Important This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
When you click the scroll bar in a Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) window, you may receive the following error message:
You do not have sufficient permission to perform
this operation on this object. [Microsoft Internet Explorer -
[E_ACCESSDENIED(80070005)]]
Note This problem only occurs with Internet Explorer 6 SP1. This problem does not occur with the original release version of Internet Explorer 6.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.Prerequisites No prerequisites are required. Restart requirement You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix. Hotfix Replacement Information This hotfix does not replace any other
hotfixes. Registry information
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
Modify the registry as follows after you apply the hotfix:
- Click Start, click Run,
type regedit, and then
click OK.
- Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main
- Right-click the registry key that you located in step 2,
click New, and then click Key.
- Type FeatureControl for the name of
the new subkey, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click the FeatureControl subkey,
click New, and then click Key.
- Type MOUSEDOWN_ACCESSDENIED_KB843199
for the name of the new subkey, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click the subkey that you created in step 6, click
New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type iexplore.exe, and then press
ENTER.
- Right-click iexplore.exe, and then click
Modify.
- In the Value data box, type
00000001, and then click OK.
- Click File, and then click
Exit to quit Registry Editor.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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14-Jun-2004 16:31 6.0.2800.1444 2,691,584 Mshtml.dll