Did you happen to install Spybot Search and Destroy and use its immunize feature?  If so, this is what is keeping you out.  Open Spybot and remove the immunize feature, change what you want in Internet Explorer, then go back to spybot and re-enable the immunize feature.

Steve

Volcano:

Thanks for that tip; but immunize only restricts certain other features, not the one I need. I did as you said anyway and it did not work. I re-installed SP1 as well and still nothing. I'm concerned I may have deleted the information required in the registry.... so if you dare to email me an exported Internet Explorer reqistry file, I can import it into mine if you use XP... otherwise I'm open to other options except the re-install of XP........ not worth it at all.

Regards

Blues

bluesmagoos,

I suspect I already know the answer, but when you reinstall OE you didn't do it using Add/Remove Programs did you? I'm betting that you used the procedure here.

Well Vocano and fellow Forum members:

I have found a site on the internet that solved this issue. It was ISearch that altered my registry.

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm#LockedBars   This guy has some very good techniques. It works fine now.

 

Blues

bluesmagoos,

Thanks so much for posting that link. It now resides in my Favorites for further use.