I lost the general tab in my internet options, how do I get it back?

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I have a "afterwork" option on my computer that doesn't allow me to download files such as Yahoo Messenger...any way around this ....???

Sounds like you're behind some kind of corporate firewall or proxy. The short answer is probably not. You'd have to get in touch with the IT people to see what they're blocking and why.

i want ro delete tewmp files and it says to go to general tab .dont see general tab where is iyt located

In internet explorer, hit the Tools menu, then Internet Options...

PROBLEM: Internet Options under Tools on Internet Explorer is changed and the General Tab is no longer present. To repair this issue you must fix a data value in the registry. To do this do the following.

CLICK START BUTTON > CLICK ON RUN & type in regedit > this will take you to your registry, where you have to go to repair the issue.

Once there, on the left side there go to the following...
Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then click on Software
then click on Policies
then click on Microsoft
Then click on Internet Explorer
and then click Control Panel.

On the right side there is data GeneralTab.
After GeneralTab is REG_SZ an then is value 0 or something.
Right click entry GeneralTab and click modify.
Then write 0x00000000 (0) at Value data.
Click ok and close window.
Open internet explorer and general is visible again.

I Have fixed the general Tab on reboot the problem comes back how can I fix this
Alpower2000

i want to hide internet options from internet explorer from registry, so how can i hide.
thanx

Thats great Thanks

Thanks for the advice

I used your suggestion for the above problem. No results. Same as before. And yes I did have a virus, but it was removed. Where do I go from here. If you can help I would appreciate, also I am not an experienced PC user.

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