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A "cookie" on the World Wide Web is a line of text with a server address and an ID number stored on your computer (usually in a file named "cookies.txt"). Cookies, on their own, are not harmful. They do not contain any information that you have not voluntarily entered on your own. They are not applications or "virus spreaders." They can't, for instance, be used to search your local hard drive. Furthermore, cookies may only be read by the site that sent them. Cookies may be used to track where you go on a site or to pass information from one page to the next (so you don't, for example, have to enter your name and address every time you submit a form).

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly and are used by most major websites. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. Click here to find out more about cookies.

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Mozilla Firefox 1.0+

Enable all cookies

Go to the "Tools" menu.

Select "Options".

Select the "Privacy" icon in the left panel.

Check the box corresponding to "Allow sites to set cookies".

Click "OK" to save changes.

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Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 5.0

Enable all cookies

Select "Preferences" from the Edit menu.

Click on the arrow next to "Privacy & Security" in the scrolling window to expand.

Under "Privacy & Security", select "Cookies."

Select "Enable all cookies".

Click "OK".

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0+

Enable all cookies

Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu.

Click on the "Privacy" tab.

Click the "Default" button (or manually slide the bar down to "Medium") under "Settings".

Click "OK".

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x

Enable all cookies

Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu.

Click on the "Security" tab.

Click the "Custom Level" button.

Scroll down to the "Cookies" section.

To enable:
- Set "Allow cookies that are stored on your computer" to "Enable".
- Set "Allow per-session cookies" to "Enable".

Click "OK".

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x

Enable all cookies

Select "Internet Options" from the View menu.

Click on the "Advanced" tab.

Scroll down to find "Cookies" within the "Security" section.

To enable:
- Select "Always accept cookies".

Click "OK".

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Netscape Communicator 4.x

Enable all cookies

Select "Preferences" from the Edit menu.

Find the "Cookies" section in the "Advanced" category.

To enable:
- Select "Accept all cookies" (or "Enable all cookies").

Click "OK".

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AOL 9.0

Enable all cookies

From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
Select Internet [Web] Options
Select Use your Internet Explorer Settings to set advanced browser options.
Select the Privacy tab
<liselect>
- Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
- Click OK to exit.
</liselect>

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AOL 8.0

Enable all cookies

From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
Select Preferences
Select Internet Properties (WWW)
Select the Privacy tab
Select Advanced
Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
Click OK to exit.

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AOL 7.0 and Lower

Use the methods above for the IE version you have.

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