What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files created and used by your Internet browser (Explorer / Firefox etc). They consists of information such as user preferences, shopping cart contents, or other data used by websites.
Some web sites don't work without cookies enabled!

How to Enable Cookies

Firefox 3.5.x

1. Select Tools
2. Select Options
3. Select the Privacy tab
4. Check box Accept cookies from sites
5. Click OK to exit

Internet Explorer 7.x and 8.x

1. Click Tools
2. Select Internet Options
3. Click Privacy
4. Move the slider to the desired setting
5. Select OK

Internet Explorer 6.x

1. Select Tools
2. Select Internet Options
3. Select the Privacy tab.
4. Select Advanced
5. Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
6. Click on the OK button at the bottom of the screen.
7. Click OK to exit

Google Chrome

1. Click on the Tools menu
2. Select Options
3. Click the Under the Hood tab and locate Security
4. In the Cookie settings drop-down menu, choose your settings
5. Click Close

Safari

1. Go to the Safari pull down menu
2. Select Preferences
3. Go to the Security tab
4. Under Accept Cookies set it to accept, or selectively accept cookies.

Mac IE 5.x

1. Click Edit
2. Select Preferences
3. Under the Receiving Files option, select Cookies
4. Under "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance
5. Under "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance
6. Click OK to finish

Opera

1. Go to Tools
2. Go to Preferences at the bottom of the File menu
3. Click Privacy and select one of the available options.

Netscape 7.x

1. Click Edit on the Toolbar.
2. Click Preferences
3. Click the Privacy and Security category; expand the list to show the subcategories.
4. Click Cookies
5. Three options are displayed. Click the appropriate choice:
   • Disable cookies
   • Enable cookies for the originating web site only
   • Enable all cookies
   • If you want to be notified when a web site tries to set a cookie, select "Warn me before accepting a cookie."

For further instructions on how to change your cookies settings, please use your browser's HELP documentation to make the appropriate changes.

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