cookies

[Alice 11:26am est]

On my old laptop I have Win98 and IE5.5sp2. On this new
laptop I have WinXP and IE6. On the old laptop I had it
set up to Prompt for cookies. I could then decline many
cookies that I did not want on my pc. It worked find.
However, on this new pc (WinXP/IE6) I notice that some
sites will not allow me to enter when I turn down their
cookies (this site for example - Microsoft boards). I
have to click that I want to accept ALL cookies from this
site. When I do that, I can then access the site.
Is this something new with WinXP/IE6? I am getting into
these sites (as far as I know) on my other
Win98/IE5.5sp2, when I decline to accept the cookies.
Please adisve and thanks. We are senior citizens, so
kindly explain simply. Thanks.

 

[H Leboeuf]

Good reading on cookies.

Blocking Unwanted Cookies with IE 6
There are several new features built-in to IE 6, one of them is the ability
to accept and\or block any or all cookies if desired.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/cookies.htm

Cookies are not you worse enemy, what is the reason you do not accept
cookies?

 

[Alice]

Cookies are not you worse enemy, what is the reason you do not accept
cookies?
--

I don't want to accept cookies from every site I visit.
They just clutter up my hard drive. M
My question, however, was why some sites (such as this
one) will not allow you to enter (while using IE6) unless
you accept their cookies, while if I am using IE5.5 I can
enter this site without accepting all their cookies? It is
just a question I am asking for anyone who might have an
answer.

(IE 5.5 also allows you to accept or block cookies.)