This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer

brianabbott · #1 03-30-2003, 02:16 PM

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

I get this message when I click on 'Internet Options' on 'Internet Explorer'. I have 'Windows XP Home Edition'. I am still able to access this via the control panel.

I've been trying for days to sort this problem out. Can anybody put me out of my misery?

ESALADUANE · #2 03-30-2003, 04:58 PM

It looks as if the person who has administrator rights on the computer your using is trying to stop people from changing the options in IE.

lonnypaul · #3 06-03-2003, 09:17 PM

I have the same problem.

I am the administrator.

Daeymon · #4 06-03-2003, 09:42 PM

It has to do with a service that has been disabled or changed or corrupted. Check any services you have recently disabled.

Check RPC services. Or some others...mine stopped after fooling with services.

kernelmojo · #5 06-09-2003, 02:38 PM

I renamed (which, in effect, deleted) key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer] and the problem "went away".

- km

homewreka · #6 06-10-2003, 11:55 PM

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Restrictions

Change value of "NoBrowserOptions" from 1 to 0.

Peace!

lonnypaul · #7 06-11-2003, 02:21 AM

Well, it's back, but now I can't reset the home page. It's greyed out!

Agh!

Griblit · #8 06-12-2003, 01:35 PM

I just did this:

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte
rnet Explorer\Control Panel

Change value of "Homepage" from 1 to 0.

You'll be right back where you need to be.

Now if I only knew how it got set that way in the first place...any guesses?

Cheers!

ESALADUANE · #9 06-12-2003, 02:13 PM

belgarion posted this yesterday.

"The imunizations page in the latest "Spybot" has a check box that says....

'Lock IE Control panel from opening from within IE (Current User)'

Checking this off fixed this problem for me."

Philster · #10 06-12-2003, 11:21 PM

You didn't just download/install Tweak UI by any chance did you. After I installed, I made some changes I shouldn't have and had the same exact message.

If you did you need to get back into Tweak (or similar program if thats the case) and set them back to defaults. I looked up the help site for Tweak and they gave some good instructions on how to do a lot of things needed. It is not supported by MS but they had a good help page. May want to give a try.

winmorgan · #11 06-12-2003, 11:54 PM

As the header says, thank God and belgarion for the SpyBot post. That solved the problem.

I am sorry but I cannot refrain, as an ex-Mac-ite who was forced to switch to Windows, from commenting on all the crap one has to go through just to rectify all the crap that the very existence of Windows has brought into being and continues to generate like some foul algae on steroids. Gates should have been liberated at birth. What a *royal* and totally unnecessary pain all this stuff is.

Despite my carping, heartfelt thanks to all who posted to this, and, in my particular case, for the SpyBot fix.

Best,

Win

P.S. Would someone be good enough to tell a Windows imbecile how to locate the file others referenced: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Int e
rnet Explorer\Restrictions"? I don't know where these things live in Windows and, of course, a search for a file containing the name "HKEY" produces absolutely no results. I don't need the file now as the problem is fixed via the SpyBot pref, but I'd like to know where it lives for future reference. Thanks.

Win

-- "The world is a hellish place and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering."

Tom Waits

naresh1121 · #12 06-13-2003, 03:11 AM

To solve this problem, fist perform this step.

Use sfc and extract the file inetcpl.cpl

If the problem persists, then download and isntall the registry fix form the URL given below:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/x...netoptions.vbs

winmorgan · #13 06-13-2003, 02:28 PM

Dear Naresh,

Not sure what you're referring to. I asked how to locate: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Restrictions.

This is just because I wanted to know where the file lives (since others talked about modifying it as one possible fix). I don't need to modify, since the SpyBot preference change remedied the situation. I'm just trying to learn more about Windows, which is why I wanted to know where this file is located.

I don't know what you mean when you say "use scf and extract" etc.

Can you explain? Does this somehow lead me to the file I'm curious about? If so, what is "scf" and how do I "extract" something with it?

Thanks,

Win

rickyd2 · #14 06-13-2003, 03:48 PM

SFC references a program called SYSTEM FILE CHECKER

Extract means to take from a source (CD for example) and install at another location. Others may use different definition.

Grendel · #15 06-13-2003, 08:17 PM

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte
rnet Explorer\Restrictions.

This is not a file in Windows, it is a registry key. And if you are searching Windows you will not find it.

To find it, click Start, then Run and type regedit in the box.

That should open Registry Editor.

Click the + on HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then the + on Software, so on and so forth until you get to Restrictions.

If you plan on deleting/changing any registry keys, BACK THEM UP FIRST.

Right click the key you are chaning and chose Export. Then a window will appear and ask for a file name, and a place to save it.Give it a file name and note where it is saved; just incase you have to put the original key back in.