Question:I got an error message about my cookies not being enabled. What do I do?
Answer:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x and above: Open your browser. From the program menu,
select Tools and then Internet Options. Click on
the Security tab. Set Medium (or above) as the security level
then click the Apply button.
Alternately, in the Settings section, scroll down
to the Cookies section, and under Allow
per-session cookies (not stored) and Allow
cookies that are stored on your computer, select
either Prompt (which will present you with a
dialog box every time a cookie is read from or
written to your hard drive) or Enable (which will
read from or write a cookie without user
interaction). Press OK to close the Security
Settings window, click Yes in the resulting
warning box, and then click OK to save all
changes and close the Internet Options window.
Netscape Communicator 4.x and above: Open your browser. From the program menu,
select Edit and then Preferences. Click on the
Advanced heading of the Category tree. In the
Cookies section, select the Accept all cookies
radio button. If you would like to receive a
warning before the browser writes a cookie to or
reads a cookie from your hard drive, also select
the Warn me before accepting a cookie check
box. Click the OK button at the bottom to save
these changes and close the Preferences window.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x: Open your browser. From the program menu,
select View and then Internet Options. Click on
the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Security
section and then the Cookies subsection. Select
either Prompt before accepting cookies (which will
present you with a dialog box every time a cookie
is read from or written to your hard drive) or
Always accept cookies (which will read from or
write a cookie without user interaction). Click the
OK button to save all changes and close the
Internet Options window.
Netscape Navigator 3.x: Open your browser. From the program menu,
select Options and then Network Preferences.
Click on the Protocols tab. In the Show an alert
before section, make sure the Accepting a cookie
check box is selected. Click the OK button at the
bottom to save these changes and close the
Preferences window.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02: Open your browser. From the program menu,
select View and then Options. Click on the
Advanced tab. In the Warnings section, make
sure the Warn before accepting cookies check
box is selected if you would like to receive a
warning before a cookie is read from or written to
your hard drive. Click the OK button at the
bottom to save these changes and close the
Options window.
AOL: To access internet options, click "Preferences" on
the AOL toolbar. Next, choose the "WWW" icon. A
small window will pop up with your Internet
Explorer preferences. Follow the instructions for
Internet Explorer below for the version of Internet
Explorer you are running
