says to contact administrator...I AM the administrator! help!

[Tyler C]

I cannot access "Internet Options" menu, says privileges
have been restricted and I need to contact the system
administrator. I am the only person who has ever used
this computer! I know I have used this menu before, I've
owned the computer a year. How can I change things
around? The user accounts situation just confuses me and
the help documents..don't. How can I regain control of
my own computer?

Thanks, Ty

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I cannot access "Internet Options" menu, says privileges
have been restricted and I need to contact the system
administrator. I am the only person who has ever used
this computer! I know I have used this menu before, I've
owned the computer a year. How can I change things
around? The user accounts situation just confuses me and
the help documents..don't. How can I regain control of
my own computer?

Thanks, Ty

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". See:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=knowledgebase/faq/faq024