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Enabling Cookies for Siebel Applications

This section describes how to enable the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser to handle cookies used by Siebel applications.

Review instructions for your supported browser version.

To enable cookies using Internet Explorer 6.0

1. Choose Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Privacy tab.
3. In Privacy settings, click Advanced.
4. Verify that Override automatic cookie handling is checked. Also consider:
   • If First-party Cookies is set to Accept, then all Siebel cookies are enabled.
   • If First-party Cookies are blocked, you can still enable the session cookie by checking Always allow session cookies.
5. Click OK, then click OK again.

To enable cookies using Internet Explorer 5.5

1. Choose Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. In Security settings, under Allow cookies that are stored on your computer, select Enable or Prompt.

   This setting enables persistently storing the auto-login credential cookie and, for the Mobile Web Client, the Siebel QuickStart cookie.

4. In Security settings, under Allow per-session cookies (not stored), select Enable or Prompt.

   This setting enables storing the session cookie during the length of the session.

5. Click OK, then click OK again.