2007-02-19 10:38:19 · 6 answers · asked by Steve 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Cookies are anything temporarily stored on your computers hard drive for future use. The use of cookies are there to allow for faster uploading of any screen that has been previously viewed. They can be found in your temp folder (which is hidden).
Go to Start\Run, copy and paste
C:\Documents and Settings\"User"\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
or
C:\Documents and Settings\"User"\Cookies
2007-02-19 10:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cookie is sent by each website that you visit. One must be careful because some are tracking cookies that allows others to see what pages you have visited!
2007-02-19 18:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by cree4u2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are little annoying marker files that the sites you visit put onto your disk to keep track of you. Some are to simplify logging in again without having to type a lot of info. Most are so that sellers can recognize you as someone who is interested in a product so they can nag you about their version of that product. The worst will call back to the sellers so they can send you popup ads (which takes processing power away from your computer).
Your browser should let you look at the ones you have and can let you do deletions of ones you don't want.
2007-02-19 18:44:57 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies are records stored on your computer by a web site. It is used to log you on and to pass your id from page to page.
Without a cookie a web site could not show you a product, allow you to select it, and then go to another page to purchase it. The cookies tie everything together.
A cookie can only be read by the site that creates it. Some advertisements on a web page are placed by another site. That site can track you from site to site that carry their ads. This allows them to tailor ads to meet your interests.
They do not know who you are. The only know that person 12345 has visited various sites.
2007-02-19 18:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the sites you visited already...they get stored into your PC so like if you want to see what people have been doing or what sites they been visiting you can...go to the start menu Ok right click , go to explore...this will open another box on your left....go to cookies and whala
2007-02-19 18:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by wesforde1980 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its sort of like what helps a website remember you and your settings.
2007-02-19 18:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by kman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋