IE, intranet setting on/off?

[fluidmotion]

what is intranet setting in IE for,
and
turned it on or off?

 

[roncerr]

what is intranet setting in IE for,
and
turned it on or off?

I don't think there is a "turn off" option. The "Intranet" refers to other computers on your LAN and as such they are deemed more trustworthy than sites not on your LAN. But if these other computers are not running web or ftp servers then the IE Intranet settings won't have any affect on anything.