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(303476) - When you use keyboard commands to move through the items in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box, you cannot determine whether the focus is on an item under First-Party Cookies or Third-Party Cookies .

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Article ID: 303476 - Last Review: January 31, 2007 - Revision: 3.3

Screen Reader Program Does Not Read Cookie Headings in Advanced Privacy Settings Dialog Box

This article was previously published under Q303476

SYMPTOMS

When you use keyboard commands to move through the items in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box, you cannot determine whether the focus is on an item under First-Party Cookies or Third-Party Cookies.

CAUSE

This problem occurs in the following situation:
  • You use a screen reader program to read the contents of the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box.

    -and-
  • You use keyboard commands to move through the items in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box.
Screen reader programs may be unable to read the First-Party Cookies and Third-Party Cookies headings when you use keyboard commands to move through the items in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box.

These headings are correctly read when you use a mouse to move through the items in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use a mouse to move through the items in the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
    • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
    • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
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