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your web browser must be configured to accept cookies.


To enable cookies, follow the steps below for your specific web browser. ...

To access secure websites like PayPal.com,
your web browser must be configured to accept cookies. ...

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How do I enable cookies?

To access secure websites like PayPal.com, your web browser must be configured to accept cookies. To enable cookies, follow the steps below for your specific web browser.


For Internet Explorer version 5.5 and earlier:

1 From the Tools menu, click Internet Options

2 Select the Security tab and click Custom Level

3 There will be a section labelled Cookies

4 In the section labelled Cookies, make sure both types are Enabled and click OK



For Internet Explorer version 6.0:

1 Go to Start in the lower left-hand corner of your computer screen

2 Select Settings and then Control Panel

3 In Control Panel, open the Internet Options programme

4 Click Privacy.

5 Click Advanced

6 Tick the 'Override automatic cookie handling' tickbox

Enable Always allow session cookies

Click OK and close the Internet Options windows


For Windows XP:

1 Open your Internet Explorer browser.

2 Click Tools located at the top of the browser and select Internet Options

3 Click Privacy located at the top of the window

4 Click Edit located near the bottom of the window

5 On the line provided, type https://www.paypal.com/ and click Allow

6 Click OK to exit all windows


For MSN Explorer:

1 Click Help & Settings in the top right-hand corner

2 Click Web Browsing located on the left side, halfway down the page

3 A new window will appear with the heading, What do you want to change about your web browsing settings?

4 Click MSN Explorer Security Statement

5 After the paragraph headed Security Settings, click View, Configure Security Settings

6 Select Custom Level

7 Scroll down the list to Cookies

8 Click the circle next to Enable for Allow cookies that are stored on your computer and Allow per-session cookies

Click OK


If you wish to disable cookies for all websites, follow these steps:


1 Click Start in the lower left-hand corner of the computer screen

2 Select Settings, Control Panel

3 In Control Panel, click Internet Options

4 Click Privacy.

5 Click Edit.

6 Type https://www.paypal.com in the address bar of your web browser

7 Click Allow (This allows cookies to be enabled for the PayPal website only)

8 Click OK and close the Internet Options window


To enable cookies using Netscape in Windows:


1 Click Edit from the main menu bar.

2 Select Preferences and then Advanced.

3 Under Cookies, select either Accept All Cookies or Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server

4 Click OK

5 Return to the web browser and click Reload. (This should load the most recent versions of PayPal's web pages)


To enable cookies using Netscape 7.0 in Windows:


1 Click Edit from the main menu bar.

2 Select Preferences and then Privacy & Security

3 Under Cookies, select Enable All Cookies or Enable Cookies based on privacy settings

4 Click OK

5 Go back to the web browser and click Reload. You should receive the most recent versions of our web pages


To enable cookies using Netscape on a Macintosh:


1 Click Edit from the main menu bar.

2 Select Preferences and then Advanced.

3 Under Cookies, select either Accept all cookies or Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server

4 Click OK

5 Go back to your web browser and click Reload. You should receive the most recent versions of our web pages


To enable cookies for Internet Explorer using a Mac OS 10 or later:


Click Explorer at the top of your screen

Click Preferences

Under Receiving Files Preferences, click Cookies.

Next to When receiving cookies, select Never Ask

Click OK