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Web Site Reports That You Must Enable Cookies

Article ID: 299331 - View products that this article applies to.

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SYMPTOMS

When you use services from Web site "A" by using a frameset (or portal) on Web site "B", cookies that Web site A tries to set may be blocked at the default medium privacy level.

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In the preceding example, Web site A is in the third-party context. The medium privacy setting blocks third-party cookies that do not have a compact policy (a condensed computer-readable privacy statement) or third-party cookies that have a compact policy that specifies that personally identifiable information is used without your implicit consent.

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RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, connect to Web site A directly, or set your privacy level to low or to accept all cookies:

In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.
On the Privacy tab, move the settings slider to Low or Accept All Cookies.
Click OK.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about cookies, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260971

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260971/EN-US/ )

Description of Cookies

For additional information about default privacy settings in Internet Explorer 6, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

293222

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293222/EN-US/ )

Default Privacy Settings for Internet Explorer 6

For additional information about how to configure privacy settings in Internet Explorer 6, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

283185

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283185/EN-US/ )

How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6

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