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"With Content Advisor, you can give your children access to a specific list of Web sites that you allow and prevent them from accessing others" - so say Microsoft, but there are many problems with users finding themselves locked out of the web altogether or, someone or something has activated Content Advisor and you don't know the password to disable it. |
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How to Remove Content Advisor Password in Internet Explorer |
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Click on Start and choose Run. |
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Type in RegEdit and select OK. |
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Click on the little plus sign to the left of H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. |
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Continue to drill down, always clicking on the plus sign at the left of the named key, through Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version and Policies. |
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Click on the Ratings folder. |
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In the right pane of the RegEdit window, you'll see an icon called Key. Click on it and press Delete. |
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Choose Registry and then Exit to exit RegEdit. You've just deleted your original Content Advisor password. |
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Restart the computer and run Internet Explorer again. |
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Click on Tools, Internet Options. |
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Click on the Content tab and click on Disable. When asked for a password, don't enter anything; just click on OK. This will disable Content Advisor because there's no longer a password. |
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How to Fix Problems with Content Advisor Missing Information |
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In most cases, this problem occurs when the Ratings.pol file is damaged, follow the instructions below to fix this issue. |
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Quit Internet Explorer |
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Open My Computer, click on Tools, Folder Options |
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Click on the View tab and make sure "Show hidden files and folders" is selected, you may also want to uncheck the box next to "Hide extensions for known file types" and click Ok |
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Double click on Drive C in My Computer |
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Double click on the Windows folder and then double click on the System folder |
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Search for the file RATINGS.POL and right click on it and choose Rename. Rename it to RATINGS.OLD |
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Close out of the open Windows and then reopen Internet Explorer |
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Click on Tools, Internet Options |
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Click on the Content tab, then click on Settings |
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Type in the Supervisor password if necessary and click Ok |
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Select the Ratings options you would like and click Ok and close out of Internet Explorer |
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Reopen Internet Explorer, everything should work |
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Please Note: All information on this page is given in good faith. Click2web accepts no responsibilty for any problems arising from using these fixes. We offer no guarantees. All of these fixes have worked with varying degrees of success. If in doubt then please contact a computer technician for help. |
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