Restrictions on Tools/Internet Options

I get this message whenever I try to go to Tools/Internet Options.

The title bar has "Restrictions" in it and the message is

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

I'm stuck because I am the system administrator. I noticed this after I had
switched to Bellsouth DSL and canceled and went back to my cable modem and
wanted to change the home page back to Google. Since I canceled my
Bellsouth account, they are not interested in helping me (not that I think
that they really could anyway.)

I was able to change my homepage by changing it in the registry, but there
are other things I need to change.

Can anyone help me remove the restrictions that I never intended to put on?

Thanks,

Ken

Have you tried booting to Safe Mode?
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"Ken->" <handsaw AT comcast DOT net.spicedham> wrote in message
news:76idncIAMaJWmy3eRVn-pw@comcast.com...
>I get this message whenever I try to go to Tools/Internet Options.
>
> The title bar has "Restrictions" in it and the message is
>
> "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
> computer. Please contact your system administrator."
>
> I'm stuck because I am the system administrator. I noticed this after I
> had switched to Bellsouth DSL and canceled and went back to my cable modem
> and wanted to change the home page back to Google. Since I canceled my
> Bellsouth account, they are not interested in helping me (not that I think
> that they really could anyway.)
>
> I was able to change my homepage by changing it in the registry, but there
> are other things I need to change.
>
> Can anyone help me remove the restrictions that I never intended to put
> on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>

If you have used SpyBot's Immunize tool, see this:
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...=faq&detail=24

Otherwise try here

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...strictions.htm



"Ken->" <handsaw AT comcast DOT net.spicedham> wrote in message
news:76idncIAMaJWmy3eRVn-pw@comcast.com...
|I get this message whenever I try to go to Tools/Internet Options.
|
| The title bar has "Restrictions" in it and the message is
|
| "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on
this
| computer. Please contact your system administrator."
|
| I'm stuck because I am the system administrator. I noticed this
after I had
| switched to Bellsouth DSL and canceled and went back to my cable
modem and
| wanted to change the home page back to Google. Since I canceled my
| Bellsouth account, they are not interested in helping me (not that I
think
| that they really could anyway.)
|
| I was able to change my homepage by changing it in the registry, but
there
| are other things I need to change.
|
| Can anyone help me remove the restrictions that I never intended to
put on?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Ken
|
|

"Ken->" <handsaw AT comcast DOT net.spicedham> wrote in message
news:76idncIAMaJWmy3eRVn-pw@comcast.com...
>I get this message whenever I try to go to Tools/Internet Options.
>
> The title bar has "Restrictions" in it and the message is
>
> "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
> computer. Please contact your system administrator."
>
> I'm stuck because I am the system administrator. I noticed this after I
> had switched to Bellsouth DSL and canceled and went back to my cable modem
> and wanted to change the home page back to Google. Since I canceled my
> Bellsouth account, they are not interested in helping me (not that I think
> that they really could anyway.)
>
> I was able to change my homepage by changing it in the registry, but there
> are other things I need to change.
>
> Can anyone help me remove the restrictions that I never intended to put
> on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>


It is probably a policy setting. It is a local policy (that you can change
while logged in under an admin-level account) or it could be a domain policy
that gets pushed to your host. Although the policies set registry values,
it is probably easier to wade through the policy editor than dig around in
the registry.

Run gpedit.msc and navigate to the follow node in the tree:

User Configuration
Administrative Templates
Windows Components
Internet Explorer
Internet Control Panel

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