In Internet Explorer how can I stop forms auto completing ?

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When you type words into a search engine or your user code into a password box on a web page you are using a input form.

Forms can auto fill with data that has previously been entered - for example if you have previously gone to a seach engine and searched for Happy Online and you go back to that search engine again and start typing Happy Online the browser remembers what you have previously typed and will display the previously typed word before you have finished typing - this can save you time as you can select this previous entry.

There is however a downside to this feature as information such as user codes and passwords can also be remembered by the browser and this could result in these details be presented for input to any user of your computer.

You can however set your browser so that it does not auto complete forms. To do this you will need to select the Tools option at the top of the browser window followed by Internet Options.

A new window will appear with various tabs along the top of this window, if you select the content tab you will be presented with a new page with a section called Personal Information. Select the AutoComplete option from this section.

A further window will be opened where you can set if you wish the AutoComplete function to list possible matches from entries typed before or not. There are various options available and you can choose the level of AutoComplete that you are comfortable using.

Happy Online 14th July 2003

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