Hello,

I am using XP Home SP2. I am trying to "clear passwords" from IE 6. I do
so from Options, Content, and the Autocomplete area of the window. When I
try this, IE hangs. Any suggestions to fix this?

I used an earlier suggestion of deleting a registry key to get rid of the
passwords and that worked. However, when I try using the "clear passwords"
button in IE again, IE still hangs.


Regards,
Bob Brannon

hi,

Try going to internet options->Click on Delete cookies,Delete Files then
Click on Settings, go to View objects and then Select all the "program
files" in the new window and delete them (Dont worry these are just plugins
and will be again downloaded on the browser)
Then click on ok and come out of the settings window. Then click on the
advanced tab of internet options disable third party browser extensions.

After doing these steps try to clear your passwords again as you did earlier.

"Bob Brannon" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using XP Home SP2. I am trying to "clear passwords" from IE 6. I do
> so from Options, Content, and the Autocomplete area of the window. When I
> try this, IE hangs. Any suggestions to fix this?
>
> I used an earlier suggestion of deleting a registry key to get rid of the
> passwords and that worked. However, when I try using the "clear passwords"
> button in IE again, IE still hangs.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bob Brannon
>
>
>

Hello,

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the problem still persists. IE
still hangs when I click the clear passwords button. Any other ideas?



"Saureshwar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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hi,

Try going to internet options->Click on Delete cookies,Delete Files then
Click on Settings, go to View objects and then Select all the "program
files" in the new window and delete them (Dont worry these are just plugins
and will be again downloaded on the browser)
Then click on ok and come out of the settings window. Then click on the
advanced tab of internet options disable third party browser extensions.

After doing these steps try to clear your passwords again as you did
earlier.

"Bob Brannon" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using XP Home SP2. I am trying to "clear passwords" from IE 6. I do
> so from Options, Content, and the Autocomplete area of the window. When I
> try this, IE hangs. Any suggestions to fix this?
>
> I used an earlier suggestion of deleting a registry key to get rid of the
> passwords and that worked. However, when I try using the "clear
> passwords"
> button in IE again, IE still hangs.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bob Brannon
>
>
>

Bob Brannon wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the problem still persists.
> IE still hangs when I click the clear passwords button. Any other ideas?
[...]

Close IE/OE.
Control panel -> Internet Options -> Content -> Autocomplete: *first* Clear
Forms and *after* Clear Passwords.
Restart IE.
See also: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=251787

--
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Microsoft® MVP - Windows - Internet Explorer/OE
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Hello Vincenzo,

I tried using your suggestion with IE/OE closed, as I had not done that
before. Unfortunately, that process also hung when I clicked on "clear
forms", so I could not get to "clear passwords". Any other suggestions?

Regards,
Bob Brannon


"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Bob Brannon wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the problem still persists.
> IE still hangs when I click the clear passwords button. Any other ideas?
[...]

Close IE/OE.
Control panel -> Internet Options -> Content -> Autocomplete: *first* Clear
Forms and *after* Clear Passwords.
Restart IE.
See also: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=251787

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Windows - Internet Explorer/OE
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Bob Brannon wrote:

> Hello Vincenzo,
>
> I tried using your suggestion with IE/OE closed, as I had not done that
> before. Unfortunately, that process also hung when I clicked on "clear
> forms", so I could not get to "clear passwords". Any other suggestions?
[Cut]

Hi Bob,
Control panel -> Internet Options -> Content -> Autocomplete: uncheck all
the boxes and then retry to clear forms and passwords.
Try also this: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html

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Hi Bob,
So deleting this key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\SPW]
clears passwords but doesn't have a lasting effect? "Clear passwords" still
hangs up IE?

You might try the procedure in this article (the XP portion.) It's a two
part process. Export the registry key before deleting the user subkey.
259416- Your Password Is Not Retained in Windows 2000 or Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275465

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


"Bob Brannon" <bbran[at]3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I am using XP Home SP2. I am trying to "clear passwords" from IE 6. I do
> so from Options, Content, and the Autocomplete area of the window. When I
> try this, IE hangs. Any suggestions to fix this?
>
> I used an earlier suggestion of deleting a registry key to get rid of the
> passwords and that worked. However, when I try using the "clear
passwords"
> button in IE again, IE still hangs.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Brannon

OK, I tried what was suggested in the areticle you referenced but ran into a
problem that the "pstores.exe" file did not exist anywhere on my computer.
Can you tell me what I should do from here?


"Bob Brannon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Hello Vincenzo,

I tried using your suggestion with IE/OE closed, as I had not done that
before. Unfortunately, that process also hung when I clicked on "clear
forms", so I could not get to "clear passwords". Any other suggestions?

Regards,
Bob Brannon


"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Bob Brannon wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the problem still persists.
> IE still hangs when I click the clear passwords button. Any other ideas?
[...]

Close IE/OE.
Control panel -> Internet Options -> Content -> Autocomplete: *first* Clear
Forms and *after* Clear Passwords.
Restart IE.
See also: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=251787

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Windows - Internet Explorer/OE
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Actually I tried that and replied to the group several times that although I
could delete the registry key doing so did not prevent IE from hanging when
I tried to clear passwords. I was never able to clear passwords.


"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi Bob,
So deleting this key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\SPW]
clears passwords but doesn't have a lasting effect? "Clear passwords" still
hangs up IE?

You might try the procedure in this article (the XP portion.) It's a two
part process. Export the registry key before deleting the user subkey.
259416- Your Password Is Not Retained in Windows 2000 or Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275465

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


"Bob Brannon" <bbran[at]3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I am using XP Home SP2. I am trying to "clear passwords" from IE 6. I do
> so from Options, Content, and the Autocomplete area of the window. When I
> try this, IE hangs. Any suggestions to fix this?
>
> I used an earlier suggestion of deleting a registry key to get rid of the
> passwords and that worked. However, when I try using the "clear
passwords"
> button in IE again, IE still hangs.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Brannon

I tried it with all the boxes unchecked. Unfortunately, that process also
hung when I clicked on "clear forms". Any thing else that might work?


"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Bob Brannon wrote:

> Hello Vincenzo,
>
> I tried using your suggestion with IE/OE closed, as I had not done that
> before. Unfortunately, that process also hung when I clicked on "clear
> forms", so I could not get to "clear passwords". Any other suggestions?
[Cut]

Hi Bob,
Control panel -> Internet Options -> Content -> Autocomplete: uncheck all
the boxes and then retry to clear forms and passwords.
Try also this: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Windows - Internet Explorer/OE
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