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124477 2003-02-27 09:26:00 Somthing has changed in my computer that has removed the link to the Control Panel and backdoor approaches to individual items put up a Restricion in the system notice. I have win ME. Those little gnomes have at it again. It looks like an administrator priviledge scenario so how do I get out of it. System restore is also blocked. Waldorf (471)
124478 2003-02-27 10:23:00 Have you tried running Sys restore in safe mode? Danger (287)
124479 2003-02-27 11:06:00 Tried system restore in safe mode.
It was unsucessful because of the system restriction
Waldorf (471)
124480 2003-02-27 20:00:00 C.mon guys, is this one too hard???

I'm desperate here. Its like having a car and not being able to lift the bonnet. Any suggestion???
Waldorf (471)
124481 2003-02-27 20:03:00 You may need to edit the registry to fix this little problem.

run regedit then with My Computer highlited at the top of the list click on Registry - Export Registry File and give it a name like backup and click save.

Then navigate your way down to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ Policies\Explorer
And delete the "NoControlPanel" value on the right hand side

Close regedit and restart the PC and you should be away again.
CYaBro (73)
124482 2003-02-27 20:19:00 THanks CY, top marks. That has fixed the problem Waldorf (471)
124483 2003-02-27 20:40:00 CyaBro,

i've been watching this one with curiosity....
any ideas how the problem might have got there in the first place????

.Clueless
Clueless (181)
124484 2003-02-27 21:05:00 Not sure how it may have happened.

The only reseason I know how to fix it is because I once used TweakUI and used the option to 'disable Control Panel in My Computer' and on the Start Menu and this then disabled all access to any control panel stuff!
Hence I could not back into TweakUI to reenable these!

Had to do a bit of searching and found the fix.
CYaBro (73)
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