tools -internet options, help needed

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montyracing2

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I was planning to clear out cookies etc as I do every now and again but when I selected TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS, the following message appeared:

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.

Any ideas how I get around this (this is my home computer, I am the administrator, I think).

Thanks in anticipation - MR2
 
Try this MR2


  1. Close down your browser
  2. Click on My computer on your desktop
  3. Click on (C Drive
  4. Click on Documents & Settings then username (mine is Maggy and this step may only be for pro version) then Local Settings
  5. You may need to then click on Show all files
  6. Click on Temporary Internet Files
  7. Go to Menu bar and choose Edit then Select All
  8. Go back to Menu bar and choose File then Delete
  9. In your address bar it should say C:\Documents and Settings\Maggy\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files (replace the "Maggy" with your own settings) you want to add to that \Content.IE5 and hit go
  10. Delete all files and folders you see in there. You might get an error message that you can't delete something, it is because you have a browser window open, close it down.
  11. Go back to Menu bar and choose Go then Up One Level
  12. Delete all but the Content.IE5 folder if it is visible to you
  13. Go back to menu bar and choose Go then Up One Level
  14. Click on History folder
  15. Go to Menu bar and choose Edit then Select All
  16. Go back to Menu bar and choose File then Delete
  17. Go back to Menu bar and choose Go then Up One Level
  18. Click on the Temp folder
  19. Go to Menu bar and choose Edit then Select All
  20. Go back to Menu bar and choose File then Delete
 
Thanks granger. Did that and mually cleaned out history etc, but still could not reach internet tools.

Then, I got an error message about 'not finding MPAPI.dll'. So downloaded this, extracted the zipped files to windows\system32 and bingo everything seems to work again.


MR2
 
Oompa Loompa's don't have admin rights, you need to be an Administrator to play bingo, eat cookies and use tools.
 
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