IE Content Advisor

[JLSwany]

Some one in household set up the Content advisor in IE 6 and didn't remember password. Bad break for him as his sister is ready to kill him! Is there someplace to remove or is to restore system only option? I hate to do the latter but can.

Only trying to save my son's butt !

John

[avx]

Hi JLSwany, Welcome to PCMECH!

I checked out Microsoft's website for this problem, it was actually the first article in thier Internet Explorer 6 FAQ's section

Turns out there is a way to fix this little problem, you have to call microsoft. Here is a link to their website, all you have to do is click on that blue link in the middle of the page, and it will give you a phone number to call. It also says tech support charges may apply *unless* and I quote from the page here: "In special cases, charges that are normally incurred for support calls may be canceled, if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that only a password reset will resolve your problem. Normal support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific password reset in question. " Being that the only way they list to actually salve your problem is too call them, they shouldnt charge you, but I could be wrong, thats just the way it looks to me since they give you no advice or instructions to do it yourself.

I hope that helps

avx

[Gimpy]

You can try searching your C drive for the ratings.pol file and rename it to ratings.old reboot the system and try running IE.

[mikeL]

JLSwany,
ratings.pol is found in the registry.
you can find it under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / software / microsoft / windows / current version / policies / ratings the ratings.pol should show up in the right hand pane. If not make sure you have "show all files" checked in "view files".

hope this helps you out.

[Statica]

Moderator Note: While the information from Microsoft is fine, I would encourage you to read this thread - http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=56365
regarding PCMech's policy regarding bypassing passwords as explained in the FAQ (http://forum.pcmech.com/misc.php?s=s=&action=faq).