kill autocomplete reminder

[Guest]

I've unchecked all the autocomplete boxes in the autocomplete panel in the content tab, and unchecked inline autocomplete and profile assistant in the advanced tab

I guess it's obvious I don't want IE to autocomplete anything

But when I fill out a form (like the google searchbox), IE pops up a widow telling me autocomplete is off and if I want to turn it on (like in http://devil.members.easyspace.com/autocomplete.jpg

I don't want autocomplete on AND I want IE to stop asking me

What's the secret setting/registry edit/other trick?

 

[H Leboeuf]

This may be caused by a third-party program (adware, spyware, parasite).
Get AdAware and SpyBot and run them both. Keep them up to date.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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I've unchecked all the autocomplete boxes in the autocomplete panel in the

content tab, and unchecked inline autocomplete and profile assistant in the
advanced tab.

I guess it's obvious I don't want IE to autocomplete anything.

But when I fill out a form (like the google searchbox), IE pops up a widow

telling me autocomplete is off and if I want to turn it on (like in
http://devil.members.easyspace.com/autocomplete.jpg )

 

[Guest]

Nope. All the usual (and freshly updated) spywarecleaners don't find anything. AVG AntiVirus doesn't find anything either, and ZoneAlarm doesn't detect any suspicious in- or outgoing activity

The reminder is not linked to any website or type of form. Google searchbox, Babelfish translation, Asta-killer.com, PubMed.com, every site with any type of form asks me to turn autocomplete on

Does anyone know where the autocomplete reminder settings are stored? Is it a simple registry key that's on or off?

 

[Don Varnau]

If this is WinXP, look at (probably not the exact names) Ctrl Panel> User
Accounts> [affected user account]> Password management. Anything there?

Don
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MVP IE/OE
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Nope. All the usual (and freshly updated) spywarecleaners don't find

anything. AVG AntiVirus doesn't find anything either, and ZoneAlarm doesn't
detect any suspicious in- or outgoing activity.

The reminder is not linked to any website or type of form. Google

searchbox, Babelfish translation, Asta-killer.com, PubMed.com, every site
with any type of form asks me to turn autocomplete on.

Does anyone know where the autocomplete reminder settings are stored? Is

it a simple registry key that's on or off?

 

[Guest]

Nothing there. Just an option to set a windows login password and a link to the .NET Passport site (to change your name, age, sex, location, occupation and other personal data which microsoft likes to 'share' with other companies), but nothing about auto-completing

I installed IE6 sp1 to replace the non-service-packed IE6 but that didn't help. It kept all settings, including the autocomplete reminder

Maybe I have to make IE forget all settings and configure them from scratch?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Is it a simple registry key that's on or off?

I don't think so. I think I can remember reading of some user's account
of hacking a .dll to do what you want but can't find it using Google Groups.
It would be in group:microsoft.*.ie6.* or group:microsoft.*.ie5.*

It might be found with this search but I don't have enough time to check
all the threads it finds:

autocomplete forms disable group:microsoft.*.ie6.*

Another reason that I would be hesitant about doing such an in depth
analysis of that search is that I am not sure that this particular prompt
is the one which that particular technique I am recalling involved.

Unfortunately most of the relevant hits are only single article threads
(IOW complaints about the functionality like yours.)


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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Nope. All the usual (and freshly updated) spywarecleaners don't find anything. AVG AntiVirus doesn't find anything either, and

ZoneAlarm doesn't detect any suspicious in- or outgoing activity.

The reminder is not linked to any website or type of form. Google searchbox, Babelfish translation, Asta-killer.com, PubMed.com,

every site with any type of form asks me to turn autocomplete on.

 

[Don Varnau]

Do you have any add-ons for IE like the google toolbar? Any other third
party toolbars or tweaks?

Don
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MVP IE/OE
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"666" wrote in message

Nothing there. Just an option to set a windows login password and a link

to the .NET Passport site (to change your name, age, sex, location,
occupation and other personal data which microsoft likes to 'share' with
other companies), but nothing about auto-completing .

I installed IE6 sp1 to replace the non-service-packed IE6 but that didn't

help. It kept all settings, including the autocomplete reminder.

Maybe I have to make IE forget all settings and configure them from

scratch?

 

[Guest]

No tweaks, no toolbars. I have FreshDownload installed, which puts a 'download with FD' entry in the right-click menu of IE and Netscape

I guess the only way to get rid of the reminder is to allow autocomplete, or switch to Mozilla.

 

[Don Varnau]

Have you tried enabling all autocomplete functions for a short time,
restarting, then turning off all autocomplete functions?

Don
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MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

No tweaks, no toolbars. I have FreshDownload installed, which puts a

'download with FD' entry in the right-click menu of IE and Netscape.

I guess the only way to get rid of the reminder is to allow autocomplete,

or switch to Mozilla.

 

[Guest]

Hi Don
thanx for all the suggestions
tried it, but the reminder still pops up

Goodbye Internet Explorer, welcome Mozilla FireFox.