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MS office refusing to open links

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(not sure whether to file this under security or general)

Someone will find this useful.

When clicking a hyperlink in a document, you receive the following:
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.
After hunting for a setting to change this, I searched the Oh knowledgeable one.

This is not a setting. Its caused by uninstalling Chrome - A disease Google is unceremoniously installing on PC's everywhere. :?

The fix is here
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You searched iRon?
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//probably a cavity search....
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Stuart wrote:You searched iRon?
Yeah, it's in the kitchen with KK. :P
KatrynKat wrote://probably a cavity search....
I'm not going to ask what you were doing with the iRon :shock:

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Why'd you uninstall Chrome, btw?
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Stuart wrote:Why'd you uninstall Chrome, btw?
Thats a bit of a fanboi question...

What business is it of yours why he uninstalls anything :P

The point he's making is that uninstalling some P.O.S. software should not impact anything else on your PC.

Although, I would have just set FF, opera or whatever non IE browser I had as my default and that would have probably fixed the problem :idea:
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Me, a Chrome fanboi? I don't have Chrome installed on any PC that I own. I was just wondering.
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Erm, I'm not entirely sure where the Chrome reference in the original post comes from - the Microsoft knowledgebase article states that the cause is a missing or corrupted registry key that tends to happen after an Internet Explorer major version upgrade. Doesn't mention Chrome at all.
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Chrome piggybacks off IE so it is possible uninstalling it can bork something...
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Ron2K wrote:Erm, I'm not entirely sure where the Chrome reference in the original post comes from - the Microsoft knowledgebase article states that the cause is a missing or corrupted registry key that tends to happen after an Internet Explorer major version upgrade. Doesn't mention Chrome at all.
I thought the same thing, but it clearly worked for Prime, so it seems to be an issue with Chrome too.
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Chrome is a known cause of the problem. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/For ... b98109b5a6 And the fact that it installs itself with any piece of Google Software is ridiculous. :?

a look at the registry shows that chrome modifies certain entries. I'm trying to dig up the other links.

And as to why I uninstalled chrome - hate the pos. And what gives Google the right to install chrome on my pc?

My default browser has been opera for the last 3 years.
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They are rather sneaky - when you install other software they try and send Chrome and the Google Toolbar with it. You just need to read before you download or install. Never had it and never will.
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