Restrictions on use of Internet Options

[jwillyf]

I am trying to access Internet Options in Tools on Internet Explorer on Windows XP. I am getting a message that the operation has been cancelled because of restrictions on this computer.
It is in fact my own stand alone home PC. I am sure that the problem is due to recent problems with spyware intrusion. I have gone through the WAREZ clean up routine and cleared things out, and I think somehow my computer settings have been modified.
Can anyone tell me how to put my Internet Explorer settings back to the default of Windows XP, so that I can access my internet options once more. I discovered the problem in trying to change my home page.
Many thanks

 

[kpmwrestler]

I had to help my friend with a similar problem. He had just bought a new computer from best buy. He couldn't access any other sites but yahoo.com and bestbuy.com I tried to change his internet options and it wouldn't let me without a password. Unfortunately he never got a password with his computer. I looked it up on the internet and found it was a little registry key I had to delete. I deleted it and everything was just fine. I will search for it again.

 

[kpmwrestler]

was it the content advisor that is blocking you? Because that is what happended to my friend. Here is how I fixed it:

here:

http://www.pchell.com/support/contentadvisor.shtml

and here:

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/ie_tips.htm#content_advisor

to summarize these two pages, in regedit go to:
Go to H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Policies/Ratings

click on the ratings folder and delete the "key" icon.

 

[jwillyf]

KpmWrestler,
The only icon in my ratings folder is ab(default) Type REG_SZ. I presume this is not Key, and should not be deleted? Thanks for your efforts