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Subject: Inpersistence IE 6.0 Settings


  Posted by: Richard - Dude [204252420] Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 20:02

I've got a minor frustration on my new Windows XP Pro machine that I built for Christmas. I like to have my IE settings such that the browser handles Temporary Internet Files by checking for newer versions of stored pages "Every visit to the page". However, when I check this option under Tools-Internet Options-General-Settings, my preference only stays around until the next time I close my IE browser. When I restart IE the setting is back to "Automatically". How do I make my choice stay around permanently?

Richard
 
1RecycledSpinalFluid
      Dude
      ID: 204401122
      Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 20:22
Do you use this to connect to your work network?
 
2Richard
      Dude
      ID: 204252420
      Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 20:49
RSF - No I don't access a work network but it is conncted to a home network (cabled into a Linksys Wireless Access Point) to get access to a cable modem that's shared amongst two other computers.

Richard
 
3RecycledSpinalFluid
      Dude
      ID: 204401122
      Mon, Jan 09, 2006, 22:39
I was guessing at the following setting in IE:

Tools (Menu)
Internet Options (Menu)
Connections (Tab)
Lan Settings...(Button)

I'd make sure "Automatically detect settings" and "Use Automatic Settings Script" are unchecked.

Only thing else I could thing of is some sort of local policies being set, but lets look at those afterward.
 
4Richard
      Dude
      ID: 204252420
      Tue, Jan 10, 2006, 00:18
RSF - I checked the LAN Settings as suggested and both of those options are, and have been, unchecked - so that's not what is doing it. This was a great guess - I didn't even know about those options.

I wish I wasn't so clueless on how XP starts up and which program (virus protection, anti-spyware, Windows Security, Firewall, ...) might be resetting my IE options. This isn't a real big deal but I hate being clueless.

Richard