What does the "Cookie List" button do?
Click on the "Cookie List" button on the Guidescope Menu to open the Cookie List in a new
window. Use the Cookie List to control cookies.
What are Cookies?
An explanation of cookies and how cookies and cookie blocking works is
here.
What is the Cookie List?
The Cookie List is a form that shows the cookie activity on your computer
over the last 15 minutes and the cookies that you have previously allowed (if any).
The most-recent cookie activity is shown first. Whenever a site
attempts to set or read a cookie on your computer, that site's domain name is
added to the Cookie List. After 15 minutes, if you haven't allowed cookies to
that site, that site is cleared from the Cookie List and no longer appears.
In addition to recent cookie activity, the same Cookie List shows
the domains of the sites for which you have allowed cookies.
The allowed domains are shown with "checked" boxes next to them.
How do I use the Cookie List to allow cookies?
To control cookies, first turn
Cookie Blocking on using the Guidescope Menu.
Next, when you want to allow a site to both set and read cookies on your
computer, simply visit the site. If the site attempts to set or read
cookies it will then appear on the Cookie List. Open (or refresh) the
Cookie List and check the box next to the site's domain name to give it
permission to set and read cookies. When you are done checking boxes,
press "Submit". Reload the site's page to give it a chance to set the
cookies it wants on your computer. From that point on, cookies will be
automatically allowed to that site.
If you change your mind and want to not allow cookies to a site, simply
uncheck the boxes next to that site's URLs in the Cookie List and press "Submit".
Cookies will no longer be allowed to that site.
Why does the Cookie List show groups of similar names?
The Cookie List often presents several variations on a site's domain
name. The variations are grouped together. The groups are separated by
horizontal lines. The variations allow you to choose how broadly you want to give
permissions to that site's domain. Any domain name that ends with the
string shown next to boxes that you've checked will be allowed to set and read
cookies. For example, if my.favoritesite.com attempts to set cookies,
the Cookie List will show:
[ ] favoritesite.com
[ ] my.favoritesite.com
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Checking the box next to favoritesite.com will allow any domain
that ends in "favoritesite.com" to set and read cookies. This would
include domains such as my.favoritesite.com, www.favoritesite.com,
and server1.images.favoritesite.com. Checking the box next to
my.favoritesite.com would allow my.favoritesite.com but would not allow
www.favoritesite.com or server1.images.favoritesite.com.
I allowed cookies but the site still tells me I'm not allowing cookies!
Some sites present special pages that tell you that cookies are required
on that site. When you land on one of these pages, the site has usually
given up trying to set cookies on your computer. Once you have allowed
cookies, return to the original URL of the site and reload that page.
(Hit your browser's "Reload" or "Refresh" button. Don't just "Back" up to it.)
This will give it a chance to see that you are accepting cookies.
A few sites, such as Hotmail, require that you allow cookies to domains
that you might not realize are needed. For example, Hotmail requires
that you allow cookies to two sites:
[x] passport.com
[x] hotmail.msn.com
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