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Posted by: seanery Dec 31 2003, 09:18 PM

I'm running winxp that looks like it was based on either an early build or an upgrade from NT. My windows folder is called WINNT. I've had the PC since Nov 2002 (new). I'm having a cookie problem here and can't find them. Where are they? Where is all the temporary internet crap? It's not in the usual (to me) places.

thanks in advance.

Posted by: cnavarro Dec 31 2003, 09:22 PM

\documents and settings\**user name**\cookies

that's where they should be. if you have multiple users, there might be multiple directories.

Charles Navarro
LN Engineering
http://www.LNengineering.com
Aircooled Precision Performance

Posted by: Drums66 Dec 31 2003, 09:23 PM

I think hit Tools, then to internet options, temps & cookie settings right there!!

Posted by: seanery Dec 31 2003, 09:23 PM

thanks Charles!

Posted by: seanery Dec 31 2003, 09:27 PM

HMMM, this webpage won't remember still. Even after I cleared all the cookies.

Posted by: seanery Dec 31 2003, 09:34 PM

Any ideas?

I've deleted all cookies again. And rebooted and deleted again. Still, I have to login every time. I know that's not a huge deal, but the notebook works correctly, so this one should as well.

Posted by: seanery Dec 31 2003, 10:02 PM

this is all I have for cookies. I can delete them and the result is the same.


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Posted by: vortrex Dec 31 2003, 10:02 PM

EDIT: ignore this post.

Posted by: redshift Jan 1 2004, 12:58 AM

Sean, I think you got hit by a marketing 'wonky' program.

Something poooped up on my computer when I was dragged away from something I clicked on from google a few weeks ago, and it destroyed cookie handling, after the computer finally restarted.

I protect myself (usually) by disabling ActiveX controls, I just made a boo boo, and missed something.

I tried it all, then reinstalled.



M

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 1 2004, 01:50 AM

go to your internet settings,

control panel, internet options ...

the the privacy tab, make sure your settings are LOW enough to get the cookies set/read.
then, go to the security tab, click on the 4 icons and make sure each is set to "default level" ...

Andy

Posted by: redshift Jan 1 2004, 01:59 AM

If it's the same problem I had (sounds that way) you will know, because that won't work, and if you ...

Hey wait seanery dood... do you have your XP setup to have restore points enabled?

If you do, go back a restore point at a time, until it works.


M

Posted by: seanery Jan 1 2004, 07:12 AM

i don't restore, i'd have to think ahead to do that.

Posted by: seanery Jan 1 2004, 07:40 AM

hmm, well, I've reset all security to default levels and even tweeked 'em lower just to check it out and still no go.

This computer has Spybot Search & Destroy and BHO Cop, Norton Anti-Virus. I don't think its anything like that, maybe I'm wrong.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jan 1 2004, 03:23 PM

I havent had any problems. I'm running almost exactly what you are running (Spybot/Norton)

When was the last time you pulled any updates from MickeySoft ??


B

Posted by: seanery Jan 1 2004, 05:20 PM

probably a long time ago. I've been using the notebook and hanging out upstairs, but I've done a lot of work down in the basement and I don't wanna go upstairs so I wanna get the desktop sussed out.

Posted by: seanery Jan 1 2004, 05:53 PM

XP is current and still not right

Posted by: kafermeister Jan 2 2004, 07:09 AM

Go here...

tools>internet options>settings>view objects

...and look at the list of "downloaded program files". Start going through this stuff and look for things that you know don't belong. If you right-click>properties on the items, you can check the CodeBase URL to see if it's legitimate. Worst case here is that you delete everything and the proper stuff re-installs itself when necessary.

Also, go through ControlPanel>Add-Remove-Programs and look for stuff that doesn't have a size listed. It may be suspect. There will definately be stuff witout a size listed that is legitimate so you'll have to strain the nogin to determine what should be deleted and what shouldn't.

In addition to what I have listed above, I've pasted text below from a web page that has helped me alot. The spaces and carrage returns got screwed up when I pasted it but they weren't well defined to begin with. I deleted everything that I found in the text below and it really helped my system.

Rick

Additional folders found under C:\Program Files
Autoupdate ClipGenie
DownloadWare Flt
Grokster Lycos
MyWay Pop
RVP scbar
Srng ToPicks
webHancer


Additional entries found in "Add/Remove Programs":
AM Server
Batch Assistant
Clip Genie
Data Compiler
Grokster Grokster Ads Support
Indexing Function Lycos Side Search
MyWay Speed bar Pop
RVP ToPicks
SBM OS Search OS
ShopAtHome Select Agent TP HTTP
URL.IE APP Win32 BI Application
WebHancer Customer Corporation


Additional entries under "Startup" tab of MSConfig: ASTART POP
Autoupdater ToPicks Starter
DownloadWare WebHancer Agent
RVP SAHAgent
srng SearchEnhancement
CMESys UpdateGrokster
GStartup

Posted by: MoronThrottle Jan 2 2004, 08:05 AM

OK, I've done all those things. I'm trying a new account to see if that fixes, or changes anything.

Posted by: kafermeister Jan 2 2004, 08:08 AM

It *still* says you're "logged in as:guest" when you open a new window?

Posted by: MoronThrottle Jan 2 2004, 08:09 AM

I'm not logged in at all.
I have to login everytime I open IE.

Posted by: MoronThrottle Jan 2 2004, 08:12 AM

If I leave this page and come back, I'm logged out, too. AND it doesn't remember that I've seen the other 40 posts in a thread.

Posted by: kafermeister Jan 2 2004, 08:16 AM

Check this also. Tools>Internet Options>Privacy (tab) Click on Edit under the "Web Sites" heading.

I had this same happen to me once where I had hit the keyboard and set somethign that wouldn't allow mail.yahoo.com to store cookies on my system. I didn't get any helpful popup messages from Yahoo other than to tell me to use a security setting that allowed cookies. I found it here one day totally by accident.

Is there any evidence that a cookie is getting issued at all?

Posted by: MoronThrottle Jan 2 2004, 08:22 AM

this is what i've got.


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Posted by: kafermeister Jan 2 2004, 08:34 AM

...so when you close your browser, the 914club cookie gets deleted, right? Hold on. There's a setting for this in IE but I can't find it right now.

Posted by: kafermeister Jan 2 2004, 08:49 AM

...well, I think I found it. According to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q283/1/85.ASP&NoWebContent=1, It's possible that when Tools>Internet Options>Privacy (tab) is set at "Low" can in some circumstances, delete cookies when you close Internet Explorer. Did you set the privacy settings to default also, or just security settings?


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There is actually more than one setting that will delete cookies when IE closes. This is just the first one that I saw.
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Posted by: MoronThrottle Jan 2 2004, 08:52 AM

the cookies stay, not deleted. I've gone through just about everything.

hmmm, maybe it's time for an FDisk.

Posted by: kafermeister Jan 2 2004, 08:54 AM

hmmmm. Just by the sound of it, I had thought they were getting deleted. Let me think of this some more.

R

Posted by: redshift Jan 2 2004, 10:50 AM

the cookies stay, not deleted. I've gone through just about everything.

hmmm, maybe it's time for an FDisk.