A N H wrote:
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in
effect on this computer


I have not met this problem myself.
I found the following article on the MS KnowledgeBase which refers to
Outlook 2002, not Excel, but it MIGHT help to resolve the problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310049

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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