Unable to Change Home Page with IE6

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Jude

Hello!
I'm trying to change my home page on IE6, Windows XP.
When clicking Internet Options, I receive a message that
states:
"operation cancelled due to restrictions placed on this
computer. Please contact your system administrator."

Well......... I am the only user of this home computer. I
also went to the control panel, attempting access that way
to Internet Options, but when I click on options, the area
to change the home page is grey and non-clickable.

I poked around security settings, specifically the
firewall that came with XP. Firewall is enabled, but I
don't see anything limiting the changing of my homepage.

Finally, I have Spybot protecting my computer, and thought
perhaps something there was limiting my ability to change
my homepage, but again, I couldn't find any options to
change.

Help??

Thanks bunches.
Jude
 
Do you have more than one user account listed(like a
guest account)?If not go to Start>>>My
Computer>>>Right Click on the C
drive>>>properties>>>sharing tab>>>uncheck the boxes for
sharing files>>>apply>>>OK>>>then restart your
computer,then try again to change your homepage.
 
Problem Fixed! It was a Spybot problem. I poked around
on the spybot website a bit more, and discovered under
the "immunize" button, there were "recommended
miscellaneous locks", that were locking my ability to
change my Internet options. I unchecked them, and
everything is working just fine. Just figgered I would
pass along that info on the chance someone else runs into
this same situation.

Jude
 
Hello!
I'm trying to change my home page on IE6, Windows XP.
When clicking Internet Options, I receive a message that
states:
"operation cancelled due to restrictions placed on this
computer. Please contact your system administrator."

Well......... I am the only user of this home computer. I
also went to the control panel, attempting access that way
to Internet Options, but when I click on options, the area
to change the home page is grey and non-clickable.

I poked around security settings, specifically the
firewall that came with XP. Firewall is enabled, but I
don't see anything limiting the changing of my homepage.

Finally, I have Spybot protecting my computer, and thought
perhaps something there was limiting my ability to change
my homepage, but again, I couldn't find any options to
change.

Help??

Thanks bunches.
Jude
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Jude,

In Spybot, look at Tools - IE tweaks, and see if you checked "Lock IE control
panel".

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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