On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:20:04 -0400, you wrote:

>The e-mail below was submitted to me for my newsletter. I am forwarding it on, because I have come
>across the same thing on a previous version of IE, and didn't know how to disable it.
>
>        Elizabeth Boston
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Dear Computer Lady,
>Please help, my Internet Explorer 5 has gone haywire and I am having to use Netscape to browse. In
>Internet Explorer my content advisor is coming on at every site I go to saying this site is unrated
>please type in password. If I typed in a password I don't remember it and I also don't think I ever
>used the program. How do I disable this so I can actually browse with Internet Explorer again?
>Thank you
>C

This came through on the old Internet list before it went under and
this has worked several times with IE4.0, not sure how effective it
would be on IE5, but it's worth a try.

To reset Content Adviser:
Backup Registry
Click run at the start button
Type regedit
Open the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Delete the Ratings Folder
Exit the Registry Editor
Find the ratings.pol file in the windows\system folder
Rename this file ratings.old
reboot

This should work.

Ernie Goens

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