Posted 10-13-2000 01:10 AM            

The content advisor requires a password set to be enabled, from what I remember about it, so you'll need that password to disable it.

A search of the MS site turned up a bit of info:

Content Advisor from Tech Net

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If you had everything...Where would you put it?

Posted 10-13-2000 03:50 PM               

deep distress indeed.

"What's a girl to do?". Scream, rant & rave. Won't solve your problems, but is sure makes u feel better about them.

"missing file or .DLL". This is what concerns me most actually because I have personally experienced such things (in fact it was one of the prime reasons that I upgraded from Win95B to Win98SE) & know how frustrating it can be.

But I think u need to be specific. What files/.DLLs are missing? This was the key to get me moving when I had difficulties. I actually rang Microdollar in Sydney, Aussie. Ofcourse, they said, "who the hell are u?" But I merely kept asking for their supervisor, then their manager etc until I finally got some joy. And no I certainly did not pay for it. Even though they tried hard to get some $$$ out of me.

Besides updates, patches etc from the MS site won't fix missing .DLLs. U would need to reinstall Win98SE for that. But once again, which .DLLs were they? I am actually surprised that a Norton program would corrupt/delete these as they are system critical & their loss would bring any software to its knees. This is the prime reason WinMe prevents u from touching such files etc. Even if u, or some 3rd party software, does accidentally delete them WinMe just quietly replaces them again. But Norton should know better.

Also, if the problems were caused through Norton they should be giving u some tech support (free). 3 months is not long u should be entitled to some troubleshooting from them. I have found them pretty good, once u get past their automated response BS emails. Once again, persevere & keep requesting to speak to their supervisor. Going over their heads they will eventually get sick of u.

One other thought...a Virus??? Worth considering.

Posted 10-19-2000 08:12 AM               

Mark

Posted 11-08-2000 10:06 PM               

* Disabling Content Advisor in Internet Explorer

Janice from Astoria Queens, NY is having problems
with her Internet Content Advisor. Every time she
runs Internet Explorer it pops up. It takes a
modification to your registry to turn off the
advisor. Follow these steps very carefully - an error
could mess up your computer.

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) Choose
View and then Internet Options (or Options for
version 3.x) 10) Click on the Content tab and click
on Disable. When asked for a password, don't enter
anything; just click on OK.

Voila, no more content advisor.

Hope this will help for future problems