Secure Site access and Local Admin rights

[Guest]

Running IE SP2 on XP SP2 machines I have an issue with a sub-set of my users
who cannot access secure sites unless they are a local admin on the machine.
We recently ran a routine clean-up and removed multiple users from Local
Admin on their machines, in most cases there were no problems. A small
handful cannot access https: sites. A standard test user (no admin rights)
on the same machine works fine. I am speculating there is a registry edit
that is being written each time the user access a secure site, or something
in their profile. Thoughts?

 

[Guest]

I should add I have attempted the fixes listed in Article ID: 870700 and
elsewhere. I am interested in finding the root cause of the issue. I would
prefer not to implement the final solution mentioned in each of the Microsoft
articles, “Create a new user profileâ€, creating a new profile resets a
variety of user preferences. Instead I would prefer to edit and/or fix what
corruption exists so as not to negatively impact my users.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

HOW TO: Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Complete MSN Sign-up or
Connect to SSL Secured (128-Bit) Web Sites by Using Internet Explorer in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444

"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message on a Secure Web Site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303807

More help here: http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/17.html

 

[Guest]

I have attempted all the solutions listed. Profile replacement is the only
current fix that works.

Microsoft states "You may not be able to locate SSL Secured (128-Bit) Web
sites if your Windows user profile is damaged." And gives as a solution
profile replacement.

I would prefer to isolate the affected registry entry or file and correct
the problem without replacing the profile. Any ideas as to what may be
corrupted?