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"Auto - complete problem"

Im using windows xp home edition and the auto - complete feature does not appear to be working.
It will complete older email addresses etc but in the last few months I have sent email to a few new addresses and I have to fill in the full address each time.

Any suggestions or advice would be most welcome

Thanks

Im using windows xp home edition and the auto - complete feature does not appear to be working.
It will complete older email addresses etc but in the last few months I have sent email to a few new addresses and I have to fill in the full address each time.

Any suggestions or advice would be most welcome

Thanks

Before someone else says it:

"Don't use Internet Explorer."

Mozilla does all that for you, plus it works.

I use Opera and Firefox good combination and IE sucks..

To answer the question, try clearing the auto complete entries. I'm not sure where the option is, as the last time I used Internet Explorer properly was sometime in 1999 (a millenia ago, in fact), but it's probably under Security or something.

Its in the properties of IE under Content, in the Personal Information section, you cant miss it.

Thanks guys for the replies.
The majority of you appear think that Internet Explorer isn't the best.

If I change now what effect would that have on my email and web browsing etc.
How do you replace IE?

Stupid questions probably but I'm a bit of a novice and would welcome all good advice

You can just simply download a new browser and run it as a normal program.

When you install Firefox, you're asked if you want it to be your default browser. If you press yes, all links you open (from your E-mail client, etc) will open in Firefox. Anything that would normally trigger IE goes to Firefox. As for E-mail, if you click an E-mail link in a web page (in Firefox), it will open your E-mail client just as IE ever did.

Thanks to all.

Next stupid qustion --- if I install Firefox or opera and either dont like it or if I thought IE was better is there any problems in reverting back to IE?

muffler wrote:
> Thanks to all.
>
> Next stupid qustion --- if I install Firefox or opera and either dont
> like it or if I thought IE was better is there any problems in
> reverting back to IE?

No problems at all, firefox does not write over the top of IE so you can simply double click your internet explorer whenever you want to use it again.