Windows Scripting

You can do this with a few clicks, I'm not sure it would help but I don't ahve time to figure out whether I know enough to write that script.

To disable password saving in Internet Explorer on Windows:

Launch Internet Explorer.
Select Tools > Internet Options > Content.
Under Personal information, click on AutoComplete.

To stop password saving, click the check box to uncheck "User names and passwords on forms".

To clear all existing saved usernames and passwords, click on Clear Passwords, then click OK in the warning dialog box.

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To disable password saving in Netscape on Windows:

Launch Netscape.
Select Edit > Preferences.
Under Category, expand Privacy & Security, then select Web Passwords.
To stop Netscape from saving passwords, click the check box to uncheck "Remember passwords for sites that require me to log in."
To delete a saved site, username, and password, click View Stored Passwords.

Under the Passwords Saved tab, select the site and username you want to remove and click Remove. Click Remove All to delete all saved passwords. (Note: The Passwords Saved list does not show the passwords themselves, just the web site name and the username.)

Netscape has the option to never save passwords for specified sites, which are listed in the Password Manager under the tab Passwords Never Saved. To add sites to this list:

Enable "Remember passwords ..." in step 3, above.
Go to the site in question.
When prompted to remember the password, click Never for this site.
Result: The site is listed in the Password Manager, under the tab Passwords Never Saved.

Lemme know if ya need info for other platform/OS combos.

Windows scripting
Thanks,

I would like to automate this via a one time script that executes when a user logs in. What I am wanting is for the script to clear out all user's autocomplete password information and then disable the check boxes that allow users to use autocomplete.

The method you gave me works well, but I would have to do it at each user's workstation, so that is my reasoning behind trying to automate it.

Thanks

I do not know how to make the script you are interested in. I might be able to learn but I do not have the time. A script to change windows settings is very complicated.

But I may be able to help you out.

It sounds like you are on a intranet and you want the log in to be protected against AutoComplete.

If you have control over the forms you want to protect this will be simple:

Here is an example forum with AutoComplete turned off on specified form fields. Note the autocomplete="off"values.





Or you can do this for an entire form like this:




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Here is another way to turn it on and off that I am not too familiar with.




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Here are the registry entries that deal with this. I'm not sure they would be helpful.

Windows Scripting
Thanks I will try this. :wink:

BTW: Shrinks have been known to be wrong!

Let me know if it works or not. I was hoping I'd find a simpler way to resolve your problem.

As to srinks I don't pay attention, I just thought it was a wicked awesome quote.

Turning off AutoComplete on All Forms
You can turn off AutoComplete on all forms by including this JavaScript:



Cheers!