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One of the most valuable characteristics of the Internet is the amount of information available. However, you might feel that not all of it is appropriate for your children to view without your supervision or for your employees to view on company time and equipment. Microsoft Internet Explorer enables you to control access to sites on the World Wide Web by using any PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection) -based rating system.

Personalize your Web browsing experience by trying out Content Advisor below.

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What You Can Do with Content Advisor
  • Set what sites users can see, by using the RSAC rating system.
  • Choose levels of allowable content according to language, nudity, sex, and violence criteria.
  • Control whether users can view unrated sites.
  • Override restricted access with a supervisor password only.

Try Out Content Advisor for Yourself!

You must be using Microsoft Internet Explorer to test the Internet Ratings on this site.

  1. In Internet Explorer, click the View menu, and then click Options.
  2. On the Security tab, click Enable Ratings.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen to select a supervisor password.
  4. On the Ratings tab, select ratings for language, nudity, sex, and violence.
  5. Test your ratings on the following rated pages (all actual content is "G"-rated — no offensive material appears on any of the rated pages).

  1. On the View menu, click Options.
  2. On the Security tab, click the Settings Button.
  3. Click General tab, and then make sure that the box labeled Users Can See Sites Which Have No Rating is not selected. Now try to view this unrated page.

  1. On the View menu, click Options.
  2. On the Security tab, click the Settings Button.
  3. Click the General tab, and then select the check box labeled Supervisor can type a password to allow users to view restricted content. Now you can view any Web content, but only if you have the supervisor password!



More Information

The PICS Web site at http://www.w3.org/PICS contains more information about the PICS rating language.

The RSAC Web site at http://www.rsac.org contains more information about the rating system and obtaining a rating for a Web page.



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