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How to not have forms displayed in Internet Explorer

by royeo Aug 2, 2007 10:16AM PDT

I have Windows XP, SP2.

In Firefox 2.0.0.5, under Privacy, you can set Remember visited pages for the last ( ) days and Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar. With these two lines you can effect the way Firefox acts with respect to the subjects mentioned.

Is there a way to do this same stuff in Internet Explorer?

Thanks,

royeo

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Think it's an all or nothing

by jackson dougless Aug 2, 2007 1:01PM PDT

You either turn off the auto complete function entirely, or put up with it remembering pretty much anything it chooses.

Of course, the smart move is to not use IE in the first place. Don't even give people the option of using it. Just avoids the whole problem completely, and a host of other problems as well.

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That's easy

by pasobueno Aug 2, 2007 3:21PM PDT

Simply go to Tools, Internet Options, then Content, and click on Autocomplete Forms, and clear the checks in the options that you want to be turned off

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