Bittersweet cookies

I've never really managed cookies, but they do manage me. Recently an Oracle database that I access frequently went down for a day. Today I could not reach the login screen from their site. The Helpdesk suggested I had a cookie with a cached Oracle Error page. And apparently I did.

I deleted all cookies and I deleted all temp inet files.

When I returned here my username and password were not recognized. And I rerquested a password reset. So I'm back.

But I suppose I should avoid this. And I think clearing cookies was the event that caused it. Since I login automatically, using cookies on the WindowsBBS, and this a set-able feature, should I set an option that preserves my profile here?

Why should I bother to maintain the Temporary Internet Files? And how do I know when to? Why would I change Settings? If these are important practices, can it be automated?

 

Which version of Internet Explorer?

 

Cookie Viewer and other software

Try Karen's cookie viewer on this link there is also lots of other free software to try

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp

 

6.O from XP.

I'm interested in knowing what I should be doing with these old cookies and temp inet files.

 

Everyone manages their own machine differently. So how you manage cookies, temp internet files, ect., is up to you. Here's something:

How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6 (Q283185)