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Q171703: Kids Plus!: Resetting Protect It! and Internet Ratings Passwords

Article: Q171703
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): 1.00
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Plus! for Kids, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article provides steps to remove passwords for the Protect It! Owner Key
and the Internet Ratings Supervisor in Microsoft Plus! For Kids. These steps are
provided for administrative users who have forgotten one or both of these
passwords.

MORE INFORMATION
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To remove passwords for Protect It! or the Internet Ratings Supervisor from your
computer, do the following:

1. Put your Microsoft Plus! For Kids compact disc in the CD caddy (if needed),
  and then insert it into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Click Start, and then click Run.

3. In the Open box type the following line, and then click OK:

  " rundll32.exe d:\protect!\pireset.dll,reset 1 " (without the quotation
  marks)

  NOTE: If your CD-ROM drive letter is not d, substitute the letter of your
  CD-ROM drive. IMPORTANT: Don't type any spaces around the comma.

4. Click the Protect It! or the Internet Ratings Supervisor check box to select
  the password you want to reset.

5. Click OK.

The password for Protect It! or the Internet Ratings Supervisor will be removed,
depending on which check box you selected. You will be asked to create a new
password the next time you do one of the following:

- Run Protect It!

- Display the Content Advisor

- Enable/disable Internet Ratings

Removing or resetting these passwords does not remove or disable Protect It!
restrictions on user profiles, nor does it disable Protect It! options or
Internet Ratings for All Family Members.


Additional query words: kids kidsplus kidsplus! pack plus plus! ie censor censorship censoring pass word forget

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbPlusKids kbPlusSearch
Version           : 1.00
Issue type        : kbhowto

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