Cookies Cleared on Shutdown 1

[jbenson001]

Hello all,

I had to reinstall XP Pro recently. The issue I am having is that when I restart my PC, and go to IE, all my cookies have been deleted. This is a pain, since I want most of them to be saved. Can anyone tell me why this would be happening, and how to stop it?

Thanks,

Jim

 

[BOURBAKI]

Try going to Internet Options/Advanced tab and under Security make sure that the "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed" checkbox is empty.

 

[jbenson001]

Yes I have already checked that. Thanks...

It doesn't do it on a browser close, only when I reboot the machine.

Weird, I know!!!

 

[linney]

Are you running any programs that would "clean" your system on startup? What about login scripts or scheduled tasks?

Check IE's settings under the "Privacy" tab in Internet Options.

 

[jbenson001]

i have MS antispyware.. I checked the settings.. and it is not doing it automatically...

no scchedualed tasks either.. I have not specified a login script.. how can i check that?

Thanks for your help

 

[jbenson001]

never mind.. I check sched tasks and login scripts.. nothing....


Jim

 

[linney]

Try another user profile and see if they lose their Cookies too.

 

[jbenson001]

Hi and thanks for the response. I created another account and the same thing happens.

 

[linney]

A couple of things you can try.

Internet Explorer Fix

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFIX.htm

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

No Local Site Cookies
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Possibly your Index.dat files have been corrupted and may benefit from a total deletion of the T.I.F. folder and the Cookies folder thereby allowing XP to recreate a new folder for you after a reboot or new login.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Although Cookies are shown and listed in the T.I.F. they are actually stored in a separate folder -
C:\Documents and Settings\Usernamexxxx\Cookies

Make sure your options in IE/ Tools/ Internet Options/ Advanced are correct.

Uncheck the boxes for "Install on Demand" for IE and Other programs (two boxes).

Try running temporarily with the third box "Enable Third Party Browser Extensions" unchecked and see how this goes.

"This specifies that you want to disable features you installed for use with Internet Explorer that may have been created by companies other than Microsoft.
If you encounter problems with Internet Explorer that you cannot resolve, you can use this option to help determine if third-party features are causing the problems without uninstalling the feature. You must restart Internet Explorer after turning this option on or off."


If that stops your errors, you will know where the trouble is.

If they don't work you could try repairing windows by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp

 

[jbenson001]

linney... thanks for the response.

I used the IEFix link you sent.. that seems to have done the trick!!!

Thank you so much...

Jim