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re: autocomplete ''destroy'' :-) Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 5:25 pm Posted by triplate (20746 messages posted) This is where it lives....HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\AutoComplete Value Name: Append Completion Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) Value Data: yes or no Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, named "Append Completion" and set it to "yes" to append the suggested text as you are typing or "no" to only show a drop-down list. Restart Windows for the change to take effect. What you do to it is up to you...lol On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 5:04 pm, bob wrote: >How do you not just 'clear', but totally inhibit >autocomplete in IE ? I am running ver 6.0.28...any help,etc. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: autocomplete ''destroy'' :-) Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 6:31 pm Posted by Darren K. Dean (66 messages posted) Go to your Control Panel, Select Internet Options, Select The Content Tab, Select Auto Complete, Remove the Checks from the boxes that say Use Auto Complete For: .... Autocomplete has now been turned off. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: autocomplete ''destroy'' :-) Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 7:51 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) There's also a setting for Inline Autocomplete (which "helps" you fill in urls in the Address bar). From the IE topline menu>Tools>Internet Options>Advanced tab, browsing section, 3rd from the last, Use Inline Autocomplete, uncheck the box. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum