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Configuring Content Advisor Settings

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Just as parents want assurances that children cannot visit Web sites that display inappropriate content, businesses often want to block the use of sites that offer no business value to their employees. To help meet these needs, the Content Advisor in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 can be used to control the types of content available through the browser. System administrators and other users can adjust the content rating settings to reflect what they think is appropriate content in four areas: language, nudity, sex, and violence. Users can also subscribe to independent ratings bureaus and use third-party ratings to control access to Web content.

System administrators can use the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 6 Configuration Wizard to build and deploy custom packages with pre-configured Content Advisor settings for their user groups. Settings can also be locked down so they cannot be altered by end users. After browsers are deployed, administrators can use the IEAK Profile Manager to update Content Advisor settings through the automatic browser configuration feature of Internet Explorer.

Here are some of the ways you can configure Content Advisor in Internet Explorer 6:

• In Internet Explorer 6, you can use the Content tab in the Internet Options dialog box.
• You can use the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard to create custom browser packages that include preconfigured Content Advisor settings for your user groups. You can also lock down these settings to prevent users from changing them.
• After Internet Explorer has been deployed, you can use the IEAK Profile Manager to update Content Advisor settings through the automatic configuration feature of Internet Explorer. You can automatically push the updated information to each user's desktop computer, enabling you to manage security policy dynamically across all computers on the network.

You can accept the default Content Advisor settings, or you can configure the settings based on the needs of your organization and its users. The options for configuring Content Advisor are the same whether you access them from Internet Explorer 6, the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard, or the IEAK Profile Manager.

Using Content Advisor

After you have enabled Content Advisor, you can use it to do the following:

• Select Content Rating levels.
• Configure the list of approved and disapproved Web sites.
• Configure User Options for content ratings.
• Change the Supervisor password.
• Import New Rating Systems.
• Specify a different ratings bureau.

Enabling Content Advisor

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Enable.
3. In the Content Advisor dialog box, click OK.
4. In the Create Supervisor Password dialog box, type the password you want to use.
5. In the Confirm password box, type the same password again.
6. In the Hint text box, type a hint to help you remember your password.

Selecting Rating Levels

To select content rating levels

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Settings.
3. In the Password box, type your supervisor password, and click OK.
4. On the Ratings tab, select the Language, Nudity, Sex, or Violence ratings category.
5. Drag the slider to the appropriate content level for the selected category.

The default setting for each category is Level 0, which is the most restrictive setting.

To configure the list of approved and disapproved Web sites

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Settings.
3. In the Password box, type your supervisor password, and click OK.
4. Click the Approved Sites tab.
5. Type the URL for each Web site that your users can view regardless of its rating level, and then click Always.
6. Type the URL for each Web site that your users can never view regardless of its rating level, and then click Never.

NOTE If you want to delete an approved or disapproved Web site, click the URL in the list, and then click Remove.

Configuring User Options

To configure user options for content ratings

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Settings.
3. In the Password box, type your supervisor password, and click OK.
4. Click the General tab.
5. In the User options area, select the settings you want.
   
   

   Option Description
   Users can see sites that have no rating	Select this option if you want users to be able to access Web pages that are not rated.
   Supervisor can type a password to allow users to view restricted content	Select this option if you want users to be able to view restricted content after you type the supervisor password.

To change the supervisor password

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Settings.
3. In the Password box, type your supervisor password, and click OK.
4. Click the General tab.
5. Click Change Password.
6. In the Old password box, type the current password to verify that you are authorized to change Content Advisor settings.
7. In the New password box, type the new password.
8. In the Confirm new password box, type the new password again.
9. Type a hint to help you remember your new password.

To import new rating systems

NOTE If necessary, install ratings systems files, following the directions provided by the ratings service. Then proceed with the following steps.

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Settings.
3. In the Password box, type your supervisor password, and click OK.
4. Click the General tab.
5. Click Rating Systems.
6. If the rating system you want to add is displayed on the list, click it, and then click Add.
   
   -Or-
   
   If the rating system you want to add is not on the list, click OK, and then click Find Rating Systems.

To specify a different ratings bureau

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Content tab.
2. In the Content Advisor area, click Settings.
3. In the Password box, type your supervisor password, and click OK.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. In the Ratings bureau box, type the name of the ratings bureau (other than RSAC) that Internet Explorer can use to obtain PICS ratings.
6. In the PICSRules area, click Import, and then type the name of the PICSRules (.prf) file used by the new ratings bureau.
7. Click Open.