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without my wife and I having to put in a password on our user ID?
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Not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean entering your PW and uname when logging into Windows? Or every time sites are tagged by the Content Advisor? If you mean the former, then I see no way around that and still maintain control of access. If you are asking how you and your wife can avoid having to constantly enter your personal information, I don't think you can do that with Content Advisor. You need Windows Vista with IE7 as that includes "Parental Controls", or a separate Parental Control program.
However, you and your wife can make it a little easier on yourselves. When you start your browsing sessions, simply disable Content Advisor at the beginning of your session, then enable it again when done. You still have to enter your data, but at least you only have to do it once in the beginning and once in the end.
The other alternative, and one I highly recommend, is to get your son/children his/their own computer - then you can lock it down tight without affecting your computing. You can easily share your Internet access, again without compromising your computer or your computing habits, by using an inexpensive router with NAT and a built in 4-port (or more) switch. If you are using broadband, you should be using a router anyway, even if only one computer is connected as they provide an additional, and formidable layer of defense against badguys. Another nice thing about using a router is you can hang a printer off the router, and all computers on your network (everything on your side of the router) can then print independently - no sharing needs to be set up on any computer.
If he is at that age where he is curious and is actively searching for (or "accidentally on purpose" stumbles upon) such sites, then you do not want him doing that on the same PC as you keep your important data. Since badguys (spammers, ID thieves, hackers, malware distributors, etc.) wallow in the same scum as many porn distributors, and since kids generally are not well disciplined at
practicing safe computing, it would be best to keep their activities completely isolated from yours. I strongly advise against putting PCs in childrens bedrooms as you MUST keep tabs on their activities to ensure no super badguys (pedophiles, predators and the like) exploit your children (and they will try).
There are many sources for good parental control software. I would start with your ISP - many of which provide controls based on the screen or log in name.
Also, check out
PCMag - Parental Controls Buying Guide and
Webuser - Internet Filtering Round Up.
