Avoiding Cookies

I don't trust cookies.  How do I avoid them?  IE 5.5, Internet Options,
Security, Custom level, cookies: check disable & disable.  But then I can't
access my Yahoo home page.

When I check Pdrompt, some pages require me to say "no" dozens of
times.
Annoying.

--
- Alan Justice

In news:jtM1h.234$L6.90@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net,
Alan Justice had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I don't trust cookies.  How do I avoid them?  IE 5.5, Internet
> Options, Security, Custom level, cookies: check disable & disable.
> But then I can't access my Yahoo home page.
>
> When I check Pdrompt, some pages require me to say "no" dozens
of
> times. Annoying.

One or the other. Not using cookies means you don't get a home page because 
nothing is stored on your PC to tell it what the home page is - that's 
stored in your cookies. Why do you distrust them? By themselves they're 
pretty harmless and without them much of the web won't function properly for 
you.

-- 
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/  http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes 

"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:%23r$522c$GHA.4428@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> In news:jtM1h.234$L6.90@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net,
> Alan Justice had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> I don't trust cookies.  How do I avoid them?  IE 5.5, Internet
>> Options, Security, Custom level, cookies: check disable & disable.
>> But then I can't access my Yahoo home page.
>>
>> When I check Pdrompt, some pages require me to say "no"
dozens of
>> times. Annoying.
>
> One or the other. Not using cookies means you don't get a home page 
> because nothing is stored on your PC to tell it what the home page is - 
> that's stored in your cookies. Why do you distrust them? By themselves 
> they're pretty harmless and without them much of the web won't function 
> properly for you.
>
> -- 
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/  http://kgiii.info/
>
> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
> its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
>

Home page is stored in the Registry, but some sites will refuse to work if 
you refuse their cookies.  Some won't even work if you have IE set to prompt 
for cookies.

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup.  Don't send mail.

In news:1249CB98-1439-4AC4-98A8-9DA8F0BA782B@microsoft.com,
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23r$522c$GHA.4428@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In news:jtM1h.234$L6.90@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net,
>> Alan Justice had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> I don't trust cookies.  How do I avoid them?  IE 5.5, Internet
>>> Options, Security, Custom level, cookies: check disable &
disable.
>>> But then I can't access my Yahoo home page.
>>>
>>> When I check Pdrompt, some pages require me to say "no"
dozens of
>>> times. Annoying.
>>
>> One or the other. Not using cookies means you don't get a home page
>> because nothing is stored on your PC to tell it what the home page
>> is - that's stored in your cookies. Why do you distrust them? By
>> themselves they're pretty harmless and without them much of the web
>> won't function properly for you.
>>
>> --
>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> http://dts-l.org/  http://kgiii.info/
>>
>> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem,
and
>> its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
>>
>
> Home page is stored in the Registry, but some sites will refuse to
> work if you refuse their cookies.  Some won't even work if you have
> IE set to prompt for cookies.

I shoulda said "customized home page" I suppose... *sighs* Yahoo
stores your 
preferences in the form of a cookie, so at Yahoo they'll not get their home 
page without cookies. I really should be more clear at times.

-- 
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/  http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes 

In news:em$xvl%23$GHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Galen had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I shoulda said "customized home page" I suppose... *sighs* Yahoo
> stores your preferences in the form of a cookie, so at Yahoo they'll
> not get their home page without cookies. I really should be more
> clear at times.

I got to pondering this one and I realized that the above is still 
misleading. *grins*

The preferences are stored on their server - the login is stored in the form 
of a cookie.

So, yes, I came all the way back just to add that. *grins again* I truly 
haven't a life.

-- 
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/  http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes