Problem with security settings for internet explorer

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In news:E8DBA6CA-53EC-4B55-804B-4BB0E36C5BED@microsoft.com,
canu0228 <canu0228@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

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> I am fairly new to XP Pro security and have been trying things on a
> new system. I have one limited account and my account is
> Administrator. Now when I use Ineternet Explorer and select internet
> options on the tools menu, it says that it is restricted and the see
> an administrator. I am not sure how to set this back to default
> settings. Thanks for any help on this.

Did you disable the ability to access IE's tools/options in gpedit.msc? (Or
another tweaking application perhaps?)

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

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In news:B9F1E81B-2754-4C7F-9B30-33C937BAEE17@microsoft.com,
canu0228 <canu0228@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news:E8DBA6CA-53EC-4B55-804B-4BB0E36C5BED@microsoft.com,
>> canu0228 <canu0228@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> I am fairly new to XP Pro security and have been trying things on a
>>> new system. I have one limited account and my account is
>>> Administrator. Now when I use Ineternet Explorer and select
>>> internet options on the tools menu, it says that it is restricted
>>> and the see an administrator. I am not sure how to set this back
>>> to default settings. Thanks for any help on this.
>>
>> Did you disable the ability to access IE's tools/options in
>> gpedit.msc? (Or another tweaking application perhaps?)
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
>> without them."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes
>>
>>
>>
> After installing xp and getting the system up and running with
> most of my programs reinstalled, I was having a restriction problem,
> so I called Microsoft and followed their instructions ( using
> snap-ins and databases and such) which I should have written down but
> didn't. It seemed to fix the problem I was having at the time. I
> was pretty good with 98se but never ntfs or permissions and am trying
> to figure them out by reading and looking mostly. My account is
> Admin account and I can right-click on the desktop icon and go to
> properties with no problem. It only says that when I open IE and try
> to do it. Strange! I think that is the only strange behavior that
> I've noticed so far. I have not changed much but could have by
> accident. I looked in gpedit.msc and found the setting but it was
> not
> configured so I disabled it and then changed it back to not
> configured. This did the trick. Thanks so much for the help. I
> better not changed anything until I get a much better understanding
> of permissions. I really appreciate your help. Thanks so much!
>
> Cliff

Not a problem and glad to have helped. While I agree that in a production
type environment it's not good to play with buttons until you've read the
manual or understand everything there's some satisfaction to be gained in
learning and breaking on your own I've found.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes