[WEB4LIB] IE4: reset content supervisor password?

[Shane Miller]

I am running Win98 on the desktop, but I don't expect it will differ much
in the way it deals with Content Ratings from Win95.

I took a copy of my registry and started IE4.  I then added a supervisor
password and enabled ratings within IE.  I took another copy of the
registry and compared them.  The key that was different was:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Rating
s\Key

I suggest that if you delete the key "Key" that your ratings are disabled
(because the supervisor password was deleted).  I did also notice a change
in a file in the %windows%\System directory, this file is MSIN1964.RHC the
file size remained the same, but the contents of the file changed.  I am
not sure if this change was relevant.

Perhaps you could report back your results?

Cheers
Shane Miller



At 12:10  3/09/98 -0700, Bin Zhang wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We have a public workstation (Windows 95) with IE 4.01 installed.  Someone
>put in a supervisor password.  I tried uninstall IE, and then reinstalled
>it, it's still there.  Is there any way to reset the password other than
>reformat the hard drive?
>
>Thanks for your advise.
>
>Bin Zhang <bzhang at hawaii.edu>
>Automation Librarian
>Kapiolani Community College Library
>University of Hawaii
>4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI 96816
>Tel: +1 808-734-9254; Fax: +1 808-734-9453
>
>
>