Forms & Passwords

[Guest]

Although I have checked all of the boxes in the Auto Complete section of the
internet options function of IE6 running under WindowsXP Home Edition SP1 the
automatic forms completion and insertion of passwords do not work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Roger

Try the following and see if it helps:

Save password doesn't work - Autocomplete -
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm

AutoComplete Does Not Save Username and Password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306895

The AutoComplete feature does not work after you enable it in Internet
Explorer on a computer that is running Windows XP Home Edition:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885180

Your Outlook Express Password Is Not Retained in Windows 2000 or XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=264672
[Applies to AutoComplete as well]

Protected Storage - Save Password issues:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ProtectedStorage.htm

also....

How to set Autocomplete for addresses in the Address Bar

In order to enable the Autocomplete, do the following:

Go to Tools | Internet Options | Click the Content tab. Click the button
that says Autocomplete. Check Web Addresses and all other items you want
used with Autocomplete. Click OK

On the General tab look for the section on History. Set the Day to keep
pages in history to how many days you want to keep pages in the History.

or..........................

Autocomplete not working

Addresses Are Not Resolved When the AutoComplete Feature Is Enabled
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q230592#kb1

Work through the possible solutions at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers4.htm#autocomplete

Then see:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1585442,00.asp

and....

Keep in mind that the Auto-Complete feature can be disabled by the webmaster
INFO: Disabling AutoComplete with Internet Information Services and ASP

Hint: View Source for a webpage should reveal the AutoComplete property. If
set to OFF, that site has intentionally turned Off the AutoComplete feature
for security.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/Author/dhtml/reference/
properties/autocomplete.asp


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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