Content Advisor option in Internet Explorer can be a boon and a big problem at the same time. In my last post, I mentioned how to set this up. This post is about getting rid of it. Though it can be misused, but this is purely for the purpose of administrators.

If you remember the password and want to remove the content advisor password, follow the steps below:

1. Open the internet explorer window
2. Click on “Tools” and from the drop down menu, click on “Internet Options“
3. On the Internet Options window, click on “Content” tab
4. Click on “Disable” button. It will prompt you for the password. Please enter the existing password and click on “OK“

If you intend to change the password, on the “Content Advisor” window, click on “General” tab and then click on “Change password“. You will be prompted to enter existing password and new password.

If you have forgotten the password, you can either use the “Hint” that Content Advisor would have prompted you to enter. If this doesn’t work or if you did not set up a hint, the process is a little more complex. You will have to play with Windows Registry to fix this. Follow the steps below to get rid of the Content Advisor password if you don’t remember the password:

1. Click on “Start” button and on the start menu, click on “Run”. If you are using Windows Vista, type “Run” in the Search box and click on the RUN option after the search is complete.
2. On the run box, please type “Regedit” and click on “ok”
3. This will launch the registry editor window of Windows
4. On the left pane of this window, you will see some entries with a “+” sign before them
5. On this left pane, locate & click on the + sign next to “HKEY_LOCAL_Machine”
6. On the expanded list, locate & click on the + sign next to “Software”
7. On the next expanded list, locate & click on the + sign next to “Microsoft”
8. On the next expanded list, locate & click on the + sign next to “Windows”
9. On the next expanded list, locate & click on the + sign next to “Current Version”
10. On the next expanded list, locate & click on the + sign next to “Policies”
11. Under Policies tree, you will see a folder “Ratings”. Click on it.
12. On the right pane of this window, you will see a key. Right click on the key and on the pop up menu, click on “Delete”
13. Exit the registry editor window.

You have successfully deleted the password for Content Advisor. Now restart the comptuer and launch Internet Explorer again. Go back to “Tools”–>”Internet Options”–> “Content”–> “Disable”. It will prompt you to enter the password. Do not enter anything and click on “OK”.

This will resolve all your issues with Content Advisor feature in Internet Explorer.