Often on many web sites I can fill in a box with my information by pressing the first letter and/or just by pushing the down key and the whole entry will be filled in for me, presuming I had done the same entry before.  Sometimes this works, sometimes not. Can I get it to work more often?
I am not talking about  Google auto-fil.    thanks, bill

See the following article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217148/en-us

It explains how to setup the auto complete feature in Internet Explorer 5 and 6.

   As I remember it, the autocomplete items for websites are filed according to the name of the textbox that you typed in.  Hidden to you, websites have names for each of the textboxes on it.  Some names are common, like, "address" or "name".
   So if you typed your name in a textbox called "name", your name is saved in the autocomplete list under "name".  The next time that you start to type your name in a textbox named "name" (whether it is the same website or not), autocomplete will suggest the names that you had previously typed.  The problem is if the website calls the textbox "yourname", "name2", or something different, the things you typed in the "name" textboxes will not be available for autocomplete.
   So, to answer your question, no, there is not a way to get it to work more often except to go to more websites and type your name in more textboxes.

thanks, you've given me good advice and information. This site is wonderful! bill