Using IE7 and with IE6 in the past I have successfully gone to the privacy
tab and selected Override Automatic Cookie handling and set it to Override
then block etc. It then configures my settings to Custom thereby severely
restricting which cookies the machine will accept. Has always worked well.

No matter what I do in IE7 ( with all available updates ) it always seems to
eventually revert itself to the default settings and I wind up picking up
all sorts of cookies I didn't wish to get. I believe I am properly setting
it and hitting Apply, OK etc. yet it always changes itself. Any thoughts ?
TIA.

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These include
but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee
VirusScan and/or Antispyware, and Zone Alarm (Free and Pro).

Here's something else about NAV that you may not be aware of:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Wonderman wrote:
> Using IE7 and with IE6 in the past I have successfully gone to the privacy
> tab and selected Override Automatic Cookie handling and set it to Override
> then block etc. It then configures my settings to Custom thereby severely
> restricting which cookies the machine will accept. Has always worked
> well.
>
> No matter what I do in IE7 ( with all available updates ) it always seems
> to
> eventually revert itself to the default settings and I wind up picking up
> all sorts of cookies I didn't wish to get. I believe I am properly
> setting
> it and hitting Apply, OK etc. yet it always changes itself. Any thoughts
> ?
> TIA.

Most third party security applications (security suites, anti-virus
programs, anti-spyware programs, firewalls, ad-blockers, etc.) interact
with Internet Explorer to protect your computer from malicious software.
Check the settings in your security software to see if this is happening
to you.


---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Wonderman wrote:
> Using IE7 and with IE6 in the past I have successfully gone to the
> privacy tab and selected Override Automatic Cookie handling and set it
> to Override then block etc. It then configures my settings to Custom
> thereby severely restricting which cookies the machine will accept. Has
> always worked well.
>
> No matter what I do in IE7 ( with all available updates ) it always
> seems to eventually revert itself to the default settings and I wind up
> picking up all sorts of cookies I didn't wish to get. I believe I am
> properly setting it and hitting Apply, OK etc. yet it always changes
> itself. Any thoughts ? TIA.

Makes sense. I'm using Windows Live One Care 2.0 and in reviewing the
settings it seems there isn't any obvious way to stop it from adjusting
cookie handling. Maybe I'll give them a call and see if they have any
ideas.


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23j4M09OSIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
> applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These
> include but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee
> VirusScan and/or Antispyware, and Zone Alarm (Free and Pro).
>
> Here's something else about NAV that you may not be aware of:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> Wonderman wrote:
>> Using IE7 and with IE6 in the past I have successfully gone to the
>> privacy
>> tab and selected Override Automatic Cookie handling and set it to
>> Override
>> then block etc. It then configures my settings to Custom thereby
>> severely
>> restricting which cookies the machine will accept. Has always worked
>> well.
>>
>> No matter what I do in IE7 ( with all available updates ) it always seems
>> to
>> eventually revert itself to the default settings and I wind up picking up
>> all sorts of cookies I didn't wish to get. I believe I am properly
>> setting
>> it and hitting Apply, OK etc. yet it always changes itself. Any thoughts
>> ?
>> TIA.
>

I don't think OneCare includes such protection but YMMV.

There are OneCare-specific newsgroups and web-forums where you can seek
support and ask questions.

Windows Live OneCare Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.windows.live.antispyware
microsoft.public.windows.live.antivirus
microsoft.public.windows.live.backup
microsoft.public.windows.live.firewall
microsoft.public.windows.live.install
microsoft.public.windows.live.tuneup
microsoft.public.windows.live.update

Windows Live OneCare Forums:
http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Wonderman wrote:
> Makes sense. I'm using Windows Live One Care 2.0 and in reviewing the
> settings it seems there isn't any obvious way to stop it from adjusting
> cookie handling. Maybe I'll give them a call and see if they have any
> ideas.
>
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23j4M09OSIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
>> applications may be disallowing the change(s) from "sticking". These
>> include but are not limited to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
>> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee
>> VirusScan and/or Antispyware, and Zone Alarm (Free and Pro).
>>
>> Here's something else about NAV that you may not be aware of:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Wonderman wrote:
>>> Using IE7 and with IE6 in the past I have successfully gone to the
>>> privacy
>>> tab and selected Override Automatic Cookie handling and set it to
>>> Override
>>> then block etc. It then configures my settings to Custom thereby
>>> severely
>>> restricting which cookies the machine will accept. Has always worked
>>> well.
>>>
>>> No matter what I do in IE7 ( with all available updates ) it always
>>> seems
>>> to
>>> eventually revert itself to the default settings and I wind up picking
>>> up
>>> all sorts of cookies I didn't wish to get. I believe I am properly
>>> setting
>>> it and hitting Apply, OK etc. yet it always changes itself. Any
>>> thoughts
>>> ?
>>> TIA.