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by honu95

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Hi, I have an XP workstation with IE 6.0 and I'd like to transfer the autocomplete data (id's and passwords) from one workstation to another. Is there any way to do this?

I've look on MS KB but found nothing really helpful. I read posts here made about .dat files in the temp folder that holds all this info. Any more solid assistance would really help me.

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by xsive

Hi Not sure if this can be done, but the information is held in the following registry keys...

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\

You may try exporting and importing these keys? After doing a registry backup of course.

You can use the passview tool (http://www.webattack.com/get/pspv.shtml) to access the encrypted autocomplete username and password information stored in the registry.

Hope this helps,
Xs

by jdmercha

Not sure what exactly you are looking for here, but you may also be talking about cookie data. Which means that you might want to move all your temporary IE files.

by honu95

If it's not clear enough, my issue is with IE's autocomplete function. Select Tools, Internet Options, click the Content tab, then click the AutoComplete button. I see that exporting and importing registry keys is an option. Any other ways to do this? Thanks in advance

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