# Computer Experts! Technical question about IE6 settings and LANs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-technical-question-about-ie6-settings-and-lans/234203>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-technical-question-about-ie6-settings-and-lans/234203 "2004-03-14T06:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Volta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce73a5/32.png) [@Volta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Volta)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-technical-question-about-ie6-settings-and-lans/234203/1 "2004-03-14T06:22:37Z")

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At home, we have three computers hooked up to an Ethernet network: two desktops and a laptop. They can all access a broadband Internet connection through a high-speed router, and the two desktops, at least, run Windows XP. The router has a firewall and all the computers are runnings some type of Norton Anti-Virus. On my computer, I’ve been browsing the Web without problems, but today, when I tried to access a web site which had worked fine before, I got the message “401 The web site is blocked by administrator.” (The web site in question is [http://www.ebaumsworld.com](http://www.ebaumsworld.com), in case you’re interested.) Problem is, _I’m_ the administrator of my computer. Recently I downloaded [Steam](http://www.steampowered.com/) (to play Counter-Strike), [Gamespy Arcade](http://www.gamespy.com/) (for everything else), and [WinMX](http://www.winmx.com/) (to share music I create at my karaoke machine), and I’m wondering if one of these changed Internet Explorer settings somehow.

Anyone have any ideas? Because I’m baffled.

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**Author:** ![dakravel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dakravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dakravel)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-technical-question-about-ie6-settings-and-lans/234203/2 "2004-03-14T08:00:00Z")

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Check if you have any parental controls activated by your browser, computer, router, or even ISP. That’s what the problem sounds like to me anyway.