Both Internet Explorer and Netscape allow some level of cookie verification. They both have menu options that allow you to accept all, some, or none of your incoming cookies. In addition, the "warn before accepting" feature is present in both, if you want to screen your incoming cookies. Microsoft has changed their approach to cookies over the last 3 versions of their browser. This is a reflection of how cookies have been thrust into the limelight of privacy on the Internet: In IE 6.

Click on Advanced in the list of topics on the left side of the window. The right side of the window should now display a series of checkboxes. The bottom of the slider section of the Security window contains several buttons. Click the one marked Advanced. In the new window under the Cookies section, check the box labeled Override automatic cookie handling.

The Name Search will revert to its default blank state as you move between different sections of the PLANTS Web site, but this should not impair your use of the site. The Distribution Update will not function unless your browser accepts our cookies. Remember that JavaScript must be enabled in order to use cookies. See "Should my browser be configured to use scripting?" above for more information.

Yes. Cookies are used to remember your login information as well as what posts you have read during your current session. Without accepting cookies some functions won't work properly.

That depends on your browser, browser version, and perhaps your firewall software. In Internet Explorer see Tools> Internet Options…> and click on the Security tab. We recommend you check the documentation for your browser and firewall software, and consult with your system administrator if you have one.

Yes, however, we use cookies to enable our computers to recognise you and enhance your use of the website. While you can set both Netscape and Internet Explorer to alert you when a cookie will be placed on your computer (giving you the opportunity to accept all, some or none of them), we do not recommend disabling cookies on our website. Doing so may limit the ways in which we can serve you online.

long as your browser is set to accept all cookies, you should only need to fill out the Gateway form once. For more information: http://www.opera.com/ If the settings mentioned above are set, but you are still getting the Gateway, you may be running some kind of third party security software that blocks cookies. Refer to your user's manual or contact technical support to find out how to set it to allow all cookies. Your organizations's firewall may also be preventing cookies from being set.

Whenever you connect to any HP Passport page, our Web server will ask your browser to remember one or more cookies, if you have not already gotten them. In some cases, if you reject some of these cookies, subsequent HP Passport pages you enter will not be able to find your state information. For example, even though you did already login, on subsequent pages you will appear to not be logged-in. So until you accept the cookies, you will be asked repeatedly to login again.

Most browsers can be set individually to your preferences. You can set your browser to inform you when a web site asks to place a cookie and have the option of refusing the cookie. Browser settings can be found in: Netscape Communicator, Edit/Preferences/Advanced, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Tools/Internet Options/Advanced.