Cookies

[Egaladeist]

What exactly are these…and do they take information from your computer?

I just deleted all the cookies stored on my computer…there was about twenty…now I’m back to logging in and being a guest in the arcade…maybe that was the problem with IE I was having…maybe it was set to not allow cookies?

can somebody clue me in? :good:

yep! I just tried to get into the arcade again and can’t. And I have to log in constantly…had to log in twice just to post this..and my browser doesn’t redirect me.

[Sniper]

@google

Cookies are small text files that Web sites place in your computer to help your browsers remember specific information. For example, they might store your passwords and user IDs. They are also used to store your preferences for content or personalized pages. Most shopping carts use cookies. These allow you to choose items and leave the virtual store, then return later and find that all the items are still in your shopping cart. Cookies are also used to build a profile of which sites you visit and which banner ads you click on. Advertisers use this information to deliver targeted ads directly to your computer. Some sites save your preferences on the cookie itself. Other sites assign users ID numbers or encoded passwords and keep records of your preferences at their end. Some sites use temporary cookies (called session cookies) that are deleted when you exit your browser. Others place persistent cookies, which stay on your hard drive for long periods.

more info [link=Google Search]here[/link]

what you can do in firefox is only allow hardwareforums.com cookies if you want, to do this…

go to Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies > Exceptions > Enter “hardwareforums.com” this should fix the proble you are having.

[Egaladeist]

[QUOTE=Sniper]
more info [link=Google Search]here[/link]

what you can do in firefox is only allow hardwareforums.com cookies if you want, to do this…

go to Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies > Exceptions > Enter “hardwareforums.com” this should fix the proble you are having.
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Thanks! Sniper!
:good: It fixed part of the problem…but I now have to log in like with IE…with Firefox it just bypassed that part…I think I deleted some google cookies too…because the browser was slower than a turtle on ice…so I went back and " allow for sessions " a few things and it seems to have sped things up…should I just go back and do the same for all of it…? and should I even be concerned about cookies?

Oh! I alsothink I cleared " Download Manager"…should it ( the button that says “CLEAR” be unabled ( like how it fades when you can’y use it?