Cannot clear ALLOWED COOKIES without using REGEDIT

[Michael T]

I am a savvy Windows user (for 10+ years), but I admit this one has me
stumped.

Let me try to explain.

Some of you may know that the Allowed Cookies are saved in the registry at:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History]

So if you enable cookies for Amazon.com the following entry will be made for
the currently logged in user.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History\amazon.com]
@=dword:00000001

My problem is that there are many (over 50) web sites in P3P\History. But
for the life of me I cannot determine how to clean-up these unwanted web
sites under History key. In fact, I am wondering how they got there. I am
guessing it was when I temporarily allowed cookies.

Normally I have BLOCK checked at:

Internet Options > Tools > Privacy (tab) > Advanced (button)

The obvious solution seemed to be to click the Delete Cookies button at:

Internet Options > Tools > General

But to no avail.

Anyone know how to accomplish this with using Regedit.


Finally, one last issue which is related to this problem.

I seem to recall that prior to Service Pack 2 of WinXP you could enter web
sites for which you wanted to allow cookies at:

Internet Options > Tools > Privacy (tab) > Settings (button)

But there seems to be change. These "Settings" are not used for pop-up
blocking. Agreed?

Michael T.

 

[R. McCarty]

Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, Sites.
Change existing Cookie allowance states or add new sites
with your preferred settings.

 

[Michael T]

Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, Sites.
Change existing Cookie allowance states or add new sites
with your preferred settings.

Oh my, I totally missed this SITES button.

Thanks.

Now if I can find out how to clean up

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History]


Without using Regedit that is.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

IE | Tools | Internet Options | Privacy tab | Edit button | Remove button

Remove button
[[Click this to remove the selected Web site from the list of Web sites for
which you have specified custom privacy settings. If you remove a Web site
from the list of Managed Web sites, Internet Explorer will use your privacy
settings to determine how to handle cookies from that Web site.]]

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Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, Sites.
Change existing Cookie allowance states or add new sites
with your preferred settings.

Oh my, I totally missed this SITES button.

Thanks.

Now if I can find out how to clean up

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History]


Without using Regedit that is.

 

[Alex Nichol]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History\amazon.com]
@=dword:00000001

My problem is that there are many (over 50) web sites in P3P\History. But
for the life of me I cannot determine how to clean-up these unwanted web
sites under History key. In fact, I am wondering how they got there. I am
guessing it was when I temporarily allowed cookies.

Entries for cookies you have *blocked* have a default of 5. Indeed I
don't have an entry for amazon.com. These may well have been put there
by an adware immunize program. Can't you just delete the keys?

 

[Michael T]

Entries for cookies you have *blocked* have a default of 5. Indeed I
don't have an entry for amazon.com. These may well have been put there
by an adware immunize program. Can't you just delete the keys?

Thanks Alex.

As I posted above Spyware Blaster added the default of 5.

Michael

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Michael,

I cannot find your post about SpywareBlaster blocking cookies. :-(

Here's some info anyway...

SpywareBlaster adds sites to always block cookies.

Internet Explorer 6 added a Privacy tab to give users more control over
cookies. There are different levels of privacy on the Internet zone, and
they are stored in the registry at the same location as the security zones.

You can also add a site to allow or to block cookies based on the site,
regardless of the privacy policy on the Web site. Those registry keys are
stored in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History

Listed under this key are domains that have been added as a managed site.
These domains can carry either of the following DWORD values:

0x00000001 = Always Allow
0x00000005 = Always Block

Example >>

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\P3P\History\lop.com
Value Name: (Default)
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0x00000005

IE | Tools | Internet Options | Privacy tab |

SpywareBlaster also adds sites to the Restricted Sites Zone.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones

The Zones key contains keys that represent each security zone that is
defined for the computer. By default, the following five zones are defined
(numbered zero through four):

Value Setting
------------------------------
0 My Computer
1 Local Intranet Zone
2 Trusted sites Zone
3 Internet Zone
4 Restricted Sites Zone

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains

The Domains key contains domains and protocols that have been added to
change their behavior from the default behavior. When a domain is added, a
key is added to the Domains key. Subdomains appear as keys under the domain
where they belong. Each key that lists a domain contains a DWORD with a
value name of the affected protocol. The value of the DWORD is the same as
the numeric value of the security zone where the domain is added.

If they have a Value Data of 4 they are in the Restricted Sites Zone.

Example >>>

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\008i.com
Value Name: *
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 4 (Hexadecimal)

This is the list of Restricted Sites from >>>

IE | Tools | Internet Options | Security tab | Restricted Sites |
Sites button | Web sites | *.008i.com

Using the asterisk * as a wild card (represents any other character) in
front of .008i.com includes all the domains in .008i.com.

Info from...

Description of Internet Explorer security zones registry entries
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;182569

How to Use Wild Cards When You Add Web Sites to Security Zones
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=184456

How to Use Security Zones in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=174360

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[Wesley Vogel]

Never mind, I found it. It was in another thread.

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