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Cookies are simply a small file that a Web site puts in your PC to identify you or store information about you or your computer, such as an IP address. 'Friendly' cookies help you avoid the hassle of future visits to the site. While 'bad' cookies appear on your computer left by advertising companies (some pages also leave their own advertising cookies), these companies pay to get ads on the page. Web you visit. These cookie files track your access to advertising companies' sites (or their own sites), and they can adapt the ads you see with your browser history. friend. Gradually, cookies can grasp your browsing habits, although regular advertising cookies, such as the DoubleClick problem, cannot name a certain habit when surfing the web. This means that if you clear cookies immediately after turning off your browser, the ad network will never have a chance to discover your surfing habits. Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers, Firefox 1 and 2 have good cookie handling procedures. IE allows you to keep 'first party' cookies (the page you visit) but block cookies from third parties: select Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Avanced . In the Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box, check Override automatic cookie handling (see the instructions image). Under ' First-party Cookies ', select Accept , under ' Third-party Cookies ', select Block . Ignore the cookie option. Click OK twice. Firefox 2 can accept, and delete regularly, any cookies that you have not explicitly ordered to keep: Click Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> check Accept cookies from sites , and in The ' Keep until ' box below, enter the URL of the site with the cookie you want to keep in 'Address of web site '. Select Allow for each URL, when done, click Close and OK . If you are using Firefox 1.5, click Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cookies , check Allow sites to set cookies , and check for each website. Many security programs, including Norton Internet Security, PC-Cillin and Ad-Aware, can also identify and destroy 'spy' cookies. Disable Windows Key You can disable Windows Key by editing the Registry a bit. But first, backup the Registry. After backing up the Registry, select Start -> Run (just Start for Vista), type regedit , and press the Enter key. In the left pane, find and select: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlKeyboard Layout (not very complicated with the ' Keyboard Layouts ' option below). Click Edit , New , Binary Value , name the new value Scancode Map , and double-click on it. Enter the code below: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00 Click OK , close the Registry Editor , and restart Windows. Your Windows key will no longer exist. If you only want to disable Windows key for certain applications, try the WinKey Killer utility software. Back up the Registry in Windows XP and Vista Always back up the Windows Registry before installing new software or making other changes to the system. In Windows XP, select Start , All Programs , Accessories , System Tools , System Restore . Click Create a restore point , select Next , and follow the instructions. In Vista, click Start , type sysdm.cpl and press Enter . In the User Account Control box, enter your password if necessary and select Continue . Select System Protection , Create , and then follow the instructions. Another way, and the best way for Windows 2000 users (missing System Restore), is the free ERUNT utility software. Nguyen Nam