xp install/ie issues with session ID

Hi all "“ I have never come across something like this before, hope someone can help... here goes

I recently purchased a Fujitsu Amilo SI1520 with widows vista pre installed. I did not want vista so, using nlite, I slipstreamed my SATA drivers to a XP PRO installation CD and installed XP PRO.

I managed to get all devices working, problem occurs when I login to my
1and1.co.uk online php/mysql admin panel. I can successfully login to the website but upon trying to access mysql admin control panel I get an error message telling me that my session ID is missing. This error message is generated by the control panel/website (not windows/ie) and I am bumped out of the control panel to the login screen. Weird?!?! I thought session ID’s were created on the server side but…THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROL PANEL/WEBSITE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

1) I can successfully login using other computers and
2) I restored my Amilo to run vista and CAN login

THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH IE VERSION NUMBER/SETTINGS BECAUSE:-

1)I have tried ie6/7 (with and without Service PacksUpdates) on the Amilo to no avail - all versions work fine on other computers
2) have duplicated a working machines IE settings on the Amilo to no avail (default security/privacy settings work on other computers).

I also tried installing Opera - same issue.

I also tried slipstreaming SP2 "“ no difference.

Any ideas?

 

Welcome to WindowsBBS carlywalker

Sounds as though the XP Pro installation is not handling cookies properly. In IE Options>Privacy tab, select Advanced and check the box to override automatic cookie handling. Check the boxes to allow first party, block third party, and always allow session cookies. Click ok and apply. I'd also recommend clearing the stored cookies at this point as well. Open a new IE window and see if it helps.

 

Hi, thanks for your reply

I have double checked the privacy settings - all settings are as you suggested and it does not work.

To recap, I can login to the overall site/many other sites that use cookies just not the control panel of mysql php admin on THIS computer - I can login to it on my other laptops with defualt security/privacy settings.

Makes me think there is a bigger issue

 

I have deleted all cookies (via Tools>Internet Options>General>Delete Cookies) - still doesn't work

Sorry but I do not know what tif files are (thought tif was a type of image encoding). What are they? What should I do with them?

 

ohhhh - duhhh - now I feel stupid. deleted allof them too, no change.

 

Ok - as a last ditch attempt to access my databases I installed firefox and it works (I have already installed Opera and it did NOT work)... so it obviously is an IE/Opera issue but what?

 

does anyone know what could be wrong?

 

May be wrong, but I believe there should be a space between the /S and /q in Tony's batch??

Code:

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
RD /S /q  "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files "
RD /S /q  "%UserProfile%\Cookies "
RD /S /q  "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\History "
RD /S /q   "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\ "
MD  "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\ "
pause
start explorer.exe

I'm still leaning towards a corrupted cookie or cookie handling problem myself as well. It is possible that deleting them from IE did not remove all of them, and either Arie or Tony's above instructions will. To verify they have all been removed, you can click Start>Run and paste in the following command, then hit enter to open the cookies folder.

"%UserProfile%\Cookies "

You could also try adding your site/SQL cpanel address to the allowed cookies sites list (on the privacy tab in IE Options).

 

Thanks for the clarification, Tony. I hadn't tried it, but am used to using spaces between switches in my batches.