OH OH Need Help with XP Problem - Firefox

[geezer]

I don't buy much over the internet, but today I ordered a few ink
cartridges. As I was entering my personal info, my credit card #
automatically appeared after I entered the first digit of same.

This was the FIRST order I have made from this company - so I figure
the # is stored somewhere on mt hard drive.

Can I get rid of it? How? I don't like the idea that it is there.

Thanks

[John McGaw]

geezer wrote:
> I don't buy much over the internet, but today I ordered a few ink
> cartridges. As I was entering my personal info, my credit card #
> automatically appeared after I entered the first digit of same.
>
> This was the FIRST order I have made from this company - so I figure
> the # is stored somewhere on mt hard drive.
>
> Can I get rid of it? How? I don't like the idea that it is there.
>
> Thanks

In theory, this should do it:

Tools > Options > Privacy > Saved Forms Information > "clear"

Then, if you don't want the program to remember such items in the
future, expand the Saved Forms Information and uncheck the box.

Of course it would be wise to verify that the offending data was indeed
cleared but that would involve going to a site you know will use the
saved number, like the shopping site you were at, and see if the browser
has indeed forgotten it. No need to go through with the purchase -- just
see if the number pops up on its own.

John McGaw
http://johnmcgaw.com

[Tim Slattery]

geezer > wrote:

>I don't buy much over the internet, but today I ordered a few ink
>cartridges. As I was entering my personal info, my credit card #
>automatically appeared after I entered the first digit of same.
>
>This was the FIRST order I have made from this company - so I figure
>the # is stored somewhere on mt hard drive.

In Firefox you control this by using Tools|Options, then clicking the
"Privacy" icon in the left-hand column. Click the + beside "Saved Form
Information". Now you can tell it to forget what you have previously
entered in forms, and you can tell it not to remember this kind of
thing in the future.

I assume you've entered your credit card number in another form in
Firefox sometime in the past. The browser remembered that, and brought
the information back out when it encountered a similar field in
another form. I'm not sure whether it keys on an HTML attribute such
as NAME or ID, or whether it looks at the prompt or label beside the
field.

IE has the same feature. There it's controlled from Tools|Internet
Options, click the "Content" tab, then click the "Auto Complete"
button in the "Personal Information" panel at the bottom of the dialog
box.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

[Peter Foldes]

IE\Properties\Content\Personal Information

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Peter

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>I don't buy much over the internet, but today I ordered a few ink
> cartridges. As I was entering my personal info, my credit card #
> automatically appeared after I entered the first digit of same.
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> This was the FIRST order I have made from this company - so I figure
> the # is stored somewhere on mt hard drive. =20
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> Can I get rid of it? How? I don't like the idea that it is there.
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> Thanks

[Bob I]

You may want to view the preferences setting in the program in question.
It isn't XP, but whatever you set in "Firefox"

geezer wrote:

> I don't buy much over the internet, but today I ordered a few ink
> cartridges. As I was entering my personal info, my credit card #
> automatically appeared after I entered the first digit of same.
>
> This was the FIRST order I have made from this company - so I figure
> the # is stored somewhere on mt hard drive.
>
> Can I get rid of it? How? I don't like the idea that it is there.
>
> Thanks