computer cookies!?

[viperman]

Im thick when it comes to computers. Does anyone know how to enable 'cookies'??? e.g when i come on to P/h i have to type my username and password everytime! thanks

[SGirl]

Which browser are you using?

[viperman]

aol?

[SGirl]

Netscape? Internet Explorer?

Edited to be a bit more helpful - sorry Viperman!

In Netscape: Go to Edit - Preferences. Click on Advanced in the left-hand menu and then select the appropriate Cookie option. OK that, close the browser and re-open. Voilà!!

In IE: Go to Tools - Internet Options. Select the Privacy tab. Move the slider to accept more cookies - I suggest you move it down one notch at a time and see if you can log on and stay logged on once you've closed the browser! If not, do the above again until it works.

Hope this helps! And I hope you have either Netscape or IE, because I'm not familiar with anything else.

>> Edited by SGirl on Saturday 23 November 21:42

[viperman]

thanks very much Sgirl but i must have a different browser. Its a shity aol one so im not sure, god, i usd to have freeserve, allot more bloody easy than stupid aol! and theyr poxy browsers!!!!! (srry nut computers dont half wind me up somethimes!)

[alan_driver]

you can still use a internet explorer through AOL, open up AOL as you would, and open up internet explorer, then do all your surfing in that brouser. Worked for me but i dont have aol anymore, probably need to do some set-up tweaking but its possiable and much easier to use.
+ it saves images as .jpeg rather than .art, which is aol's crappy own format.

[viperman]

oh, ok ill try that, cheers, i fcukin hate aol

[dern]

I signed up for a month's aol trial on the basis I could download a load of stuff for free rather than use up the metered hours I had at the time. I cancelled the trial after 3 weeks and they charged me on the basis I had used the connection for over a month. Turns out they start the month from the moment you phone asking for a cd and not from when you first log in which I did when I received the disc a week later. Nice eh? They did give me the money back though when I pointed out their 'mistake'.

Mark

[P*Ting]

They once elected to charge my parents a £70 bill for 1 month for no apparent reason.

Needless to say the folks are now happily installed elsewhere, after a good angry phone call.

AOL = bad news.