What the heck is this junk...

[sheerdark]

Does my computer have a mind of its own or what? I keep getting the following error every time I try to change my folder options to display all files. When I click on the options button...it throws this up. Can anyone help me as to what the heck it is? I am the only one that uses this machine...and it is mine...so I figure I am the administrator....but I did not set these "restrictions" Has anyone else ever seen this screen....it also does it when I try to change my internet properties.

Oh yeah, and my system specs are located in my member profile....

Thanks in advance for your help.

[NascarFool]

If you are running Windows 2000, I would say you are not logged in as the Administrator.

[PreDatoR]

It sounds like he's not logged in as the admin on 2k or NT to me. I made a user name for my girlfriend on my computer and set it up so about the only thing she could do was sign online and browse the net. And i tried doing something on it one day and remember that error popping up.

[sheerdark]

Hey, sorry that I did not mention this before...but I am in Windows 98 when I get this error. I do have Win 2000 Advanced Server on my machine, but have no problems with it.

[Slugbait]

Sounds like mom installed some software while you were at school to keep you away from "those" websites...

[sheerdark]

Nope, mom has no access to my PC. I have a few that she can touch...but I lock this one up when I am away, so that she can not get in. I am 20 years old, so if I wanna go to those sites, I can but don't. She has her own computer in her bedroom hooked up to the network. I am worried that this program was put on before I enabled my firewall....could this be a possibility. Norton has not caught a virus or anything....so I don't think it is that....and I know I didn't put any restrictions on my own computer...please help!!

[Donkee]

Click Start, click Run, type "poledit" (without quotation marks) in the Open box, and then click OK.


In System Policy Editor, click Open Registry on the File menu.


Double-click the Local User branch to expand it, and then double-click the Windows 98 System branch to expand it.


Double-click Shell, and then double-click Restrictions.

Somewhere is there you can find the answer.

[sheerdark]

Thank you soooo much...never thought to check the registry....it had a value...browser options...and it was set to none.....so now it is fixed. I can't even start to think what caused that value to change, but as long as I can fix it, then I am ok....Thanks again!!