The figure above shows some of the individual entries in the list of custom settings. The average PC user will probably not be familiar with many of them and may simply use the "Reset custom settings" feature. There are four possible levels in a drop-down menu, running from "High" (shown) to "Low". Some more of the settings are shown in the figure below where the list has been scrolled down further. A table of the default settings is given here and a full view of the "Settings" can be seen here. The slightly different settings for Windows XP SP2 are shown here.

Those who are interested in more information about what each of these various settings does can try this reference and links cited there. The discussion is actually for Internet Explorer 5 but applies to IE 6 as well.

The next page discusses how Internet Explorer handles "cookies".