Cannot enable cookies for cookinglight.com, and *some* other sites

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Version info: Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003 (though I
have reverted back to SP1 months ago because of SP2 compatibility problems
with a *lot* of things). The IE version still shows the SP2 in it.
Whatever. Here's the issue:


When I go to www.cookinglight.com, I get the privacy no-can-do cookies icon
in the status bar.

I need cookies for this site, so I double click the icon, and say to always
allow cookies for this site.

F5 and it's still blocked.

I then get paranoid, so I go through every single link in the list, and
enable cookies for each one. There is only one other site listed as part of
this page: timeinc.com, so this is not needed.

And STILL cookies are disabled for this site. I hand check the list and
both domains are "always allow".

Now and then I'll get this behavior, which is driving me nuts. Does anyone
know what's going on?

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Thomas

Try the following and see if it helps:

Cookies error WebSite Reports That You Must Enable Cookies
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299331



814141 - Error Message Your Web Browser Options Are Currently Set to
Disable
Cookies...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814141
Q175662 - Error Message Not Accepting Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q175662
299331 - Web Site Reports That You Must Enable Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299331
Q315207 - Error Message Cannot Open Webpage Because Cookies Are Not Enabled:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315207
Q317689 - Error Message Your Browser Is Not Currently Set to Accept Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q317689

IE 6 Privacy and Cookies Help and Tips

http://malektips.com/internet_explorer_6_privacy_and_cookies_help_and_tips.html


Check to see if you have another program (privacy, security, ad-blocker,
firewall, etc.) set to
block cookies? Take a look at programs that run in the background and might
be blocking cookies. If you have Zone Alarm, disable it and see if the
problem persists.



Also, if you have Yahoo or Google toolbars, disable them. If you have Yahoo
Companion, uninstall it.



See also
http://windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-10.html
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#secure_sites
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/data/jjblack.htm
HOW TO: Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites
by Using Internet Explorer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444
"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message on a Secure Web Site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303807
How to troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with Internet
Explorer 6 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870700



If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the above,
please post back to this thread with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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[Thomas G. Marshall]

Most of these links are not appropriate: they don't refer to the /browser/
showing disabled cookies. For example, it doesn't matter even the slightest
little bit that there might be some other application blocking the cookies.
When I enable it within IE, then IE should show them enabled, and that's not
happening for some web sites.

Some of these links are appropriate though----I'll look into all of them
asap.

Thanks!




Jan Il coughed up:

Hi Thomas

Try the following and see if it helps:

Cookies error WebSite Reports That You Must Enable Cookies
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299331



814141 - Error Message Your Web Browser Options Are Currently Set to
Disable
Cookies...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814141
Q175662 - Error Message Not Accepting Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q175662
299331 - Web Site Reports That You Must Enable Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299331
Q315207 - Error Message Cannot Open Webpage Because Cookies Are Not
Enabled:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315207
Q317689 - Error Message Your Browser Is Not Currently Set to Accept
Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q317689

IE 6 Privacy and Cookies Help and Tips

http://malektips.com/internet_explorer_6_privacy_and_cookies_help_and_tips.html


Check to see if you have another program (privacy, security,
ad-blocker, firewall, etc.) set to
block cookies? Take a look at programs that run in the background and
might be blocking cookies. If you have Zone Alarm, disable it and see
if the problem persists.



Also, if you have Yahoo or Google toolbars, disable them. If you
have Yahoo Companion, uninstall it.



See also
http://windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-10.html
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#secure_sites
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/data/jjblack.htm
HOW TO: Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Connect to Secure
Web Sites by Using Internet Explorer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444
"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message on a Secure Web Site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303807
How to troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with Internet
Explorer 6 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870700



If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the
above, please post back to this thread with the details and any error
messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers. How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Version info: Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003
(though I have reverted back to SP1 months ago because of SP2
compatibility problems with a *lot* of things). The IE version
still shows the SP2 in it. Whatever. Here's the issue:


When I go to www.cookinglight.com, I get the privacy no-can-do
cookies icon in the status bar.

I need cookies for this site, so I double click the icon, and say to
always allow cookies for this site.

F5 and it's still blocked.

I then get paranoid, so I go through every single link in the list,
and enable cookies for each one. There is only one other site
listed as part of this page: timeinc.com, so this is not needed.

And STILL cookies are disabled for this site. I hand check the list
and both domains are "always allow".

Now and then I'll get this behavior, which is driving me nuts. Does
anyone know what's going on?

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Thomas

Have you tried checking your HOST file to see if it is blocking the site?
Have you checked to see if it is added it to your Trusted Sites?

It would also help if you could give us exact details and wording of the
error messages you are getting instead of references such as 'no can do'
with which we can do nothing but guess. You might also review the
information here.



How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Also, the fact that you say you 'reverted' back to SP1 does not explain
'how' you did so, and as your IE version still shows as SP2, it does seem to
indicate there is some question with IE as to what it truly is. Perhaps
that is why what it 'should' do and it 'is' doing is two different things at
this point.



Perhaps someone else here will be able to offer more expedient assistance.
Good luck.



Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Most of these links are not appropriate: they don't refer to the /browser/
showing disabled cookies. For example, it doesn't matter even the slightest
little bit that there might be some other application blocking the cookies.
When I enable it within IE, then IE should show them enabled, and that's not
happening for some web sites.

Some of these links are appropriate though----I'll look into all of them
asap.

Thanks!




Jan Il coughed up:

Hi Thomas

Try the following and see if it helps:

Cookies error WebSite Reports That You Must Enable Cookies
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299331



814141 - Error Message Your Web Browser Options Are Currently Set to
Disable
Cookies...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814141
Q175662 - Error Message Not Accepting Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q175662
299331 - Web Site Reports That You Must Enable Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299331
Q315207 - Error Message Cannot Open Webpage Because Cookies Are Not
Enabled:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315207
Q317689 - Error Message Your Browser Is Not Currently Set to Accept
Cookies:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q317689

IE 6 Privacy and Cookies Help and Tips

http://malektips.com/internet_explorer_6_privacy_and_cookies_help_and_tips.html

Check to see if you have another program (privacy, security,
ad-blocker, firewall, etc.) set to
block cookies? Take a look at programs that run in the background and
might be blocking cookies. If you have Zone Alarm, disable it and see
if the problem persists.



Also, if you have Yahoo or Google toolbars, disable them. If you
have Yahoo Companion, uninstall it.



See also
http://windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-10.html
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#secure_sites
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/data/jjblack.htm
HOW TO: Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Connect to Secure
Web Sites by Using Internet Explorer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444
"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message on a Secure Web Site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303807
How to troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with Internet
Explorer 6 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870700



If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the
above, please post back to this thread with the details and any error
messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers. How to make a good newsgroup post:
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[Thomas G. Marshall]

Jan Il coughed up:

Hi Thomas

Have you tried checking your HOST file to see if it is blocking the
site? Have you checked to see if it is added it to your Trusted Sites?

The hosts file does /not matter/ here, since it is actually getting to the
site ok, and IE is identifying the site as cookie blocked, and I can't undo
it.

However, I *always* keep an icon on my desktop pointing to
c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts, modified for a direct invokation of
notepad, because it is one of the most common virus/hijack attacked files.

It would also help if you could give us exact details and wording of
the error messages
you are getting instead of references such as 'no
can do' with which we can do nothing but guess.

There are no error messages. As I pointed out in my post, the
disallowed-cookies icon in the status bar remains set no matter what I do.
The fact that the web site itself is complaining about it is *secondary* to
the fact that IE cannot allow the cookies from its point of view. What else
could I have possibly given you for information that would matter?


....[rip]...

How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Oh come on! I've been in usenet since 1994 and part of making a good
newsgroup post is to not top-post like you did!

I'm sorry, but I'm getting a little exasperated at this, and have lost
patience regarding supplying information that was already supplied and/or
fault-isolated away. I understand you're trying to help.


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