autocomplete data storage

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Rob Robbins

Does anyone know where the autocomplete data is stored
(what file)? Apparently it is encrypted somehow, since
the Windows search text function can't find the data?

Thanks,

RR
 
Rob Robbins said:
Does anyone know where the autocomplete data is stored
(what file)? Apparently it is encrypted somehow, since
the Windows search text function can't find the data?

Thanks,

RR
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In the Registry.
 
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encoded maybe?
.
I found the answer at PCMAG:
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"...IE stores AutoComplete data in the Registry. The
internal field names become key names, and the data is
stored as encrypted binary values within those keys.
AutoWhat? 2 needs the names of the fields, but under
Windows NT (NT 4.0/2000/XP), the names are hidden.
Registry permissions make the key that holds those field
names accessible only to SYSTEM, not to any user-even
administrators. An administrator could modify Registry
permissions to broaden this access, but AutoWhat? 2
doesn't require that. Instead, it uses a helper
application called AutoServ.exe, which is designed to get
the information using SYSTEM's access..."
 
In microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Rob Robbins"
encoded maybe?
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AutoComplete, User Names and Passwords on Forms:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\IntelliForms\SPW

AutoComplete, Web Addresses:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System
Provider\<user name or windows logon name>

....Alan
 
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