Help Me !!!! Cant Click System Tabs

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I have some security feature that is making life hard. Basically when I go
into "Start" then "Settings", then hit "Control Panel" and bring up
"System"...It brings up the little box that is "System Properties". Now I
can hit the system tabs like "Hardware", "Advanced", and "Automatic Updates".
That's not a problem. But the problem is when I go down and try and click
on, lets say the "Add Hardware Wizard" button under the Hardware tab, or any
other button, like all the "Settings" buttons under the "Advanced" tab
nothing happens. When I put the cursor of the mouse onto one of those
buttons, its not recognizing it as something I can click. Its giving me no
way to access them. So I click from tab to tab, but not click on any of the
buttons on each tab. Some security feature is not letting me to be able to
change any of these settings. Do you know how to help me rectify this
situation? Because of this I can not switch the Automatic tab under
Automatic Updates on. Its on Turn of Automatic Updates. The computer will
not let my mouse click on Turn on Automatic Updates. The mouse does not give
me the option to click on it.

Please Help.

Thanks
Michael
 
First, you can also change Updates from Control Panel | Automatic Updates or
from Control Panel | Security Center.

Have you installed any group policy, or has anyone installed anything on
your system lately?
What Windows - XP ... and it's in Classic Mode View? Since you said Start |
Settings | Control Panel ... that doesn't exist in Windows XP View.

Are the buttons disabled (dimmed) or just do nothing when you click on them?
 
Evil said:
I have some security feature that is making life hard. Basically when
I go into "Start" then "Settings", then hit "Control Panel" and bring
up
"System"...It brings up the little box that is "System Properties".
Now I can hit the system tabs like "Hardware", "Advanced", and
"Automatic Updates".
That's not a problem. But the problem is when I go down and try and
click
on, lets say the "Add Hardware Wizard" button under the Hardware tab,
or any other button, like all the "Settings" buttons under the
"Advanced" tab
nothing happens. When I put the cursor of the mouse onto one of those
buttons, its not recognizing it as something I can click. Its giving
me no
way to access them. So I click from tab to tab, but not click on any
of the
buttons on each tab. Some security feature is not letting me to be
able to
change any of these settings. Do you know how to help me rectify this
situation? Because of this I can not switch the Automatic tab under
Automatic Updates on. Its on Turn of Automatic Updates. The computer
will
not let my mouse click on Turn on Automatic Updates. The mouse does
not give me the option to click on it.
Click to expand...

1. Well, what security software do you have installed?
2. Is this a workstation in a domain or a standalone computer (or in a
Workgroup)?
3. What antivirus do you have installed - name of program and version?
4. What version of XP - Home or Pro?
5. Have you done any scanning for viruses/malware? If so what programs
(and versions) did you use?

Malke
 
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