Tools | Internet Options won't open

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

I'm logged on as administrator on a HP Pavilion MediaCenter PC with XP-SP2.
This does not happen on my Toshiba laptop. I could find no administrative or
security policies barring this, and no registry settings that seemed to block
such access. Of course, there could be something I overlooked, in fact I
hope that's the case, so I can find a way to get into Tools | Internet
Options. Incidently, I tried reinstalling Internet Explorer 7 with no
improvement.

If anyone knows why it won't open, please help.

Best regards,
Greg

There are a couple of possibilities here.

Search your system for the DWORD (registry value) 'nobrowseroptions'

If the value of 'NoBrowserOptions' is set to 1x0 ... remove the value or set
to 0 (0x0) to return the system to 'normal' operation



If no joy, a file called inetcpl.cpl (Internet Control Panel) file may be
damaged or corrupt and needs to be replaced. Try replacing it with system
file checker.

If you installed Spybot, turn off "protect IE control panel".


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"Gregory Knox" <> wrote in message
news:43447E38-9FA3-4A26-8A99-...
> "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions on this computer.
> Please contact your system administrator."
>
> I'm logged on as administrator on a HP Pavilion MediaCenter PC with
> XP-SP2.
> This does not happen on my Toshiba laptop. I could find no administrative
> or
> security policies barring this, and no registry settings that seemed to
> block
> such access. Of course, there could be something I overlooked, in fact I
> hope that's the case, so I can find a way to get into Tools | Internet
> Options. Incidently, I tried reinstalling Internet Explorer 7 with no
> improvement.
>
> If anyone knows why it won't open, please help.
>
> Best regards,
> Greg