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Internet Explorer 6 and cookies

May 28, 2004 6:30AM PDT

XP home IE 6 all updates

I can't sign on to Yahoo mail message is : The browser you're using refuses to sign in. (cookies rejected).

This just started; and I can sign in using Mozilla Foxfire
.
I have reset IE 6 to default and tried turning off zone alarm. Computer is free of malware.

Can anyone help?

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Re:Internet Explorer 6 and cookies
May 28, 2004 9:46AM PDT

Mrmack,

Try loosening up the Cookies a bit like this:

After opening Internet Explorer 6, click on 'Tools" in the upper left, choose "Internet Options". When that loads, click on the "Privacy" tab. Move the cookie slider down to loosen up the cookie restrictions. Some sites won't work with the "Medium" setting. Sometimes you have to "allow all", even though it isn't as "protective".

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Re:Re:Internet Explorer 6 and cookies
May 29, 2004 11:59PM PDT

You can click on tools in the IE and then click on internet options.Set the cookie slider to medium and click on advanced in the settings.Click to override cookie handeling,click to except 1st and third party cookies,click to alowe session cookies.Click ok.
then click on the security tab and click on the custom box. enable active x for safe scripting, enable active x for plug-in, scrool down to the bottom and enable scripting.
Just remeber to keep your firewall running and have a good spyware program running at all times.
Also at the end of or the beginning of every day delete your cookies and unload you temperary files.