"PaulBart" <PaulBart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94FD0782-34DB-4038-8550-A78FEECD6F65@microsoft.com...
> I'm running IE7 on Windows Vista Home Premium, using a login account with
> standard privileges. I'm trying to change the "Disk space to use" setting
> to
> 128 MB, using Tools -> Internet Options -> Browsing history Settings ->
> Disk
> space to use. The value there is set to 50, so I set it 128. I'm able to
> set it, as far as I can tell, and when I check it again in that instance
> of
> the browser, it's still set to 128. When I open a new instance of the
> browser, though, it's back to 50 again. No matter what I do, I cannot get
> IE7 to accept a permanent change to that setting.
>
> Aside from one change, I believe this is pretty much a vanilla
> installation
> of IE7. I moved the location of the Temporary Internet Files folder to
> C:\Temp\Temporary Internet Files. Otherwise, I think everything's
> standard.
>
> Any ideas how I can get IE to stick with the disk space size I want it to
> use? Alternatively, anyone know which registry key controls this? I'd be
> happy to edit in the registry if it will solve the problem.

50 is a better number. Much higher starts slowing IE down. But:

It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to
make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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