Unable to change IE 6.0 sp 1 Homepage

[Christina]

I posted about a similar problem last night, and that
issue is resolved. Thank you so much for your help!

(The issue was regarding accessing Internet Options under
the Tools menu).

I updated a registry key, per another user's suggestion
(written below), and now I can successfully access
Internet Options under the Tools menu. HOWEVER, I CAN
NOT change the homepage (the area is greyed out).

Any ideas or advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advanced. Have a good evening!

--Christina

***Below is my original post with resolution and problem
that I had -- I figure some history wouldn't hurt!***

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ISSUE:

Internet Explorer | Tools | Internet Options

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

RESOLUTION:

Method 1:

(gpedit.msc only available on XP Pro)

Start > Run - type in "gpedit.msc" (without quotes).
Under User Configuration, expand Administrative
Templates, Windows Components,
Internet Explorer, Browser menus.
Double click the "Tools menu: Disable Internet Option...
menu option."
In the Setting menu it should be checked on " Not
configured"

If it is already set to "Not Configured", set it
to "Disabled"
and then back to "Not Configured".

The Internet Options menu should be available again.


Method 2:

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about
modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up
and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem
occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry,
click the following article
number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;256986


Start > Run > type in "regedit" (without quotes)
1. Expand
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions
2. In the right pane, check to see if the
Nobrowseroptions entry exists. If so, right
click the Nobrowseroptions entry, then click on delete
and confirm that you want to
delete it. Close Registry Editor and restart the
computer.
3. The Internet Options menu should be available again.

HTH

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In addition to below comment, I logged on to my husband's
account on the same machine, and he IS able to change his
homepage and everything else in Internet Options. Thanks
again.

--Christina

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Two days ago, I installed Search and Destroy free Spyware
on my XP machine. (I used it previously on a '98 machine
with no problems).

On the XP machine, I am the administrator. During the
install of Search and Destroy, I must have clicked on
something that led to the 'no changing of homepage'
option. When I went to "Tools, Internet Options," I
received an error message, "This operation has been
cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer. Please contact your system administrator."

After seeing that message, I did an uninstall of Search
and Destroy. Everything is gone, plus I updated (again)
virus software, windows updates, etc. etc. I rebooted
the machine in hopes to 'clean' itself.

The error message is still remaining, even though I no
longer have the spyware removal software installed. Any
ideas or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advanced! Good evening to everyone!

--Christina

***End of original post and resolution***

 

[Kenrick Fu]

To unlock the Homepage setting, follow these steps:
1. Quit all instances of Internet Explorer
2. Open Regedit.exe, navigate to this branch:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Control Panel]

3. Delete the "HomePage" DWORD value.

4. Close Registry Editor, restart IE.