Restriction on IE 6.0

[mike]

I have a personal PC w/ Windows XP and I have only 1
account on it. From IE 6.0 I can no longer get into
Tools - Internet Options. I now get the following
dialog...

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

I am the sys admin and I can't recall what I did to turn
on this restriction. How can I get this back to the state
where I could get into Tools - Internet Options?

thanks

mike

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

I have a personal PC w/ Windows XP and I have only 1
account on it. From IE 6.0 I can no longer get into
Tools - Internet Options. I now get the following
dialog...
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in
effect on this computer. Please contact your system
administrator.

[Cut]

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Hi Mike,
read these articles:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers3.htm#tools_internet_options
http://www.slimmit.com/go.asp?RB

Cheers,

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Internet Explorer
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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I have a personal PC w/ Windows XP and I have only 1
account on it. From IE 6.0 I can no longer get into
Tools - Internet Options. I now get the following
dialog...

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

I am the sys admin and I can't recall what I did to turn
on this restriction. How can I get this back to the state
where I could get into Tools - Internet Options?

thanks

mike

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"