Another MRU question - i have looked and tried elsewhere but nothing works to clear it. Running XP with wanadoo toolbar (am in france).
I want to clear the 'auto-complete' function. BEFORE you answer, please note that i have tried the following....
Clear history / cookies / temp internet files
Tools - internet options - auto complete - clear files
AdAware etc
Purge I.E. pro
but i cannot get rid of the autocomplete thingy; that is to say if i type ya in the toolbar, it automatically finishes the line, giving me the options of yahoo.com / .uk etc
is there any way of manually removing these things?
2006-08-25 22:59:10 · 11 answers · asked by beautiful sadness 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Hi.
You need to do it in two places.
1. Tools->Internet Options->Content Tab->Auto Complete. Uncheck all options. Clear forms & passwores. Click ok.
2. Tools->Internet Options->General Tab->Clear History
Afterwards, if that doesn't work, you can delete the registry entries and etc for IE that corresponding to this setting.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ie/reskit/6/part5/c21ie6rk.mspx?mfr=true
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ie/reskit/6/part7/z02ie6rk.mspx?mfr=true
-Leon S
2006-08-25 23:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by Leon Spencer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One moment please. You are using winXP
When you go to autocomplete, there no option to clear files.
Infront of autocomplete there is a button named Settings,
which opens a Autocomplete Settings Window.
It contains three options with auto complete,
You need to uncheck each of them,
then click OK.
Also Uncheck the inline Autocomplete box, in the browser section of the advanced panel of Internet Options
mail me if the problem persists
2006-08-25 23:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
go to tools - internet options - then the advanced tab on the top and uncheck use inline auto complete it's about half way down the list
lookup microsoft power toys for xp on the microsoft site and download treakui and within that program you can set it so that all that stuff is deleted everytime you shut down or start up. I use it and it works great also there are alot of other settings in there that you wouldn't normally have access to
2006-08-25 23:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by salute222000 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ok i wa gonna say as far as up to the autocomplete. There isnt a button that says settings in autocomplete section u should be able to disable it there
2006-08-25 23:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by dying_2_do 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I use a program called History Cleaner. I'm not sure of the site I downloaded it from.
2006-08-31 12:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start all over again put on a disc what important stuff you have on your computer and then just go on disc clean up and wipe the whole lot off but there is an easyer way of doing it ill ask my uncle he done it for me and ill let you know kk ... good luck anyway
2006-08-25 23:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by r32 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't clear web addresses, but if you "untick" the box where it says "use autocomplete for web addresses", it will stop autocompleting web addresses you type in.
2006-08-25 23:12:29 · answer #7 · answered by vinny_the_hack 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Follow Amitabh's advice.
If MRU lists really bug you, you can download MRU-Blaster: it's free
- http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
2006-08-25 23:49:53 · answer #8 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download and use MRU Blaster. Search for it, it's free.
2006-08-30 13:04:47 · answer #9 · answered by megarock@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure your logged in as administrator..
or
create a new account, delete all the old ones..
2006-08-25 23:11:22 · answer #10 · answered by yeah well 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋