IE Parental lockout

[auatech]

I just had a customer bring in a machine he turned on parental lockout on and now it wontt load his wifes online school page pr even verizon's home page because the setting is too high is there anyway to remove the PW without formating the machine?

[bullgator]

Are you saying he does not know what pw he put in and can't turn it off ?? If so uninstall ie, then reinstall.

[digital_d_17]

I've seen some programs offer that option, one I remember is "X-Setup" unfortunately, I don't remember who makes it. I do know that the fix is a simple registry hack of deleting the password, but other than that, I can't help much.

[strangerstill]

Quote:

Question:
I set a password for Content Advisor, and now I can't remember it, so I can't browse the Internet. How can I get rid of this?
Answer:
To do this, click start, run, type in REGEDIT, click ok, this opens registry editor. Click + in front of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, + in front of SOFTWARE, + in front of Microsoft, + in front of Windows, + in front of Current Version, + in front of Policies, Click Ratings, look to right, Click line below Default, press delete, enter. Leave default line only in right pane. Close registry editor. Next click start, find, files and folders, type "ratings.pol" in top line, C: in bottom, find now. When this file is found, delete it. This will remove password set, and leave content advisor fully operable. Next time, chose a password you can remember.

From http://www.computing.net/faq/content9x/content.html

[auatech]

Thanks Strangerstill. That was what i was hoping for a quick regedit of some sort