Re: Please help!!! (restrictions on comp)

"lindajean" <lindajean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A365EC45-CD39-4DF9-AA96-458A77E99C62@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-I also have trouble with these restrictions on my computer and the Control
Panel has disappeared from the face of the earth! I went into regedit.exe on
the Run from the Start Menu but there was nothing written there about Control
Panel....can anybody help?-
lj


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

Did you try and contact the person that put these restrictions on for a reason

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"Javauser" <Javauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EBF901FE-F388-45D8-A7F2-CDEE806C2732@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am not able to access Internet Options or Task Manager. Says there >are
> restrictions put into effect on the computer and to contact my system
> administrator, while I am using the administrative account.
> How can I access these two VERY important functions of both IE and > Windows?
> PLEASE HELP!


Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these Web pages.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus, whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure of.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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