How to Enable Cookies.

Here are instructions on how to check and change your settings to "accept cookies" or "turn cookies on".

What's a Cookie?

It is a piece of information that a website stores on your computer for future use. When you login to a website, it creates the cookie. Thus, when you get to a page which requires you to be logged in, it checks for the cookie. If it finds the cookie, then you are allowed to see the page, otherwise, you are not. Therefore, if you do not enable use of cookies, when the webpage tries to authorize you, it will fail because your broswer did not accept the cookie, and it cant verify that you are logged in.

Windows Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 5/5.5 Internet Explorer 4 Internet Explorer 3 Mozilla Netscape Navigator 7 Netscape Navigator 6 Netscape Communicator 4 Netscape Navigator 3 America Online versions 4 and 5 America Online version 5 (alternate instructions) America Online version 4 (alternate instructions) and version 3

Macintosh Internet Explorer 5 Internet Explorer 4 & 3 Mozilla Netscape Navigator 7 Netscape Navigator 6 Netscape Communicator 4 Netscape Navigator 3 America Online versions 4 America Online version 3

 

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Windows

Internet Explorer 6

1. Click Tools > Internet Options
2. Click the Privacy tab.
3. Click the Advanced... button.
4. Uncheck the Override automatic cookie handling checkbox.
5. -or-
   1. Click Accept or Prompt for both First-party cookies and Third-party cookies.
   2. Check the Always allow session cookies checkbox.
6. Click OK.
7. Click Apply.
8. Click OK.

 

Internet Explorer 5/5.5

1. Click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Click the Internet zone.
4. Select a security level other than High.
5. -or-
   1. Click Custom Level.
   2. Scroll to the Cookies section.
   3. Click Enable for both cookie options.
   4. Click OK
6. Click Apply.
7. Click OK.

 

Internet Explorer 4

1. Click View > Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Scroll to the Security section.
4. Under Cookies, click Always accept cookies.
5. Click Apply.
6. Click OK.

 

Internet Explorer 3

[Note: You cannot disable cookies in this version of Internet Explorer, but you can turn the cookies warning on and off. Here is how you can turn the warning off so that cookies will be accepted automatically.]

1. Click View > Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Warnings, uncheck the Warn before accepting cookies checkbox.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click OK.

 

Netscape Navigator 6/Netscape Navigator 7/Mozilla

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click the Privacy & Security arrow.
3. Click Cookies.
4. Click Enable all cookies.
5. Click OK.

If your settings were set to Disable cookies then you may need to follow this additional step to enable cookies for this site.

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click the Privacy & Security arrow.
3. Click Cookies.
4. Click the Manage Stored Cookies button. This will open a Cookie Manager window.
5. Click the Cookie Sites tab.
6. Scroll through the list of sites until you find an entry for burrysigns.com.
7. If you do not find an entry, then click OK, otherwise continue.
8. Click one the entry to select it.
9. Click the Remove Site button.
10. Click OK.
11. Click OK.

 

Netscape Communicator 4

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click Advanced in the menu on the left-hand side of the preferences dialog.
3. Under Cookies on the right-hand part of the preferences dialog, click Accept all cookies.

 

Netscape Navigator 3

[Note: You cannot disable cookies in this version of Netscape, but you can turn the cookies warning on and off. Here is how you can turn the warning off so that cookies will be accepted automatically.]

1. Click Options > Network Preferences.
2. Click Protocols tab.
3. Under Show an Alert Before, uncheck the Accepting a Cookie checkbox.

 

America Online versions 4 and 5

[Note: Follow the instructions below only if you are using the browser that came with AOL. If you opened another browser outside of AOL, follow the directions for that browser as described above.]

1. From your Windows 95/98 taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. In the window that opens, click Internet icon. The Internet Properties window will appear.
3. Click the Advanced tab from within the Internet properties window.
4. Scroll down until you see the Cookies icon.
5. Click Always accept cookies.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click OK.

 

America Online version 5 (alternate instructions)

1. In the AOL top menu bar, click My AOL.
2. Select Preferences from the drop down menu.
3. In the Preferences window, click on WWW. The AOL Internet Properties window will appear.
4. Click the Security tab.
5. Click the Internet zone
6. Click the Custom button at the bottom of the window. The Security Settings window will appear.
7. Scroll down until you see Cookies.
8. Click Enable.
9. Click OK.

 

America Online version 4 (alternate instructions) and version 3

1. Click MY AOL on your AOL Toolbar.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Click the WWW icon. The AOL Internet Properties window will appear.
4. Click the Advanced tab from within the AOL Internet Properties window.
5. Uncheck the Warn before accepting cookies checkbox.

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Macintosh

Internet Explorer 5

1. Click Explorer > Preferences.
2. Scroll down to the Receiving Files section.
3. Click the Receiving Files arrow if that section isn't expanded.
4. Click Cookies.
5. Set When receiving cookies to Never ask.
6. Scroll through the list of sites until you find an entry for burrysigns.com.
7. If you do not find an entry, then click OK, otherwise continue.
8. Click one the entry to select it.
9. Click the Remove Site button.
10. Click OK.

 

Internet Explorer 4 and 3

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click the Receiving Files arrow.
3. Click the Cookies button.
4. Under When receiving cookies, select never ask.
5. Click OK.

 

Netscape Navigator 6/Netscape Navigator 7/Mozilla

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click the Privacy & Security arrow.
3. Click Cookies.
4. Click Enable all cookies.
5. Click OK.

If your settings were set to Disable cookies then you may need to follow this additional step to enable cookies for this site.

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click the Privacy & Security arrow.
3. Click Cookies.
4. Click the Manage Stored Cookies button. This will open a Cookie Manager window.
5. Click the Cookie Sites tab.
6. Scroll through the list of sites until you find an entry for burrysigns.com.
7. If you do not find an entry, then click OK, otherwise continue.
8. Click one the entry to select it.
9. Click the Remove Site button.
10. Click OK.
11. Click OK.

 

Netscape Communicator 4

1. Click Edit > Preferences.
2. Click Advanced in the menu on the left-hand side of the preferences dialog.
3. Under Cookies on the right-hand part of the preferences dialog, click Accept all cookies.

 

Netscape Navigator 3

[Note: You cannot disable cookies in this version of Netscape, but you can turn the cookies warning on and off. Here is how you can turn the warning off so that cookies will be accepted automatically.]

1. Click Options > Network Preferences.
2. Click Protocols tab.
3. Under Show an Alert Before, uncheck the Accepting a Cookie checkbox.

 

America Online version 4

1. Click MY AOL on your AOL Toolbar.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Click the WWW icon. The AOL Internet Properties window will appear.
4. Click the Advanced settings button from within the AOL Web Preferences window.
5. Click the Receiving Files arrow.
6. Click the Cookies button. The Cookie Settings window will appear to the right.
7. Under When receiving cookies, select never ask.
8. Click OK.