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I get this message whenever I chose Tools > Internet Options in my browser (IE6 and XP). It just started doing this very recently though I do not recall changing any administrative settings of late. So for example, I can change my Cookie settings in Internet Options at the Control Panel but not from my browser.

This is my personal PC so I AM the administrator but I have limited knowledge with which to remedy the situation.

Any suggestions as to where I can change this setting?

Thanks.

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Here’s an article from MS support that is similar to your problem. Different versions, though. Strange.

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Wow, I have this problem at my office on my NT 4 box and the sysadmins have been banging their heads on the wall trying to figure out what’s wrong. I’ll send this over to them.

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Does this happen if you try to get into Tools|Options while IE is (slowly) loading a page? I’ve seen this a lot - seems like an insidious bug.

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Nope. I can never access the Internet Options menue in IE6 toolbar. The only place I can adjust any internet settings is from within the control panel. Not that big of deal but very frustrating that I do not have permission to adjust settings from IE toolbar.

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Same problem here with IE6 running on Win 2K.

Their solution was to wipe the drive and reload the OS. What a PITA.

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I did this and it worked for me. Not W2K, though–NT 4.0 with SPs and IE 5.

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I should add that I was not missing the cpl file, I had to do the Registry edit.

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I had the same problem after used the immunization features in SpybotSD.
I can still chage the internet setting in the control panel.

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http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/n1053488777

Just cut part of the message you get at anytime & paste into a search box & you can have a solution. It doesn’t matter what the message is, someone has already seen it :slight_smile:

Spybot can cause it sometimes too.

try this for a search:

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When I first saw this thread a few days ago I had never had the problem in 4 years of browsing so I didn’t read it. Well, it happened the other day (yesterday?) but only for an instant. The message popped up when I clicked IO on the Tools menu but before I could click it off it went away and hasn’t come back. I use IE6 and am always changing my setting as I surf.
I think DarrenS may be on to something because I was downloading something at the time and it was slow. Of course I have dial-up service so nothing loads really fast.

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I have used Spybot S&D. Based on what others have said here I am now assuming that my problem lies with Spybot.

Ah well, I have bigger problems now. My $400 creative audigy platinum soundblaster seems to have taken a #%@

My audio is so broken up that I cant even recognize my favorite song. Gaming is shot as well without sound cues. Ive checked all the connections, re-seated the card in its slot and also tested the Klipsch 5.1 pro media’s on a seperate machine. No Luck. What is odd is that when I boot my machine, as windows loads and plays the default music blurb, it sounds almost perfect with only a couple of very minor skips, no other sounds are recognizable but most of the bass comes through at a very muted level. The highs only come through in short bursts every 3 or 8 seconds. Everything in the panel indicates that my card is working properly.

any ideas what could cause this?

I would trade the IE problem for this one any day. Looks like I might be in the market for a new sound card after only 1 year!

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