How to set & reset Internet Explorer 8 Content Advisor in Windows 7

You can use the IE 8 content advisor to control what content can or cannot be viewed on your Windows 7 computer. You can set, reset content advisor and its password easily or through the registry too.

To access it:
Open IE8 > Internet Options > Content tab.

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Click on Enable content advisor.

Here you can decide on the internet content to allow, approve url’s or block particlur website. Under the General tab, you can set or change the Supervisor password, which allows you to change content advisor settings.

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If for some reason you forget this password you can always open regedit and navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Here in RHS pane delete Key which stores the details.

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Should you wish to completely reset Internet Explorer 8 Content Advisor back to it’s default settings in the LHS pane you have to delete Ratings.

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