Cannot save forms data

Cannot save form data in IE7&8

Windows XP SP2 IE7 latest SP
Windows XP SP3 IE7 latest SP
Vista Ultimate SP1 IE7 latest SP
Vista Ultimate SP1 IE8 Beta 2

The PC in question went through the above migration and at no time

did AUTOCOMPLETE ever work.

The AUTOCOMPLETE checkboxes are indeed selected under CONTENT TAB

and ADVANCED TAB in options.

Autocomplete web addresses works.

Computer history -PC was made from corporate image and I suspect a

very very special and well hidden group policy may be enabled.
Examples: Autologon disabled and remember NTusername for Windows

logon were disabled. That stuff was easy to find and fix.

Tried so far.
Removed IE7 and IE8 numerous times.
Cleared TEMP internet files
Rebooted after changes
Cleared save autocomplete options cleared password and form data,

rebooted.
Turned autocomplete on for all 3 fields.
Reinstalled IE7 many times. Upgraded to IE8.
Removed IE8.
Reinstalled IE 8.
It just won't save any form field in any web page I visit.

I browsed for an hour Group policy, found internet explorer in two

places (computer and user) everything set NOT CONFIGURED.
Nothing found in LOCAL SECURITY POLICY either.

I even added a new user added to ADMIN group and that person has

same issue also. So not applicable to my admin username.

The only clue I have is the following
In the registry in
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Intelliforms
there should be 3 subkeys

SPW
Storage1
Storage2

On a PC that does work IE8 XP SP3, these subkeys are quite full of
encrypted data.
On the PC that does not work, these Subkeys were missing.
I manually added the three subkeys, rebooted and still did not
work.
Tested again and nothing written to SPW Storage1 or Storage2

That is the only clue I have right now.

It did not work on IE7
It doesn't work on IE8 beta-2
I am now lost for next step.
Google search is not helping on this one.
Read millions of pages it seems.

Autocomplete web pages works, it is just forms that does not.

 

Cannot save form data

Restoring IE defaults has been done numerous times.
I must have missed putting that in as an action tried.