Re: IE7 and forms problem
- From: "Adrian Spratt" <A.Spratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:11:52 -0400
To clarify, I'm not saying there are good or bad cookies. But if you look
through the list of cookies on your system, you'll see any of the ones that
matter to you are clearly identified. To illustrate, I keep my Amazon cookies
because they enable me to take advantage of Amazon's one-click buying method. I
keep the New York Times cookies because they save me from logging in each time
I go to that website. On the other hand, when I've found no advantage to
retaining cookies from other websites, I delete them. These include cookies
from NPR, the BBC, our local supermarket, and so on. Also, I automatically
delete any cookie that doesn't clearly identify itself.
I doubt they'll notice, but I neglected to thank other listers for their
responses to my earlier message. Sorry for the omission.
Now, I'm sure I'm trying James's patience, since this topic is off-list, so I
won't submit any more messages to this thread.
----- Original Message -----
From: Devona Abel
How can you tell what cookies are good ones?
Devona
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Spratt
Although removing these items can be helpful, Yardbird is right that wholesale
deletion results in the loss of stored passwords and sometimes other problems.
I find that the best first step is to perform an MS disk cleanup, which you get
to by going to the start menu, pressing p for programs, entering on
accessories, pressing s for system tools and then pressing d until you hear
disk cleanup. If that procedure doesn't solve the problem, I go to cookies, via
temporary Internet files, and individually delete cookies, keeping those that
relate to services I use.
Thanks to G.W. Cox, Yardbird and Frankie for suggesting fast ways of clearing
the password field.
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