Restrictions

[ED]

When I attempt to go to Tools, Internet Options, I get a
message box stating "This operation cancelled due to
restrictions on this computer. Contact your system
administrator." This is a stand alone home PC. Any
ideas on the cause or fix for this?
thanks,

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Look in the right pane for a value called NoBrowserOptions. If it exists,
it should be set to 0. If not, double click this value and set it to 0. If
it doesn't exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane and select
New, DWord value. Name it NoBrowserOptions and leave it set at 0.

Repeat the above for:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

For an automated fix, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Fix Internet
Options Restrictions.

 

[ED]

Thanks Doug, worked fine. When I looked for the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Polices\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions, I found that the Internet
Explorer\Restrictions key was completely missing. I
created each of them and added the new DWord for
NoBrowswerOptions, rebooted and everything was fine.
Also checked out your web site, which I didn't know
existed. I would recommend to others that they check it
out. Also made a donation via PayPal.
thanks again,

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Thanks, Earnest Generally, a missing key or value is the same as the
particular value being set to 0. But in some cases, like the value existing
in the Local_Machine branch and the Current_User branch, the Local_Machine
value can override the Current_User value. In this case, it was just the
restriction in Current_User that was causing your problem.