Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995.
The latest stable release is Internet Explorer 9, which is available as a free update for Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Internet Explorer was to be omitted from Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in Europe, but Microsoft ultimately included it, with a browser option screen allowing users to select any of several web browsers (including Internet Explorer).
Know The Fact: Internet Explorer has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Explorer 6. Since its peak of popularity, its usage share has been declining in the face of renewed competition from other web browsers, and is currently 43.55% as of February 2011. Microsoft spent over US$100 million per year on Internet Explorer in the late 1990s,with over 1000 people working on it by 1999.
Some times Internet explorer will prompt you to save your passwords as you type, and in case if you have saved your password, it will lead to some problem if it is not your personal Computer. Now, here is how you can remove a stored or saved password from Internet Explorer.
Passwords ensure the security and confidentiality of data that is stored on various workstations and servers across campus. Some of this data includes student and employee names and addresses, grades, evaluations, timetables, payroll etc. It is your responsibility as a user, to make sure that all your account passwords are as difficult to guess as possible.
In Internet Explorer, how to remove stored information:
Internet Explorer 9 and 8
To remove a stored password or other stored information in Internet Explorer 9 or 8:
- From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
- On the General tab, under "Browsing history", click Delete... .
- Check the item(s) you want to delete:
- Temporary Internet files: Copies of web pages, images, and media that are saved for faster viewing
- Cookies
- History: A list of visited sites
- Download history (Internet Explorer 9 only): A list of downloaded files
- Form data: Saved information you entered in forms
- Passwords
- ActiveX Filtering and Tracking Protection data (Internet Explorer 9) or InPrivate Filtering data (Internet Explorer 8): Saved data to detect where web sites may be automatically sharing details about your visit
To delete everything, uncheck Preserve Favorites website data and check all the other options.
- Click Delete.
Internet Explorer 7
To remove a stored password or other stored information in Internet Explorer 7:
- From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
- On the General tab, under Browsing history, click Delete... . You now have several options:
- Delete files: Deletes temporary Internet files (copies of web pages, images, and media that are saved for faster viewing)
- Cookies
- History: A list of visited sites
- Delete forms: Saved information you entered in forms
- Delete passwords
- Delete all: Deletes all of the above items
- Click OK twice.