Auto Complete not working

For some reason Auto Complete is not working although in Internet Options all of the boxes are ticked to save passwords etc, windows even asks me if I want to save a password.

Any ideas, maybe a registry tweak.....

Paul

 

if using windows XP, go here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

and download Power toys for XP.


when that is done, open it up, go to "common dialog ", open that up, and you will see, "enable auto complete ", check it off. try that.


sorry, forgot to mention, you want "TweakUI "

 

I already tried TweakUI and the AutoComplete box was ticked also looked at the Microsoft Knowledge page and the reg key I was asked to remove, I could not as deletion was denied.

Just tried Auto Complete and still not working
Paul

 

Pete

Yes I am aware of the issues, but I cannot still remove reg key, looks like auto complete is never going to work, the annoying thing is this is a new build and there is no reason why it should have not worked....

Paul

 

I have the same problem with AutoComplete not working on IE 6 but I am running Win2k. Any thoughts? I could not find any Knowledge Base tips for this problem in 2K.

 

Don't know if this is a moot issue by now but I found a solution. I am running Win2k sp4 and logged in as Administrator. AutoComplete would not work for any passwords/login names, address bar URLs or web page forms. I created another user account and logged in on the new account and AutoComplete works perfectly. I don't know if there is something weird with 2k and the Admin account but my newly created Standard User account work fine.

 

Auto Complete Failure

I've been trying to get Auto Complete to work for months. This is really annoying. I too purchased a brand new system from Dell with XP Pro and SP2. There must be something that they've downloaded with updates that kills AutoComplete. My old HomeEditition system worked well with SP2. The HD failed so I bought a new computer. I am ****** and would welcome new suggestions. I've tried all the registry edit and settings recommendations. AutoFill works. Autocomplete does not. In other words, web pages that I go to all the time will not fill in username and password info. automatically.

 

Not really a solution for this problem, but you can always give a try to Firefox which has a very efficient autocomplete feature, independant from the one used by Windows.

.merle1.

 

... perhaps your security settings are not allowing auto complete ,,, just a gander ... there are some cases in which auto complete is not allowed +++ such as a website with tight security === you are the only one using your computer??? --- There are no other user accounts - correct?

 

You mention that:

Start > Run > type in services.msc

Scroll down to Protected Storage and make sure that it's set to Automatic Startup and is running.

That would be nice but it is missing this may be my problem any ideas how I re-instate it.

Also tried:
Regsvr32 /u RSABase.dll
But I get the message back that the required module is missing.

Paul

 

Pete

I checked for the following files:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\lsass.exe

and they are where they should be and the correct versions using sfc /scannow it appears that auto complete will not work on my system, I cannot understand why the Protected Storage is not running from services.msc.

I will continue to look for a solution, so any more ideas would be useful

Paul

 

For anybody that is interested the new thread about Protected Storage can be found at:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?p=265611#post265611

Paul