I have no contol panel

This is my wifes laptop and she is the only user. When I went to remove some old software for her there is now no control panel, and then i right click my computer and click properties, it say there are restrictions and see administrator. This never happened before. I also get error messages about printer.exe Are these connected in anyway? Can anyone help me out here???

 

Welcome to TSG....

Give this a look see:

StartUp Control Panel, which is available from Mike Lin's Web site

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

 

what happens when you Try To Run Control Panel

Start > Run > Control.exe

 

when i run control.exe, i get the same message... Operation cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact system administrator.

 

Start > Run > Gpedit.msc > Under "User configuration" > Administrative Templates > Cntrol Panel > on the Right Pane Double Click on "Prohibit Access To Control Panel' > Select 'Disable' and Click on Apply > Then Select "Not Configured" And Select Apply > Ok

Restart Your Computer

 

If you don't have Windows XP Pro maybe this will help:

www.sergiwa.com

Download and run RRT (Remove Restrictions Tool)