When I try to post a response on DU, I get a notice that

[JDPriestly]

my computer is not accepting cookies. I increased the intolerance for cookies on my computer because my new computer (Vista) is so slow and I think it is due to the incredible number of cookies that attach themselves to my computer. I mostly use DU, and I empty my cookies regularly. Any suggestion as to how I might handle this? Is anyone else having this problem? Why does DU attach so many cookies?

[Shandris]

1. Try using a 'custom' option...

...that allows per-session cookies but not third party cookies and you should be alright again. And if you're using IE, I humbly and strongly urge you to look into Firefox. Not only is it better, more manageable, and capable of being made much safer...its also downright FASTER. =)

[t0dd]

2. I think we all know whom to blame..

[Strong Atheist]

23. !

:rofl:

Edited: Though it would have been better, imho, without the words in the picture...

[boobooday]

3. I want to second the Firefox recommendation

SOOOOO much better.

[MrModerate]

5. I've tried Firefox. Vanilla vs chocolate. No signifigant difference.

A feature here and there, but mostly no biggie.

[Lex]

6. Feature wise maybe, but it's leaner and faster when loading and browsing.

nt

[MrModerate]

18. Maybe so. For me, there's no noticeable difference. n/t

[boobooday]

11. I have actually now switched to Safari

I love their "top sites" feature!

[madokie]

22. Yep I agree

I like IE much better that firefox. I've actually timed loading different websites with both firefox and ie and ie always comes out to be the fastest. For me that has been true for a long time now in fact all the way back to when I was on windows 98.

[anigbrowl]

27. Same here. I moved to Chrome for the speed and have never gone back.

I gather Opera is pretty nippy too.

[MrModerate]

4. Vista's slowness has nothing to to with cookies . . .

Or rather, if there's any effect from cookies, it's minuscule. Vista is a lumbering bear of an operating system and without really fast hardware is ... going ... to ... be ... slow.

[anigbrowl]

8. Well, you shouldn't run vista with less than a few gb of RAM and a decent CPU

On the other hand, you could just wait for Windows 7 and get a cheap upgrade, might be free if s/you/OP just bought the current machine.

[MrModerate]

14. Presuming Windows 7 lives up to its advance billing . . . n/t

[anigbrowl]

24. I've been running it since spring

Come to think of it, there's nothing preventing the OP from installing it now.

[MrModerate]

28. One of those time-limited release candidate versions . . . ?

Not for the faint of heart. I'm waiting for the shrinkwrapped version in October.

[anigbrowl]

44. Well, I have until next July to upgrade

Apart from a hiccup with my wifi driver after I installed it it's been completely smooth sailing. I'm a lot more impressed than I was with XP, actually; this is the best edition of Windows MS has put together for years (I've been working in the computer industry much of my career - 1985-2005 - and still make some side income beta testing/troubleshooting now). Normally I'd be 'wait for the first service pack before installing a new OS' but in this case I say Go For It.

In fact, I feel a little dumbed down by it because everything just works as I expect it to, so I haven't needed to spend any significant time troubleshooting things with this release, and thus haven't spent as much time reading obscure tech support docs and so on as I usually would. So I updated Linux on another machine to keep myself challenged :-)

[MrModerate]

45. Excellent. I've ordered my copies and am looking forward to installation . . .

I just looked at the above statement, and it's kind of sad, really.

However, I *do* have a life, I promise you!!

[backwoodsbob]

21. the kid has vista

he has quad 2.4's and 8 gigs of ram and my poor three year old comp is faster with xp

[anigbrowl]

25. Then he's got something set up wrong

I was never a particular fan of Vista but it should run fine with a configuration like that. Mine did (before I switched to 7), and with only half that amount of RAM too - single-channel, at that.

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Vista's slowness has a lot to do with it being bloated with a lot of useless crap.

If you must use Vista at all, there are ways to make it work better.

http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/OSguides.htm#Windows_Vista

[MrModerate]

16. I've seen those tips before, but most of them disable things I'd rather have . . .

Which is why the marketing/engineering guys at Microsoft put them in Vista in the first place.

Knowing Vista was a hog, I bought a fast new machine, and *my* user experience has been (for the most part) quite satisfactory. I'm hoping Windows 7 will be quite zippy by comparison, and I'll notice substantial improvement.

[Ohio Joe]

35. Black Viper is a good site

I've had it book marked for a long time now, very good stuff!

[Shandris]

10. Yes, this is true. OP...

...you said you are new to Vista. If your system is having problems running speedily, you might want to disable 'Aero'. Its the generic name template for all the pretty, unnecessary things that Vista likes to do. I even turn it off on computers where its not needed, because it really is the singlemost disgusting piece of bloatware I've ever laid eyes on. The little flippy taskbar is cute...well, once. =)

[MrModerate]

17. On the other hand, if you stare at the damn thing for 8-10 hours a day as I do . . .

What it looks like begins to really matter. While I've turned off the sidebar and some of the other animations, the overall Aero look is something I'm not willing to do without. Different strokes/folks, I guess.

[charlie]

7. Do you have a second reply window open?

If you have more than one open at once and try to submit a reply, it'll fail. The error message will be something about inability to write to the site's cookies.

[Speck Tater]

12. FYI: Cookies are good. Cookies do NOT slow you down. Fear of cookies is not rational. nt

[pipi_k]

13. I use Firefox. That cookie message only happens randomly, like

once every two or three months. Then I don't get another message for a long time.


:shrug:

[Cleita]

15. Yes, get a Mac next time. No more cookie problems. n/t

[Haole Girl]

19. +1

:thumbsup:

[MrModerate]

20. Yeah, right. No cookies on Macs, right? Sorry, Charlie, that's just not true.

You can argue that cookies aren't "a problem" under Mac operating systems, but not that they're not present. Why do you think Mac-based browsers have the same options to delete cookies that Windows-based browsers do?

[Cleita]

31. I said no more cookie problems. Doesn't anyone speak English anymore?

I never said there were no cookies.

[MrModerate]

36. And you maintain that cookies *are* a problem with Window machines . . .

and *aren't* for Macs? That's very interesting. Plese explain.

[Cleita]

37. I haven't maintained anything. The OP said he had a problem with cookies and

all I said is get a Mac. That's all. Mac's browser is pretty free of cookie problems, virus problems and many other afflictions that Window's user seem to get though and I have used both and still use both.

[MrModerate]

38. Ah. AppleNC talking points. Do you get those by blast fax? n/t

[Cleita]

39. No I own a Mac and I know how it performs. I guess you must work

for Microsoft or you wouldn't say such nonsense.

[MrModerate]

46. Aw c'mon, lighten up. If Mac and Windows users can't make fun of each other . . .

What's life for?

[Statistical]

41. There is no "MAC browser". It is called safari and is available for Windows.

Of course Safari doesn't do anything amazing or special and that is why it has a 4% market share far behind firefox in popularity.

[Cleita]

42. That is the browser. It works like Mozilla and IE. I use all three

but mostly I use Safari. All three are browsers in my understanding of the word jargon.

[anigbrowl]

26. You realize cookies have nothing to do with the operating system, yes? Nitwit.

[Cleita]

32. Yes, I do so the nitwit wouldn't be me. I do know that the Mac operating

system helps me to deal with them much more effectively.

[anigbrowl]

43. Uh, right.

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. Buy a Mac

:)

[Feron]

30. To help increase speed other than getting new hardware,

try deleting your temp files. Press Windows key + R to bring up the run ultity. Then type in cleanmgr. From there you can delete them.

It also helps to delete the cache in your browser. You can also delete all of your cookies as well and set permissions so that only certain sites (like DU) can set cookies.

[BlooInBloo]

33. *gasp* Websites drop cookies? Say it ain't so!!!

:rofl:

[blogslut]

34. Turn off the Security Warnings in Vista

Go into the Control Panel, open Windows Security Center and disable the alerts.

[Statistical]

40. Cookies are negligble what you describe is your computer starving for more memory.

How much RAM does your system have?

START > My Computer > (right click) > Properties > Lower Right hand corner.

RAM is insanely cheap now and since most computers are sold "ram limited" (fast processor for PR but RAM starved) it can make an incredible difference in perceived performance.