The following "What's This?" text for the
First-party Cookies and
Third-party Cookies entries in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box contain
documentation errors. The "What's This?" text for these entries incorrectly
show the options as
Always and
Deny. This text also incorrectly implies that cookies that exist on
your computer at the time you set your cookie settings to
Block or
Prompt cannot be read by the Web site that created them or that you will
be asked before they are read.
"What's This?" Text for First-Party Cookies
If you want Internet Explorer to always allow the Web site you are currently viewing to save or read cookies on your computer, select Always.
If you want Internet Explorer to never allow the Web
site that you are currently viewing to save or read cookies on your computer,
select Deny.
If you want Internet Explorer to ask you if you want
to allow the Web site you are currently viewing to save or read cookies on your
computer, select Prompt.
"What's This?" Text for Third-Party Cookies
If you want Internet Explorer to always allow a Web site other than the one you are currently viewing to save or read cookies on your computer, select Always.
If you want Internet Explorer to never allow a Web
site other than the one you are currently viewing to save or read cookies on
your computer, select Deny.
If you want Internet Explorer to ask you if you want
to allow a Web site other than the one you are currently viewing to save or
read cookies on your computer, select Prompt.
To work around this problem, note that the "What's This?"
text in the "Symptoms" section of this article is incorrect for the following
reasons:
- The incorrect entry should instruct you to select Accept instead of Always and Block instead of Deny.
- Cookies that exist on your computer at the time you set
cookie settings in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box can be read by the
Web site that created them (without a prompt) even if you select the Block or Prompt options.
Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
For additional information
about how to configure privacy settings, click the article number below to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
283185Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=283185/EN-US/
)
How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6
For additional information about the behavior that is
described in this article, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
298780Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=298780/EN-US/
)
Any Existing Cookies Can Still Be Read by a Web Site Even When the "Block" Option Is Selected