when i try to get on certain websites it is askin for something called "cookies" what is that?

Question

ok everytime i go to xanga.com or myspace i can not get on because of somethign called cookies now when i went through da whole process i deleted all da cookies thinkin that i could still get on if i deleted them.. now i don't know how to get them back and how can i go on those websites... the internet really sucks now nothing works not even yahoo messenger it works for a while then it doesn't....

Answer 1

The WWW is built on a very simple, but powerful premise. All material on the Web is formatted in a general, uniform format called HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), and all information requests and responses conform to a similarly standard protocol. When someone accesses a server on the Web, such as the Library of Congress, the user's Web browser will send an information request to the Library of Congress' computer. This computer is called a Web server. The Web server will respond to the request by transmitting the desired information to the user's computer. There, the user's browser will display the received information on the user's screen.

Cookies are pieces of information generated by a Web server and stored in the user's computer, ready for future access. Cookies are embedded in the HTML information flowing back and forth between the user's computer and the servers. Cookies were implemented to allow user-side customization of Web information. For example, cookies are used to personalize Web search engines, to allow users to participate in WWW-wide contests (but only once!), and to store shopping lists of items a user has selected while browsing through a virtual shopping mall.

Essentially, cookies make use of user-specific information transmitted by the Web server onto the user's computer so that the information might be available for later access by itself or other servers. In most cases, not only does the storage of personal information into a cookie go unnoticed, so does access to it. Web servers automatically gain access to relevant cookies whenever the user establishes a connection to them, usually in the form of Web requests.

Cookies are based on a two-stage process. First the cookie is stored in the user's computer without their consent or knowledge. For example, with customizable Web search engines like My Yahoo!, a user selects categories of interest from the Web page. The Web server then creates a specific cookie, which is essentially a tagged string of text containing the user's preferences, and it transmits this cookie to the user's computer. The user's Web browser, if cookie-savvy, receives the cookie and stores it in a special file called a cookie list. This happens without any notification or user consent. As a result, personal information (in this case the user's category preferences) is formatted by the Web server, transmitted, and saved by the user's computer.

During the second stage, the cookie is clandestinely and automatically transferred from the user's machine to a Web server. Whenever a user directs her Web browser to display a certain Web page from the server, the browser will, without the user's knowledge, transmit the cookie containing personal information to the Web server.

Now depending on what browser you are using the best way to accept cookies is to hit f1 and look up cookies. Then follow the instructions.

Answer 2

Just deleting cookies is not the reason for this problem.

I keep deleting them all the while and they simply are downloaded the next time I go a website.

There is not enough info for me to say what the problem is, but to hazard a guess, most likely you have changed the setting for cookies. Check the following

Open your browser, assuming it is IE, click on Tools> Options

Click on the Privacy tab and check to see at what position the slider is set to. Set it to Medium. Click Apply at the bottom and then OK. Try going to those sites and see if all is well.

If you still have a problem, email me giving me more details of what else you did when you deleted those cookies.

Answer 3

A cookie is a file stored on your computer that saves information about something. Usually it's a username / password or account information so that you can readily access a website without having to keep logging in, or keep filling out information.

Deleting this is no big deal as they are automatically created the next time you visit a site.

Your browser may be blocking them if you are having problems. In IE to allow cookies click on Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Advanced -> Manual Override

Answer 4

Go to Tools>Internet Options> when the dialog box pops up click on the Privacy tab. You can change the settings for cookies you want and dont want allowed. You can click on the Sites tab and allow certain sites that have been blocked.

Answer 5

that means you have your cookies blocked in your internet options under security or privacy. Does this help you?

Answer 6

COOKIES IS FILE THAT ANY WEB YOU ENTERED THE USER AND PASS RECORD IN IT