Enabling Cookies on Windows Machines
Windows - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x, 6.x
1. Click 'Tools -> Internet Options'.
2. Click the Privacy tab.
3. Click the Advanced button.
4. Put a check mark in the Box for "Override Automatic Cookie Handling".
5. At the bottom, put another check mark in the "Always accept session cookies".
6. Click on OK.
Windows - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
1. Click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Click the Internet zone.
4. Select a security level other than High.
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Click Custom Level, scroll to the Cookies section, and then click Enable for both cookie options.
5. Click on Apply.
6. Click on OK.
Windows - Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x
1. Click View, and then click Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Scroll to the Security section.
4. Under Cookies, click Always accept cookies.
5. Click on Apply.
6. Click on OK.
Windows - Microsoft Internet Explorer 3
1. You cannot disable cookies in this version of Internet Explorer, but you can turn the cookies warning on and off. Here is how you can turn the warning off so that cookies will be accepted automatically.
2. Click View, and then click Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Under Warnings, click to "de-select" Warn before accepting cookies.
5. Click on Apply.
6. Click on OK.
Windows - Mozilla Firefox 3
1. Click 'Tools -> Options'.
2. Click on the Privacy tab.
3. Check the "Accept cookies from sites" checkbox under the Cookies section.
4. If steps 1 to 3 still aren't sufficient, then also check the "Accept third-party cookies" checkbox.
Windows - Mozilla Firefox 2
1. Click 'Tools -> Options'.
2. Click on the Privacy tab.
3. Check the "Accept cookies from sites" checkbox under the Cookies section.
Windows - Opera 9.x
1. Make sure 'Tools -> Quick preferences -> Enable cookies' is selected.
Windows - Netscape 6.x
1. Select Preferences on the Edit menu.
2. Click on the arrow next to Advanced in the left hand menu and click Cookies.
3. Select Enable all cookies or Enable cookies for the originating website only.
4. Click OK and then click Refresh on the browser menu when you return to the web page.
Windows - Netscape Communicator 4.x
1. Click Edit, and then click Preferences.
2. Click Advanced in the menu on the left-hand (white background) side of the screen.
3. Under Cookies on the right-hand part of the screen (gray background), click Accept all cookies.
Windows - Netscape Navigator 3
1. You cannot disable cookies in this version of Netscape, but you can turn the cookies warning on and off. Here is how you can turn the warning off so that cookies will be accepted automatically.
2. Click Options, and then choose Network Preferences.
3. Click Protocols tab.
4. Under Show an Alert Before, click to "de-select" Accepting a Cookie.
Windows - America Online versions 4 and 5
Follow the instructions below only if you are using the browser that came with AOL. If you opened another browser outside of AOL, follow the directions for that browser as described above.
1. Click on Start from your Windows 95/98 taskbar.
2. Point at Settings.
3. Click on Control Panels.
4. Click on the Internet icon. The Internet Properties window will appear.
5. Click on the Advanced tab from within the Internet properties window.
6. Scroll down until you see the Cookies icon.
7. Click Always accept cookies.
8. Click on Apply.
9. Click on OK.
Windows - America Online version 5 (alternate instructions)<
1. In the AOL top menu bar, click on My AOL.
2. Select Preferences from the drop down menu.
3. In the Preferences window, click on WWW. The AOL Internet Properties window will appear.
4. Click on the Security tab.
5. Click on the Internet zone, then click on the Custom button on the bottom of the window. The Security Settings window will appear.
6. Scroll down until you see Cookies.
7. Click Enable.
8. Click on OK.
Windows - America Online version 4 (alternate instructions) and version 3
1. Click on MY AOL on your AOL Toolbar.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Click on the WWW icon. The AOL Internet Properties window will appear.
4. Click on the Advanced tab from within the AOL Internet Properties window.
5. Click to "de-select" Warn before accepting cookies.