Missing links

:) I did four things last week: I installed a Microsoft webcam; I loaded Skype; I updated Chrome; I uninstalled Chrome (because it insists on me signing up for a more wonderful experience).
Then I discovered that links in emails now return this message: 'Microsoft Outlook: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.'
I re-loaded Chrome and the problem went away; took it out, and it came back.
Chrome was freezing all the time, which is why I downloaded the latest version, but I am not going to set up an account with them so it stays out. Please advise.

the IE 64bit is not recommended yet and can't be set as a default browser so I've always used IE32 as the default. I've reset, but that didn't help. I've searched for Chrome on the system but it is clear (including the registry). I remember when setting up Skype it asked if I wanted to connect directly from emails and I said no, but uninstalling, then reinstalling Skype didn't make any difference, but I wasn't shown those options again so I maybe need to dig deeper there. I will look at this Quick Fix thank-you.

Mea Culpa. Too many windows open at once and I didn't see the [You must restart] window. Did a restart and the problem has been fixed. Thank-you Kool Kat and thank-you Sevenforums. Now I need to know why it happened.