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My son has conveniently figured out how to disable IE Content Advisor through
the registry editor. Is there any way I can keep his user account from being
able to access the registry editor? I'm nervous he's going to mess something
up.

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Hi,

If you have WinXP Pro, click start/run, type gpedit.msc. Under User
Config/Admin Templates/System there is a setting to disable registry editing
for specified users. For WinXP Home, try:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/ [...] 00000.html

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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> My son has conveniently figured out how to disable IE Content Advisor
> through
> the registry editor. Is there any way I can keep his user account from
> being
> able to access the registry editor? I'm nervous he's going to mess
> something
> up.

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