Steve

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      <![CDATA[
      var key1 = 'keystored';
      function getValue(){
        var storage = globalStorage[document.domain];
        var storeditem = storage.getItem(key1);
        if(storeditem != null){
          document.forms['osform'].elements['oses'].selectedIndex = storeditem;
        }
      }
      function setValue(){
        var storage = globalStorage[document.domain];
        var itemindex = document.forms['osform'].elements['oses'].selectedIndex;
        storage.setItem(key1,itemindex);
      }
      function clearItems(){
        var storage = globalStorage[document.domain];
        storage.clear();
      }
      ]]>
    </script>
  </head>
  <body onload="getValue();">
    <form name="osform" action="">
      <select name="oses" onchange="setValue();">
        <option value="item1">IE8</option>
        <option value="item2">Silverlight</option>
        <option value="item3">WPF</option>
        <option value="item4">Tablet</option>
        <option value="item5">Surface</option>
        <option value="item6">Windows CE</option>
      </select>
    </form>
    <button onclick="clearItems();">Clear Stored selection</button>
  </body>
</html>