# Maybe I'm just thick, but how do I enable "cookies"...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-just-thick-but-how-do-i-enable-cookies/224779>\
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**Created:** [January 16, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-just-thick-but-how-do-i-enable-cookies/224779 "2004-01-16T16:04:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-just-thick-but-how-do-i-enable-cookies/224779/1 "2004-01-16T16:04:08Z")

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so I don’t have to log on every dang time? Also, how can I set my preferences to always show posts from the last five days in each thread on forums? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-just-thick-but-how-do-i-enable-cookies/224779/2 "2004-01-16T16:37:48Z")

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Go to  
“tools” on your explorer bar  
Then “internet options”  
Then"privacy"

There is a slide where you can adjust cookies - go to medium and at the bottom you can manually override the cookies by putting in the Stright Dope address.

Assuming, of course, that you are using Windows and IE.

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**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-just-thick-but-how-do-i-enable-cookies/224779/3 "2004-01-16T18:33:47Z")

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> [@Lyllyan](#):
>
> Go to  
> “tools” on your explorer bar  
> Then “internet options”  
> Then"privacy"
> 
> There is a slide where you can adjust cookies - go to medium and at the bottom you can manually override the cookies by putting in the Stright Dope address.
> 
> Assuming, of course, that you are using Windows and IE.

Thanks for the reply, **Lyllyan**. I must have a different version of IE than you, because I don’t have a selection called “privacy” in my “internet options.”