I am no computer whiz for sure, but have had to learn WAY more than I wanted to to transfer files from the old shop computer to a new one. In doing so, I investigated cookies, settings, etc. I'm now running WinXP rather than 98SE. The old system let me see the cookies easily which had been planted, but not so the new system. However, I found them through a search. I was appalled to find that on January 7th, there were 132 cookies planted on the machine. Some of these were duplicates--how come?--and some were recognizable, but most not. Other days had similar numbers. It seems I should be concerned about this, and I am. I deleted the cookies from the TempInternetFiles and, of course, had to re-register for TG. Is there a way to keep the ones you want more permanently, and refuse to accept those you don't?