Group Policy for IE and Content Advisor

[Bob]

HI There:

If you set disallowed in the Group Policy, everyone in
that group will be affected. You might want to setup a
different logon script for the teachers, and one for the
students.

As for content advisor: I'm only aware of the one in
Internet Explorer: here is how to change it.

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 down, clicking the plus signs of the named
key, through 'Software', 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'Current
Version' and 'Policies'. (ie.
+[H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]
+Software
+Microsoft
+Windows
+CurrentVersion
+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) Choose View and then Internet Options (or Options for
version 3.x)

10) Click on the Content tab and if the (Enable/Disable)
button still says Disable, click on it,
When asked for a password, don't enter anything; just
click on OK.

This will disable Content Advisor because there's no
longer a password.

 

[Simon]

Thanks for the tip. I removed the key from both the
server and two user computers. However, this appears to
work only at the local machine. When I remove the key at
one computer and login as a student, it works. When I
login as the same student at another computer, Content
Advisor appears. I want to remove it from all users.
Would this work if I create a new mandatory profile with
Content Advisor disabled?

-----Original Message-----
HI There:

If you set disallowed in the Group Policy, everyone in
that group will be affected. You might want to setup a
different logon script for the teachers, and one for the
students.

As for content advisor: I'm only aware of the one in
Internet Explorer: here is how to change it.

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 down, clicking the plus signs of the named
key,

through 'Software', 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'Current

Version' and 'Policies'. (ie.
+[H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]
+Software
+Microsoft
+Windows
+CurrentVersion
+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) Choose View and then Internet Options (or Options for
version 3.x)

10) Click on the Content tab and if the (Enable/Disable)
button still says Disable, click on it,
When asked for a password, don't enter anything; just
click on OK.

This will disable Content Advisor because there's no
longer a password.

-----Original Message-----
Environment: Win 2k Server

I am looking for ideas on how to effectively set internet
access for teachers and students within my school. I want
to limit access to specific sites and have the flexiblity
to add when needed.

The current setup is as follows:

Students: K-4th grade use a mandatory profile with IE
disabled in the list of disallowed apps in the Group
Policy. I want to give access to a few educational sites
and it's not clear to me how I go about doing this. If I
set the restriction in the Mandatory profile, would it
apply to all students assigned to that profile?

Also, where do I disable Content Advisor on the server?

Thank you in advance.

Simon Lew

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