# A question about computers and cookies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-computers-and-cookies/84543>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-computers-and-cookies/84543 "2001-09-29T23:25:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disciple_of_Alf)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-computers-and-cookies/84543/1 "2001-09-29T23:25:40Z")

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No, not yummy cookies, the boring computer kind.

Anyway, I was over at [diabloii.net](http://diabloii.net) signing up for their marketplace (a place where I would be able to auction my items off for things), and after they sent my password to my email address, I tried to get into my account.

But the site told me I couldn’t log in, because my browser doesn’t support cookies. I tried to get into that account from both Internet Explorer 5 and the Opera browser. Both of them had cookies enabled, but neither worked.

I have absolutely no idea why this isn’t working, but it’s also happened to me before. The same thing basically happened to me back when I tried to sign up for neopets.

_Disciple of Alf sighs._

If you guys have any idea why this is happening, I’d love to hear it from you. Perhaps it’s because I use a router?. Thanks in advance for your replies.

-Disciple of Alf

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**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-computers-and-cookies/84543/2 "2001-09-29T23:36:58Z")

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Do you have any Ad-filtering software running?  
It might be intercepting the cookies.

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**Author:** ![Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Disciple\_of\_Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disciple_of_Alf)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-computers-and-cookies/84543/3 "2001-09-29T23:43:23Z")

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Nope, I don’t. But thanks for responding. If enough ideas come along, we’re bound to stumble upon the answer.