Cookie Issue
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Printed Date: 07 April 2026 at 9:39am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Cookie Issue
Posted By: cschneider
Subject: Cookie Issue
Date Posted: 26 December 2003 at 5:02pm
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I am running Windows 2000 Server with SQL 2000 for the web forum. I am using Windows XP Sp1 and IE6 sp1 to try to gain access. Whenever I try to login it gives me an error stating it could not log me in due to a cookie problem. I have it set to allow all cookies, but it does not work. It works fine on Windows 2000 IE 5.5 and Windows 2000 IE6 sp1, but will not work with windows XP. Does it have to be P3P compliant? I can login to this forum with no problem with windows xp and ie6.. |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 5:17am
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Sounds like the cookie index on IE has become corrupted. What you need to do to force IE to reset it's cookie index is first delete all cahed internet files then delete all cookies. Better still use a faster less buggie better browser like Mozilla Firebird from:- http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/ - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/ ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: india
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 5:31am
Borg, ur really a FAN of mozilla
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 5:42am
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I wasn't at first but after playing with it for a bit to test the forum
in I was so impressed with the speed, less bugs, and more functionality
it quickly became my default browser and really can't see why anyone
would want to use IE anymore. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 5:47am
I agree with this. I have changed over to firebird and will never use IE again.. ------------- If you dont want my peaches, dont shake my tree |
-boRg- wrote:Posted By: india
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 6:00am
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Thanks friends, i will try it too. BTW i heard max sites are made compatible for IE. so does mozilla have problems with some websites ? |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 6:37am
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The only web site I have come across that Mozilla Firebird didn't work
in was the Windows Update site as it uses an IE active X thing to check
your computer for the latest updates. But thats no problem, I just fire
up IE for the Windows Update the rest of the time I'm using Mozilla
Firebird. The RTE post editor for this forum also works in Mozilla and in some ways the Mozilla Midas API implemetation of RTE features is better then IE, you don't get the double line spacing when hitting return and there are some neat scaling features when changing the size of things like images and tables. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: cschneider
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 10:20am
| Suggesting a different browser does not resolve the problem. I do agree that Mozilla is a nice browser, but if I am having the problem then I am sure someone else is and I need to find out how to correct it. If the cookie index is becoming corrupt then this would have an affect on more than one site, but it does not. As you can see I can login to this site with no issue and I am using my Windows XP SP1 machine with IE 6.x Sp1 |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 1:26pm
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No, IE has a known cookie index bug, when the cookie index becomes
corrupted it means that cookies work on some sites but not on others as
the cookie index is corrupted relating to certain sites. The only way to reset the cookie index in IE is to do as I explained in my previous post on the subject. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: cschneider
Date Posted: 27 December 2003 at 2:13pm
| I deleted the cached internet files and delete the cookies, but i still have the same problem. |
Posted By: betheball
Date Posted: 04 January 2004 at 5:21pm
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I too am having this problem. Unfortunately, the only site that seems to give me trouble is my own! I can't login to it. I have spent the better part of the past three days trying to fix it with no success. I am downloading firebird as I type. Borg, when you say delete cookies and cached internet files, do you mean simply go to "internet options" in IE, and click the delete cookies and delete files buttons? Because I have done that a dozen times with no success. Is there more to it? Do you have other suggestions? |
Posted By: cschneider
Date Posted: 09 January 2004 at 11:08am
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I figured it out. I now have IE 6.x and Windows XP working with the webwiz forums. Talking about something stupid. Somehow the server date was changes by 2 years!. So when it tried to right the cookie it was writing one that XP and IE 6 was saying was already expired! Reset the date on the server and WHAM it worked.
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