How to Enable Cookies for Some Websites in IE8
Internet Explorer 8, which sprang to life in 1995 as IE1, is the default browser that Microsoft includes with Windows 7. IE8 allows websites to store cookies on your computer. A cookie is a small string of information that websites use to track your visits. Cookies, for example, can help a site remember your color preferences when you return to the site. If you only want certain websites to store cookies in IE8, you can prevent other sites from doing so by adjusting the browser's security settings.
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Instructions
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Launch Internet Explorer if it is not already open.
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Click the "Tools" button at the top of the browser. A drop-down menu opens and displays a list of items.
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Locate the "Internet Options" item to view the "Internet Options" pop-up window.
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Click that window's "Privacy" tab, and locate the vertical slider control on that tab page. Write down or remember the position of the slider. You will restore it to that position later.
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Click the "Sites" button. The "Manage Sites" pop-up window opens. This pop-up allows you to enable cookies for some websites.
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Type the URL of a website to which you wish to grant cookie access in the "Address of Website" text box. Click "Allow." Repeat this process to add additional websites as needed. IE8 will only allow the sites you specify to store cookies on your hard drive.
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Click "OK" to close the pop-up and return to the "Internet Options" window. Click the slider again, and drag the slider toreturn it to its previous position. Click "OK" to close the window.
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Tips & Warnings
After updating your IE8 cookie settings, cookies that already exist on your computer still remain. Your new security settings only affect sites you visit after applying those settings. Delete those old cookies if you do not want them on your hard drive.
