Description of the Content Advisor Feature in Internet Explorer 5.5 (306797)

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The Internet provides unprecedented access to a wide variety of information. Some information, however, may not be suited for every viewer. For example, you may want to prevent your children from seeing information with violent or sexual content.

When you use the Content Advisor feature, Internet Explorer provides a way to help you control the types of content that your computer can access on the Internet. After you turn on Content Advisor, only rated content that meets or exceeds your criteria can be displayed. You can adjust the settings.

When you use Content Advisor, you can:

• Control access to Content Advisor settings. When you enable Content Advisor, you can set up the feature so that you need a password to view the settings. Because you need to type the password to access the settings, you may want to write down your password for future reference.
• View and adjust the ratings settings to reflect what you think is appropriate content in each of four areas: language, nudity, sex, and violence.
• Adjust what types of content that other people can view with or without your permission. You can override content settings on a case-by-case basis.
• View and change the ratings systems and bureaus that you use.

Content Advisor is set to the most conservative (least likely to offend) settings when you first enable it. You can adjust these settings to match your preferences.

Not all Internet content is rated. If you choose to allow other people to view unrated sites on your computer, some of those sites may contain inappropriate material.

How to Adjust the Types of Content That Others Can View

To adjust the types of content that others can view:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Internet.
3. Click the Content tab, and then click Settings in the Content Advisor box.
4. Type the supervisor password for your computer.
5. Click the Ratings tab, click a category in the list, and then adjust the slider to set the limits that you want to use.

Repeat these steps for each category that you want to adjust.