Problem with security settings for internet explorer

[Guest]

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.

 

[Galen]

In canu0228 <[email protected]> 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

 

[Guest]

In canu0228 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


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

 

[Galen]

In canu0228 <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

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