Re: User With Administrator Rights Cannot Change Home Page

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/07/04


Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 07:45:46 -0400

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Windows XP Security Console. This restriction, and many others can be controlled with this utility.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"James Michael Mann" <James Michael Mann@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:98CEBFCD-B7BE-443E-A75F-6869E6DE4E7A@microsoft.com...
> My user-id has administrator rights but I am unable to change my home page in 
> Internet Explorer.  When I click on tools -  internet options in Internet 
> Explorer so that I can change my home page,  I receive the following error 
> message:  This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on 
> this computer.  Please contact your administrator.
> 
> If I create a new user with administrator rights,  I do not receive an error 
> message.
> Why doesn't my current user-id have full administrator rights?


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