This information based on www.microsoft.com's cookie policy. Cookies are used for the WPI so the web site can remember what school you're from, and customize your views for your school, and your school only.
If You Want to Control Which Cookies You Accept:
You can order your browser to accept all cookies or to alert you every time a
cookie is offered. Then you can decide whether to accept one or not.
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0:
1. Choose Tools, then
2. Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab,
4. Click Internet, then Custom Level.
5. Scroll down to Cookies and choose one of the two options.
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
1. Choose View, then
2. Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab,
4. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under
Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.
In Internet Explorer 3.0, you can View, Options, Advanced and click on the button
that says Warn Before Accepting "Cookies."
If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. Edit, then
2. Preferences, then
3. click on Advanced.
4. Set your options in the box labeled "Cookies".
How to See Cookies You've Accepted:
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0
On your task bar, click:
1. Tools, then
2. Internet Options.
3. Under the tab General (the default tab) click
4. Settings, then
5. View Files.
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0
On your task bar, click:
1. View, then
2. Internet Options.
3. Under the tab General (the default tab) click
4. Settings, then
5. View Files.
Internet Explorer 3.0
On your Task Bar, click:
1. View, then
2. Options, then
3. Advanced, then
4. View Files.
Netscape Communicator 4.0:
Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive. You'll need to
find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows machines.
How to See the Code in a Cookie:
Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and
numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by
the server that gave you the cookie.