How do you create a batch file to enter URL's into Internet Explorer's content advisor? I've tried googling for this but the only solution I see is from experts-exchange which require you to pay. I'm assisting in a call centre so was wondering if there's a quicker way to enter URL's as oppose to copy and pasting every individual URL line and entering it into content advisor for every station.
To elaborate a little, I'd like the batch file to enter new URL's in the Allowed Sites tab section.
What we have installed on each station is Internet Explorer 7
Windows XP Pro and Internet Explorer 7
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1 Steve K // Jul 17, 2008
Do you have windows XP home or Windows XP pro???
If you're using Windows Server 2003, this can be implimented using a Group Policy Object.
I figured how to make a registry file… now you can just batch a registry file. It's just as simple as a batch file… except registry specific. Double-click and it installs the entries for you. Do you have MSN messenger or yahoo messenger? There is way to much to explain here it will assume it's a url and cut off my entry… which will make it extremely difficult to explain.
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Shortest I can explain is to make the content advisor list on 1 PC by hand… then once you're done with that. No more URL by URL on EACH pc… that sounds like a drag bud.
Click Start> Run> "Regedit"
Navigate to HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Currentversion \ Policies \ Ratings
Right click on "Ratings" and Export as "Content Advisor.reg"
Now you can just run the .reg file on the PC… or if you want to setup an Autorun on your flash drive or something so you can just insert your flash… wait about 1 minute and then move to the next PC. It will cut your time per PC to a minute tops. At worst if "Autorun" is disabled… you'll have to manually double click the .Reg file. … I know… how painful.
Now running this on EACH PC will not only export all of the data for the URL's… but the Rating settings, passwords and hints, so it will all be uniform to each PC through out your office there. All passwords will be identical. No confusion and it can now be implimented as a standard. You'll be the IT Hero for implimenting a standard SOP to impliment Content Advisor. Woopity woot.
Setup autorun to registry file or Setup Autorun with Batch file & registry. Start with a Text file. You must be able to name a file with extensions. So remove the checkbox in the "Folder Options" menu by "Hide known filetype extensions." Open My computer and click tools to find that.
AUTORUN
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[autorun]
open=ContAdvis.bat
- Then Save as Autorun.inf
Batching a Reg file
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regedit /s "Content Advisor.reg"
- Save as ContAdvis.bat
Incase you have some hacker wiseguys… we'll make it tougher!
ADD an extra registry value then add it to your .reg file after exporting the "Total" value for registry files.
HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Currentversion \ Run
Content Advisor (name) - C:\Windows\System32\Content.bat
Export that new entry, copy the portion AFTER Regsitry Editor 5.00 in the reg file and paste it at the end of your current "Content Advisor.reg" file.
Now add the batch file to COPY the reg file to that location.
Copy "content advisor.reg" "C:\Windows\System32\Content.reg"
This will keep it freshly reloaded incase they find out the password and disable it. Group policies can remove the page from their access to disable it. I'm pretty sure they won't figure out the registry value to remove it. If you want additional help I can help you create them or advise on clearer instruction.
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