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Dear Ann, Don't you worry about that cookie! You may be better off having lost it! A cookie is really a snoop. When you surf the Web, some sites, or even advertisers on the site, leave a hidden message in your computer. They call them cookies. Everytime you return to the same site, or one where the same advertising firm is advertising (Doubleclick, for instance), the cookie in your computer is debriefed about where you've been on the Net since it was last contacted. The cookie is collecting information about how you use the Internet. It's a spy! I regularly delete the cookies on my hard drive. I know they're not really harmful, and I don't have much to hide, but the principle! Using Windows '95/'98, I open Windows Explorer, then click on Windows, then Temporary Internet Files. I do Edit, Select All, and Delete. There will be warning windows that come up saying "XXX is a Cookie. Are you sure you want to delete it?" and I say YES! Anyway, don't worry about it. If you use the Web, you'll have plenty more cookies on your computer soon. Jane At 04:22 AM 8/13/99 +0000, you wrote: >And now for something completely different... > > Have you lost YOUR cookies? > >My computer told me that "I lost my MAGIC" cookie--you >can just imagine my consternation, yes, consternation, >remember this is NON-PD, when, at 54, my COMPUTER told me >I've LOST MY MAGIC COOKIE!! At 54, there is much in need >of restoration, but my magic cookie?--it's more than I >can bear!! How does one with advancing age and declining >faculties set about restoring one's cookie!! > >Even if the rest of my cookies have not been totally >lost, I'm certain they have been rearranged. If only >there was auto-restore button somewhere that I could just >push... sigh... > >CAM >> >