a friend of mine has a computer and when he tries to use internet explorer it pops up with content advisor box and asked for a password we never set it up that way how can we get password putting in a password   can anyone HELP me. the box also says page has no ratings. the operating system is windows xp Hi welcome!

Start here:

1) Click on Start and choose Run.

2) Type in RegEdit and select OK.

3) Now click on the little plus sign to the left of H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

4) Continue to drill down, always clicking on the plus sign at the left of the named key, through Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version and Policies.

5) Now click on the Ratings folder.

6) In the right pane of the RegEdit window, you'll see an icon called Key. Click on it and press Delete.

7) Next, choose Registry and then EXIT to exit RegEdit. You've just deleted your original Content Advisor password.

8.) Restart the computer and run Internet Explorer again.

9) Click on Tools, Internet Options.

10) Click on the Content tab and click on Disable. When asked for a password, don't enter anything; just click on OK. This will disable Content Advisor .

Infact it will delete the password.

Try it and let me know how it went Nice info Ivy.

One thing.... Back up the registry first!i have tried the first reply and there is no ratings folder what else can i do to fix this i am not  familiar with computers  Seems like ratings file is damaged, this is how to remove it. IE will create a new one.

1) Quit Internet Explorer

2) Open My Computer, click on Tools, Folder Options

3) Click on the View tab and make sure "Show HIDDEN files and folders" is selected, you may also want to uncheck the box next to "Hide EXTENSIONS for known file types" and click Ok

4) Double click on Drive C in My Computer

5) Double click on the Windows folder and then double click on the System folder

6) Search for the file RATINGS.POL and right click on it and choose Rename. Rename it to RATINGS.OLD

7) Close out of the open Windows and then reopen Internet Explorer

8.) Click on Tools, Internet Options

9) Click on the Content tab, then click on Settings

10) Type in the Supervisor password if necessary and click OK

11) Select the Ratings options you would like and click OK and close out of Internet Explorer

12) After this when you reopen IE , everything should be fine.

Best luck to you!

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Try Resetting all settings in IE.none of the replies work