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How do I enable cookies on my browser?

What are Cookies?

Cookies are a small piece of data stored locally by your browser that save information and help identify you to a web site. Cookies are used by many web sites for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users. Cookies are used by some secured pages at the UWA.

Cookies are also subject to a number of misconceptions, mostly based on the erroneous notion that they are computer programs. In fact, cookies are simple pieces of data unable to perform any operation by themselves. In particular, they are neither spyware nor viruses, despite the detection of cookies from certain sites by many anti-spyware products.

Most modern browsers allow users to decide whether to accept cookies, but rejection makes some websites unusable. For example, shopping baskets implemented using cookies do not work if cookies are rejected. Users may be denied access to certain UWA web sites if cookies are disabled.

Enabling Cookies

Firefox

  • Go to the "Tools" menu.
  • Select "Options".
  • Select the "Privacy" icon.
  • Choose Cookies.
  • Check the box corresponding to "Allow sites to set cookies".
  • Click "OK" to save changes.

Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 5.0

  • Select "Preferences" from the Edit menu.
  • Click on the arrow next to "Privacy & Security" in the scrolling window to expand.
  • Under "Privacy & Security", select "Cookies."
  • Select "Enable all cookies".
  • Click "OK".

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0+

  • Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu.
  • Click on the "Privacy" tab.
  • Click the "Default" button (or manually slide the bar down to "Medium") under "Settings".
  • Click "OK".

Opera 7.x

  • Click on the Tools-menu in Opera
  • Click on the Preferences... item in the menu - a new window opens
  • Click on the Privacy selection near the bottom left of the window.
  • The Enable cookies checkbox must be checked, and Accept all cookies should be selected in the "Normal cookies" drop-down.
  • Save changes by clicking Ok.

Safari

  • Click on the Safari-menu in Safari
  • Click on the Preferences... item in the menu - a new window opens
  • Click on the Security icon near the top of the window.
  • Under Accept Cookies the Always or Only from sites you navigate to must be selected.
  • Save changes by clicking Ok and go to one of the configuration pages again

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