How do I turn off cookies on Win 98SE?

Howdy, 5yrs ago you could surf the net without havign cookies enabled but in todays world with the internet you really have no choice. If you disable cookies you are not going to be able to view most and when I say most I mean a lot of web pages. I would like to disable them myself, I just delete them manualy, personaly. But if you want to disable them and not enjoy surfing the web. Here ya go...

Go to Tools/Internet Options and then click on the Advance Tab you will find the option to disable cookies as you scroll down. BTW, OPEN IE to get at the Tools Menu or via the CTRL Panel and under Internet Options.

Laters,

KTTD

Kevin, I read the post and went to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced thinking I'd seen the cookie dis-ablement there. I figured that's where it was, but low & behold, it's not in my menu. I did a refresh and saw your post and went back thinking I'd missed it. I'm running 98SE, IE5.5. Could I have lost the capability of this feature?
Dan

Looks like it was moved to 'Security > Custom Level'

Thanks, UNC. Had a brain fart there.

Laters,

KTTD

I use Norton Internet Security to block cookies and it is awesome. I had my Internet Security settings at high for awhile but it was an issue for my website OS so I opted to try Norton instead. I really found very few sites that require you take cookies, but many times they are needed to see some content or save personalized settings. For example, you can visit here without taking cookies, but you have to type your name etc. in every time. I also tried dozens of free software programs, some good, some just OK, but I really like this Norton. It solves a lot of browsing problems for me. Throw in Ad-Aware and you surf much faster. NOTE: You should make sure to take the time to read the information about using Norton before you use it. Ciao,
Kevin

I solved this problem recently. I used to try to delete these manually. That's fine if you want to re-enter your name and password each time you re-visit the sites.

I also tried IE6's more versatile way but it slowed things down.

I also didn't want a program always on in the background like some do. So, I tried a shareware product: PurgeIE @ http://www.purgeie.com
It doesn't run in the background. It displays all the cookies for you to remove or protect. TossyourCookies, for example, doesn't remove them from IE, only Windows/cookies. Even allows you to select deletion after so many days/hours. It also removes TIF files (except for your protected cookies & things). Can remove windows\temp and recycle bin. Reports and lists. I love this thing. It's the only shareware I've purchased. Well worth the fifteen bucks.

"Looks like it was moved to 'Security > Custom Level'"

Thats! where I saw it once upon a long ago.
Thanks from me too unc!

Followup to previous message:
I erred regarding location of cookies. Since both TossyourCookies and IEPurge target windows\cookies. It's just that TUC's never worked very well. Their protected ones didn't stay protected for long.

Re: post #1

Kevin The Tech Dude should start calling himself the propaganda dude.

I have been surfing on a regular basis since 1996 and I have never had cookies enabled. Having cookies turned off will not affect your ability to browse at all.

Shopping may be another matter, but since I don't make purchases on the internet I don't have experience in that area.

By the way, when your computer accepts a persistent cookie, you give the server of the cookie legal permission to keep the information collected on you through that cookie for forty years. That's about half a human lifespan.

I have some cookies I can't seem to remove. I usually remove them ever once in a while using disk clean up.

They are in the temporary internet folders file. They will not delete. They're called something like "mailogin"