WiseChoice.Net Filter Upgrade Installation Instructions
("Classic" Edition)

WiseChoice Filter
Installation File for:

• Windows Vista

• Windows XP

• Windows ME

• Windows 98

• Windows NT

• Windows 2000

NOTE: This will take about 10 seconds with high speed access.

If you are using a traditional phone-line dialup connection, this download may take from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your connection and Internet traffic.

NOTE: The current version of WiseChoice (7.7 or higher) is fully compatible with Windows Vista. However, if you attempted to install a previous, "not compatible" version of WiseChoice on your Vista computer, click here for special instructions.

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Bookmark this page (or Add To Favorites) so that you can easily get back to this page if necessary. Also, print these instructions for your convenience.

  STOP-Please turn off any firewalls you may be using until you have completeted the installation and have gotten the filter up and running- I will say this again- turn off any firewalls during the installation or you will not be able to access the internet. Now........proceed

  1. Click on the link in the left column which describes your computer

  2. When a menu pops up asking you to run or save , choose "save" Let me say this again: choose SAVE do not choose run or it will not work.

  3. A dialog box will pop up asking you where to save it. Choose a place on your system where you can easily find it, such as the “Desktop”

  4. After the program downloads successfully, double-click the file to start the installation program.

  5. Follow the instructions as they are presented by the installation program... remember to keep handy the user id and password which were provided to you when you signed up.

Regarding your
master account name or User ID:

(1) When you install the filtering program on your computer, it will prompt you for a master account name

(2) The Master account name is REALLY the original "User ID" which you provided earlier in the signup process.

Regarding your Filter Settings:

(1) Once you get the filter going you may find that you have set your preferences to be more restrictive than you had planned.

(2) If you are being blocked from sites that you think are OK then please click on "details" on the blocking screen. Note the category that is being blocked and then email us or call us and we will be happy to change the preferences for you.

(3) Sometimes it will take a little working with until you have it just the way you want.

(4) Keep in mind that some subscribers DO choose the most optimal settings the first time. These notes ONLY apply to SOME subscribers who chose to block more restrictively during the inital setup, then changed their minds about the settings later.