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Accepting/Declining
Cookies (adapted from DoubleClick):
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To eliminate cookies you may have currently
accepted,
and to deny cookies in the future, please
follow this procedure: |
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| Netscape Navigator 3.0 |
| If you are using Netscape Navigator
3.0, go to the Options Menu, to Network Preferences and then to Protocols.
Check the box that says "Show an alert before accepting a cookie." Then
go into your Netscape folder (usually c:\program\files\netspace\navigator)
and delete the file which is called "cookies.txt." Under Windows 95, you
could also use the Find feature on the start menu to simply find the file
called Cookies.txt. |
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| Netscape 4.0+ |
| If you are using Netscape 4.0+, go
to "Edit" in the menu bar, click on "Preferences", click on "Advanced",
and check the box that says "Warn me before accepting a cookie". Now go
to your "Start" button, click on "Find", click on "Files and Folders",
type "cookies.txt" into the search box that appears, and click "Find Now".
When the search results appear, drag all files listed, into the "Recycle
Bin". Now shut down and restart your Netscape. |
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| Internet Explorer 3.0 |
On Internet Explorer 3.0, go to the View
menu, then to Options, then to Advanced. Check the box that says "Warn
before accepting cookies." Then go into your cookies directory (usually
c:\windows\cookies) and delete all the files you have there. Once you delete
these files, you will have no more cookies, and you will be prompted
each time a Web site attempts to send a
cookie to your system. At that time,
you can choose to either Accept or Cancel the cookie. |
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| Internet Explorer 4.0 |
| In Internet Explorer 4.0, go to the View
menu, then to Internet Options, then to Advanced. Check the box that
says "Prompt before accepting cookies." Then go into your cookies directory
(usually c:\windows\cookies) and delete all the files you have there.
Once you delete these files, you will have no more cookies, and you will
be prompted each time a Web site attempts to send a cookie to your
system. At that time, you can choose to either Accept or Cancel the cookie |
