Display Control Panel is DISABLED

[jamesmag2325]

A made a few tweaks about two days ago and was surprised that I cannot access the Display control panel, anymore.

I’ve tried two things:
1. I right-click on the desktop; select properties. But no access.
2. I go to the Start Menu; select Display. But no access.

I keep getting this message, “Your system administrator disabled the Display control panel.” How do I enable the Display control panel?

[soybean]

Using a Restore Point from prior to the tweaks comes to mind as a possible solution.

[dl65]

jamesmag2325.......  This should fix things up ........ [highlight]But remember to backup the registry before you start just in case you do something wrong .[/highlight]
Click on START, RUN and type REGEDIT, press OK. This opens the Registry Editor. Be careful not to change anything!!!!

Look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER - click on + to expand it.

Click on - Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/System.

Then, under System, look for the file called NoDispCPL - this means it's the settings for displaying the Control Panel.

Highlight NoDispCPL and double click - a box will appear called "Edit DWORD value"

In the box called Value Data, it will have the number "1" - change this to zero "0".


dl65  

[jamesmag2325]

Hi, dl65.

I did what you suggested and it works. Well...sort of. I can now access the Display control panel but the drop-down options are all blank.

Any other suggestions? Thanks.

[dl65]

 jamesmag2325..... Hummmmm ....What operating system are you using ?   XP ? ....... Home or Pro ?
Is it possible to undo the tweaks you did which caused this issue ?

dl65  

[GX1_Man]

The question remains, what exacctly WERE the tweaks that you did and how (and why)?