SillyDog701

[Jim G]

Greetings All --

I'm running Netscape 7.1, with cookie preferences set to "Enable All Cookies." But since about a month ago when I visit a few websites, in particular Expedia.com and Hotmail.com, a browser check by Expedia and Hotmail inform me that Netscape will not accept cookies, and I cannot proceed.

I am also running Nortion Internet Security 2003 (updated) and a speed webpage down load program. I have tried disabling these in succession and none of these seems to be the problem. I have to run my back-up IE 6.0 to access Expedia and Hotmail.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

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[Fulvio]

I don't know about NIS, which, in my experience is nothing but trouble (many people will disagree).
As for the Microsoft sites, I know that Hotmail required you sign on from Passport, and I am not surprised about any Microsoft sites. A number of websites managed to make NS look bad this way.

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[akbash]

As Fulvio said, some Microsoft properties have had special Microsoft Passport login requirements, at least in the past. I can't speak about Hotmail from personal experience, but I just logged in to my Expedia account using Firefox.

It seems then that you have something on your system that's blocking cookies. I don't use Norton Internet Security, but I'm pretty sure it has that capability. It's worth checking, as are any other third-party applications you may have filtering your browsing session. Firewalls, proxy servers, and session history cleaners come to mind as possible culprits.

Netscape itself can also be configured to ignore cookies, completely or partially. I've seen a lot of people get into trouble misconfiguring Netscape partial cookie filtering; it's kind of complicated. In your position I would try logging in to Expedia after turning off all third-party cookie filtering, setting Netscape to accept all cookies without reservation, and clearing all cookies in Netscape. When/if that works, if you wish, you can start clamping down again working from that functional starting point.

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[Fulvio]

Akbash,
you are quite correct. I should have asked if NIS was present. I have just set set straight someone about its antics. And, I would be surprised if these sites would stop working just like that (whether I like Microsoft's ways or not). I can open the Expedia page, but I am not a member, so I don'tt knwo what it is like to use it. But I have no problem with the home page using Fiefox1.0.4 which has, automatically blocked cookies from Spyware Blaster.

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