Activating Cookies

Without cookies enabled on your system, the 360° Demo site will not function correctly.

How to Activate Cookies

How to activate cookies in Internet Explorer 5 or earlier

  1. On the desktop of your computer, go to the Control Panel. Find the Internet Options icon and double click it. If you are not sure how to get to your Control Panel you can click your Windows Start button, go to settings and choose Control Panel.
  2. A new screen will appear. Click on the Security tab then click on the Custom Level button.
  3. Another new screen will appear. Scroll down until you see the area that says "Cookies." Make sure you have both sections set to Enable cookies.
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How to activate cookies in Internet Explorer 6/XP

  1. On the desktop of your computer, go to the Control Panel. Find the Internet Options icon and double click it. If you are not sure how to get to your Control Panel you can click your Windows start button, go to settings and choose Control Panel.
  2. A new screen will appear. Click the Privacy tab. You should either see a slider similar to the one pictured below, or the word custom (if you see the word custom, follow the instructions for advanced users instead).
  3. By default, this should be set to medium, if it is all the way at the top, move it down until the word medium is displayed, as this is the highest level which will allow the Demo site login cookie to work properly. Click OK, close all your open IE6 windows, and restart IE.

Instructions for advanced Users

  1. If you have not followed steps 1-2 above, do so now. Click the Advanced... button.
  2. Check Override automatic cookie handling and select Accept under both "First party Cookies" and "Third party Cookies." Also, Check "Always allow session cookies."
  3. Click OK to exit out of Internet Options - close all your open IE6 windows, and restart IE.

Alternate instructions for those who require the medium-high or high privacy options

  1. In the Privacy tab, click Edit... in the Web Sites section.
  2. In the "Address of Web Site" box, copy and paste, or type in: http://www.checkpointonline.com, then click Allow. This will enable all servers in the CheckPoint domain to set and read cookies unless you have the privacy settings explicitly set to block or allow all cookies.
  3. Click OK to exit out of Internet Options – close all your open IE6 windows, and restart IE.
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How to activate cookies in Netscape

  1. Launch your Netscape program. On the toolbar go to Edit then choose Preferences.
  2. A new screen will appear. Click on the Advanced tab, then look under the Cookies area to make sure you have Accept all Cookies enabled.
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