What is the worst-case scenario of deleting all cookies accumulated by IE6?
As long as I have info for logging onto valid Websites (banking, Amazon,
PayPal, etc.), am I likely to bring grief by simply deleting everything and
letting IE start over?

Nope

"Jim Wood" <JimWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the worst-case scenario of deleting all cookies accumulated by
> IE6?
> As long as I have info for logging onto valid Websites (banking, Amazon,
> PayPal, etc.), am I likely to bring grief by simply deleting everything
> and
> letting IE start over?

"Jim Wood" wrote:
> What is the worst-case scenario of deleting all cookies accumulated by IE6?
> As long as I have info for logging onto valid Websites (banking, Amazon,
> PayPal, etc.), am I likely to bring grief by simply deleting everything and
> letting IE start over?

None, really - you'd have to accept the cookies from your trusted sites again.
See the following KB Articles;
Description of Cookies
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260971/EN-US/
How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;283185

Silj

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On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:56:02 -0800, "Jim Wood"
<JimWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>What is the worst-case scenario of deleting all cookies accumulated by IE6?
>As long as I have info for logging onto valid Websites (banking, Amazon,
>PayPal, etc.), am I likely to bring grief by simply deleting everything and
>letting IE start over?

worst case is that websites you visit won't 'know' you and you may
have to login again. i keep the number of cookies down by rejecting
1st and 3rd party cookies but allowing session cookies. on sites
where i want to be 'remembered' i add to my trusted list.

73,
rich, n9dko

Hi,
You may lose automatic logon or personalized settings (such as rear/unread
messages on message boards) on some sites. That's all.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Jim Wood" <JimWood[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the worst-case scenario of deleting all cookies accumulated by
IE6?
> As long as I have info for logging onto valid Websites (banking, Amazon,
> PayPal, etc.), am I likely to bring grief by simply deleting everything
and
> letting IE start over?

Many thanks for the info. I'm going to delete them all and start over.
There are so, so many.

You're welcome. Now, WTFRUTAB?

"Jim Wood" <JimWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Many thanks for the info. I'm going to delete them all and start over.
| There are so, so many.

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
> You're welcome. Now, WTFRUTAB?

Read back previous posts to this thread!

Silj

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