"eagles06" <eagles06@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19BDFC79-D4EE-467A-A65E-4D63A256428A@microsoft.com
> The homepage on IE Options seems to be locked and I cannot find where
> to unlock it so I can change the current home page address. Also I
> have a number of folders that have appeared in the favourites that I
> cannot get rid of. When I opne organise favourites, they do not
> appear.
>
> I have loaded the latest MS Antisyware but it hasnt solved the
> problems. Any suggestions?

Close IE.
Open Regedit.
Find the value NoBrowserOptions and remove every instance of it.
It is most likely (but not necessarily) to be here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Restrictions

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://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748

AdAware, MS Anti-Spyware and other anti-spyware and anti-virus programs may
have similar options.

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