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Content Advisor Restrictions (All Windows)

These settings allow you to control the Content Advisor feature of Internet Explorer. Including the option to disable Content Advisor, require a supervisor password and view unrated content.

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Open your registry and find the key below, create it if it does not already exist.

Create a new DWORD value for each required restriction from the list below.

  • Enabled - (1 = enable content advisor, 0 = disable)
  • Allow_Unknowns - (1 = display unrated sites, 0 = restrict unrated sites)
  • PleaseMom - (1 = allow supervisor password, 0 = no supervisor override)
Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|Allow_UnknownsREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|EnabledREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|PleaseMomREG_DWORD0x00000000 (0)|
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|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion...|
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Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Ratings\.Default]
Value Name: Allow_Unknowns, Enabled, PleaseMom
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable, 1 = enable restriction)

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Last modified: June 11, 2002