Separate Internet Explorer settings by XP User ID

[Guest]

Is it possible to have separate Internet Explorer Settings for each XP User ID? I want to have the content advisor enabled for the XP user ID used by my children (limited user), but disabled for the one used by me (Aministrator). By default, it seems that IE is placed on the desktop and when I try and move it into the user specific desktop folder, it only creates a shortcut. I have tried changing the setting whilie logged under the child ID,but the setting affected all XP User IDs.

I am running XP Professional.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[PA Bear]

Compliments of MVP (and wise parent of teenagers!) Kelly Theriots:

Configuring Content Advisor Settings
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/contentadv/config.asp

IE/Tools/Internet Options/Content/Content Advisor. From there make the
appropriate settings in content advisor for language, nudity, sex, violence,
non rated sites, authorized sites and supervisory password.

If you decide to use the Content Advisor and are using different profiles, I
have a workaround for which accounts are 'limited' in viewing and which are
not.

Content Advisor On (vb script). Download it and save it to your desktop.
Then place it in the startup folder of the perferred account. Next, download
the Content Advisor Off (vb script) and place it in your startup folder.

Both scripts can be found here: (Row 47)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

IE-SPYAD: Restricted Sites List for Internet Explorer
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD

Net Nanny, the world's leading parental control software, provides
responsible adults with the broadest set of Internet safety tools available
today. http://www.netnanny.com/index.html
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Guest]

I got the xp tweak to work but there's a note that should be mentioned. A limited user account can't modify the registry by default. You have to modify the permissions on the directory to allow the vbscript to modify the registry entry. I also had a problem with my Norton Anti-Virus. It flagged the vbscript (this was expected). However the limited user account couldn't permatently authorize the script to run. I had to log in as me (administrator) and run the contentadvisoron script once. After that, it ran fine on the startup on the limited user account.

Thanks,

Dave
----- PA Bear wrote: -----

Compliments of MVP (and wise parent of teenagers!) Kelly Theriots:

Configuring Content Advisor Settings
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/contentadv/config.asp

IE/Tools/Internet Options/Content/Content Advisor. From there make the
appropriate settings in content advisor for language, nudity, sex, violence,
non rated sites, authorized sites and supervisory password.

If you decide to use the Content Advisor and are using different profiles, I
have a workaround for which accounts are 'limited' in viewing and which are
not.

Content Advisor On (vb script). Download it and save it to your desktop.
Then place it in the startup folder of the perferred account. Next, download
the Content Advisor Off (vb script) and place it in your startup folder.

Both scripts can be found here: (Row 47)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

IE-SPYAD: Restricted Sites List for Internet Explorer
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD

Net Nanny, the world's leading parental control software, provides
responsible adults with the broadest set of Internet safety tools available
today. http://www.netnanny.com/index.html
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Guest]

I replied in another post with my results which was successful with a couple changes. My other question is why is the content advisor at the machine level. The IE home setting is per user and it seems that it would make more sense to have content permissions set at the user level rather than the machine level

If you know why this is, I'd be curious to find out

Dav

----- PA Bear wrote: ----

Compliments of MVP (and wise parent of teenagers!) Kelly Theriots

Configuring Content Advisor Setting
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/contentadv/config.as

IE/Tools/Internet Options/Content/Content Advisor. From there make th
appropriate settings in content advisor for language, nudity, sex, violence
non rated sites, authorized sites and supervisory password

If you decide to use the Content Advisor and are using different profiles,
have a workaround for which accounts are 'limited' in viewing and which ar
not

Content Advisor On (vb script). Download it and save it to your desktop
Then place it in the startup folder of the perferred account. Next, downloa
the Content Advisor Off (vb script) and place it in your startup folder

Both scripts can be found here: (Row 47
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.ht

IE-SPYAD: Restricted Sites List for Internet Explore
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYA

Net Nanny, the world's leading parental control software, provide
responsible adults with the broadest set of Internet safety tools availabl
today. http://www.netnanny.com/index.htm
--
HTH...Please post back to this threa

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSO

Protect Your P
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect

Dave wrote

 

[Kelly]

Thanks for the feedback, Dave. And yes, Local Machine settings are
restricted for Limited Users. By default on NTFS - Admin - Full Rights,
Limited - Read Only.

I got the xp tweak to work but there's a note that should be

mentioned. A limited user account can't modify the registry by default.
You have to modify the permissions on the directory to allow the vbscript to
modify the registry entry. I also had a problem with my Norton Anti-Virus.
It flagged the vbscript (this was expected). However the limited user
account couldn't permatently authorize the script to run. I had to log in
as me (administrator) and run the contentadvisoron script once. After that,
it ran fine on the startup on the limited user account.

 

[Kelly]

Is the way, MS saw fit, sorry to say. (

I replied in another post with my results which was successful with a

couple changes. My other question is why is the content advisor at the
machine level. The IE home setting is per user and it seems that it would
make more sense to have content permissions set at the user level rather
than the machine level.