Reboot loses cookies

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 17 May 2004 3:47 pm

On my XP Home rig, any time I reboot I lose my forum preference settings, among other things. It would seem that I have a setting somewhere that dumps cookies on shut down, right? I can't figure how to change this. Any help?

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 17 May 2004 9:32 pm

You can check tools/internet options/privacy/web sites/edit in IE to allow or block cookies for any site. Also, you might have another program running, like Tweak UI f'rinstance, that dumps your cookies when you close your browser.

Hmmm, I'll have to click "submit reply" again...

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Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 18 May 2004 4:55 pm

I've got my IE options set to receive all cookies. So that's not it. Still trying to figure this out.

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 18 May 2004 5:56 pm

I'd try a different browser and see what happens. Some good ones at www.mozilla.org

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 18 May 2004 10:23 pm

I think there's a setting for "temporary files" that will delete cookies (among other things) at the end of a session.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 19 May 2004 2:59 am

I didn't even know that reboots ate cookies!

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 19 May 2004 5:08 am

I don't have any trouble with the Forum cookie, as it always remembers me. However, almost every day Yahoo forgets my user ID, even though I click the box to remember it. This is with IE 6 SP1 and all the latest security patches.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 19 May 2004 10:41 am

Jim,

Yahoo deliberately deletes every password once in a 24 hour period or sooner if the user wants it shorter than that. But in any case at least every 24 hours. IMO, one of the absolute dumbest things I have encountered on the enternet.

Why in heaven's name they do not give the user an option for "NON" delete is beyond me. But they don't. Typical "power" mentality and "one size fits all", I believe.

carl

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 19 May 2004 12:07 pm

Try this, Jon:

In the "Security" tab of Internet Options, click the "Custom Level..." button. This gives you a scrolling "Security Settings" dialog.

Towards the bottom of it, in the "Miscellaneous" section there's a setting for "Userdata persistence". Make sure that this is set to "enable".

Just a hunch...
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Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 19 May 2004 12:24 pm

Good thought but no, it was, by default, enabled.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 19 May 2004 1:19 pm

Received via email: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>bOb, I am not a member of your forum, I don't even play steel guitar, but while I was browsing it I came upon a thread by Jon Light in the "computer" section and I may be able to offer a possible solution. If you could forward it to him or post it in the thread, I am sure that he would appreciate it.
Thank you,
randyc66

Possible solution, depending on your version of Internet Explorer:

1: Choose Tools, Internet Options.

2: Click the Advanced tab.

3: In the Security section of the Settings list, un-select Empty Temporary Internet Files Folder WhenBrowser Is Closed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 19 May 2004 3:24 pm

My appreciation Randy (and b0b). But that is also already properly set.
I could have sworn that there was a "toss your cookies at the end of a session" option on my old W95 system but I can't find anything like that here on XP.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 19 May 2004 3:59 pm

Carl, my Yahoo issue is that sometimes it forgets my user name, so I have to enter both the user name and password. It used to be that I had to enter only the password once a day.