Number 234 - October 2002

Windows Tips Clearing Out Explorer's AutoComplete
By default, newer versions of Internet Explorer (v5.0+) can automatically "remember" stuff you've filled in on Web forms (including passwords). Well, if you've ever entered the wrong item, you know what a pain it can be. Every time you fill in a form, you get multiple choices from the little auto-complete drop box, but only one (usually the one at the bottom of the list) is the correct one. How do you shed the excess? Depends on how far you want to go with it. If you just want a word or two gone, next time you see one in the auto-complete drop box, arrow down to it and press your Delete key. Poof! David Copperfield ain't got nothin' on you! If you want to clear the whole thing	out, you can do that too. Open Internet Explorer, hit the Tools menu, Internet Options. Next, click the Content Tab, then the AutoComplete button. On the resulting screen, click the "Clear Forms" button to clear out web form info and the "Clear Passwords" button to get rid of any password info you have stored.     Note that this does not get rid of the web addresses in your address bar. Go to the General tab of the Internet Options screen and hit Clear History to do that.
Number 234 - October 2002