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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (2553)	9/6/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Gary R. Owens	Read Replies (1) of 9818

Anybody use Yahoo quotes? Set my computer's clock to 01-01-2000 and fired her up. Launched my browser and lo and behold my stock portfolio (my default startup page) didn't exist. So I logged out/logged in and still no joy. I did however get the following explanation which wasn't very comforting: So What Went Wrong? There are many reasons why a cookie could not be set correctly, here are the most common reasons: Your browser does not support cookies. For those who are technically inclined and particularly interested, the full and gory details as to which particular browsers support cookies can be found here. You have cookie notification switched on in your browser and you did not accept the accept the cookie set request. To remedy this, hit your browser's back button and try again, except this time accepting the cookie. Very Important: Check the date on your computer. If your computer's clock shows a date before 1 Jan 1970 or after 31st Dec 1998, then the browser will automatically forget the cookie. To fix this, simply set the correct time and date on your computer. You have installed an application that monitors/blocks cookies being set. To remedy this, please disable the application while logging in.

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