All checks out fine thanks.

By the way for those helping me with this.
Tonight I have removed Zone Alarm, SpyBot and Avira in favour of Kaspersky
Internet Security 8. I get it free from my bank so to good to miss.
Anyway, the relevance is the cookie problem continues :-(

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Your registry entries look to be at their defaults for XP installed on drive
> E, regarding the location of the Cookies folder.
>
> In Control Panel>Date and Time, is the clock, time zone, etc., set
> correctly? Is "Automatically adjust clock for Daylight saving changes"
> checked? On the Internet Time tab, click Update Now. Are any errors
> reported?
>
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:021576A0-E766-4467-8355-D0B1A4531E40@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Dean
> >
> > OK.
> >
> > Confirmed as E:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Cookies
> >
> > and
> >
> > %USERPROFILE%\Cookies
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >
> >> C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Cookies is where your cookies are stored
> >> on
> >> Windows XP.
> >>
> >> E:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files is
> >> "virtual viewer" of Windows and displays a mix of cookies and cache
> >> files.
> >>
> >> Your cache files are really in alphanumerically named sub-folders of
> >> E:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
> >> Files\Content.IE5.
> >>
> >> Try this. If Windows is installed on your E drive (according to Logfile
> >> of
> >> HijackThis, it is), then run regedit and go to
> >>
> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
> >> Folders
> >>
> >> What is the path for Cookies, in the right-hand pane? (Is it C:\Documents
> >> and Settings\Mike\Cookies or E:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Cookies, or
> >> something else?)
> >>
> >> Go to
> >>
> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
> >> Shell Folders
> >>
> >> Is the Data for Cookies "%USERPROFILE%\Cookies" (no quotes)?
> >>
> >> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7074D65E-B09B-48DD-83A6-4D9689891102@microsoft.com...
> >> > HI again
> >> >
> >> > Are you the only other person on this forum LOL
> >> >
> >> > Yeah maybe, why they could not just come out and say that I don't know.
> >> >
> >> > I really don't think ZA is to blame, I am running ZA 6.1.744.001 which
> >> > is
> >> > old but stable, then new versions I found unreliable.
> >> >
> >> > This version of ZA has no cookie control.
> >> >
> >> > One thing I have noticed that puzzles me.
> >> >
> >> > The location for cookies in IE is E:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Local
> >> > Settings\Temporary Internet Files
> >> >
> >> > yet the system location for cookies is shown as user C:\Documents and
> >> > Settings\Mike\Cookies
> >> >
> >> > Two locations for the same thing?
> >> >
> >> > I did a IE reset today and I can now add sites to the allowed list and
> >> > they
> >> > do stay there, however when I close and re start IE the log in info is
> >> > still
> >> > lost.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The tech was telling you that they don't think any of the updates you
> >> >> installed have anything to do with your problem, Mike.
> >> >>
> >> >> Time to post in ZA Forums (or uninstall ZA Free, enable the Windows
> >> >> Firewall
> >> >> & see if the behavior persists).
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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