copy of
Wsock32.dll. I tried using the Win98 version and when I rolled it back to
the Win95 version, problem vanished.
That BTW, suggestion was at the very bottom of the page of the link you
sent me. I didn't scroll down far enough. Thanks for your help.
Gil Theissen

Two things happen. The vast majority of the time, I get the standard "The
Page Cannot be displayed" (cannot find server or dns error) message but
when I get that message, it pops up almost instantaneaously after I click
on sites that I can't load. However, on some occasions - like when I try
to sign in to yahoo.com or try to select a 'search category' (news,
images, etc.) at www.msn.com, nothing happens and I just stay on the same
page.
I haven't tried rolling back to IE4 yet, but the problem existed with
IE5 which is one of the reasons I upgraded to IE5.
Flushing cache and cookies didn't help, not did any of the suggestions
at the link you sent.

Gil Theissen
==================================

Please include all of previous message in your replies, Gil.

Do these links not work at all or do the resulting IE windows give you a
"Page not found" or "Page cannot be displayed; Server or DNS error"
error? For the latter, see
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm#dns.

If you revert back to IE4, do the problems persist?
--
~PA Bear

Thanks for the reply. I managed to re-enable the radio buttons through
the
registry, but unfortuantely that didnt solve the p[roblem. To give an
example of urls I can and can't open, I went to Google News and made a
list of the links I could open and the links I could not.
================
NO:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801178.html
<snippage>
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1414843,0050.htm

http://www.planet-f1.com/news/story_20076.shtml

==================================
YES:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/top_stories/15_46_356_28_05.txt

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8919701

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_179184849.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/fusion.php
==============
if the url ends in html, htm or shtml, I can't open it. The only
exception
was the CBS link and there I could open it, but none of the pictures
displayed.
Another example, I can got to www.yahoo.com, but none of the pictures
display (red x's) and I can't sign in or open any links. I can also go
to
www.ebay.com, and then open the site map, but once there none of the
links
to the sub-categories will open.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
Thanks - Gil Theissen

Is Spybot installed on the machine?

Custom Level and Default Level buttons in Internet Options Security tab
are grayed out:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/secchangesettings.htm

"Sites" button and "Custom Level" slider are grayed out in Internet
Options - Security tab?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/flags.htm

Gil Theissen wrote:
Bought an old thinkpad laptop at a yardsale. It's running win95
with
ie4 (I upgraded to ie5). Problem is that although it will connect to
some websites, there are a bunch of websites (legitimate ones) it
won't
connect to (cannot find server). It was a corporate laptop and I think
the sysadmin locked the browser down real good. The Content Advisor
was
enabled and password protected, but I found the reg hack to disable
it,
but the problem still persists and I think it may involve the
"Security
Zones" setting. However under the Security Tab, the "custom level"
and "default level" radio buttons are grey out in all the zones
(internet, intranet, trusted, restricted) and I can't make any changes
to any of the zones. Upgrading to IE5 didn't help and I can't find
anything on the web. Can someone here could tell me if there's a reg
hack to re-enable
these settings or how to otherwise undo or redo this setting?
Thanks
-
Gil Theissen

 

[PA Bear]

YW & thanks for posting back.

In future, it'd be better to post your queries about this machine to a
Win95- or IE5-specific newsgroup, Gil. They're still being monitored.
--
Win95-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion
IE5-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.browser
IE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP

CC: Sandi

Correction....problem solved. Turns out I was using the wrong copy of
Wsock32.dll. I tried using the Win98 version and when I rolled it back to
the Win95 version, problem vanished.
That BTW, suggestion was at the very bottom of the page of the link you
sent me. I didn't scroll down far enough. Thanks for your help.
Gil

Two things happen. The vast majority of the time, I get the standard
"The Page Cannot be displayed" (cannot find server or dns error)
message but when I get that message, it pops up almost instantaneaously
after I click on sites that I can't load. However, on some occasions -
like when I try to sign in to yahoo.com or try to select a 'search
category' (news, images, etc.) at www.msn.com, nothing happens and I
just stay on the same page.
I haven't tried rolling back to IE4 yet, but the problem existed with
IE5 which is one of the reasons I upgraded to IE5.
Flushing cache and cookies didn't help, not did any of the
suggestions at the link you sent.

Gil Theissen
==================================

Please include all of previous message in your replies, Gil.

Do these links not work at all or do the resulting IE windows give
you a "Page not found" or "Page cannot be displayed; Server or DNS
error" error? For the latter, see
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm#dns.

If you revert back to IE4, do the problems persist?
--
~PA Bear

Gil Theissen wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I managed to re-enable the radio buttons
through the
registry, but unfortuantely that didnt solve the p[roblem. To give
an example of urls I can and can't open, I went to Google News and
made a list of the links I could open and the links I could not.
================
NO:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801178.html
<snippage>
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1414843,0050.htm

http://www.planet-f1.com/news/story_20076.shtml

==================================
YES:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/top_stories/15_46_356_28_05.txt

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8919701

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_179184849.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/29/news/fusion.php
==============
if the url ends in html, htm or shtml, I can't open it. The only
exception
was the CBS link and there I could open it, but none of the pictures
displayed.
Another example, I can got to www.yahoo.com, but none of the
pictures display (red x's) and I can't sign in or open any links. I
can also go to
www.ebay.com, and then open the site map, but once there none of the
links
to the sub-categories will open.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
Thanks - Gil Theissen
<paste>
PA Bear wrote:
Is Spybot installed on the machine?

Custom Level and Default Level buttons in Internet Options Security
tab are grayed out:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/secchangesettings.htm

"Sites" button and "Custom Level" slider are grayed out in Internet
Options - Security tab?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/flags.htm

Gil Theissen wrote:
Bought an old thinkpad laptop at a yardsale. It's running win95
with
ie4 (I upgraded to ie5). Problem is that although it will connect
to some websites, there are a bunch of websites (legitimate ones)
it won't
connect to (cannot find server). It was a corporate laptop and I
think the sysadmin locked the browser down real good. The Content
Advisor was
enabled and password protected, but I found the reg hack to
disable it,
but the problem still persists and I think it may involve the
"Security
Zones" setting. However under the Security Tab, the "custom
level" and "default level" radio buttons are grey out in all the
zones (internet, intranet, trusted, restricted) and I can't make
any changes to any of the zones. Upgrading to IE5 didn't help
and I can't find anything on the web. Can someone here could tell
me if there's a reg hack to re-enable
these settings or how to otherwise undo or redo this setting?

Thanks -
Gil Theissen