Re: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect...

This type of message indicates that the function you're trying to access has been restricted by the use of the Group Policy Editor (or the equivalent registry setting).

www.winguides.com has a comprehensive list of the available restrictions and their corresponding registry settings.

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Running Commentary" <RunningCommentary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7607A37A-8FDE-40CB-88F7-9BEFEA8DF592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have a stand-alone computer with Win XP Media Centre, and have a problem--I
cannot access items like "properties" on the start button when it is
right-clicked, as well as other operations in which I am denied permission.
The same message comes up for all instances of my problem: "This operation
has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please
contact your system administrator." I have placed all the various groups
into my log-in account, incl. administrator, power user, etc etc and I am the
only person using the computer, and have all the permissions offered/needed
by the computer. What do I need to do in order to access what I wish? I
have set up my login account with admin. privileges, and it is not a spyware
issue as I noticed it long before I had internet connectivity.
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