Setting Cookies
Many pages on the Boston University Web site provide information that is either limited to certain groups or individuals, or customized for the individual viewing the page. These pages require you to enter your password at the "Weblogin" page. For this to work, your browser must be able to temporarily store a small amount of information, called a cookie, in memory. To log in, your browser must be configured to accept cookies.
The following instructions describe how to set most popular browsers to accept cookies. If, after following these instructions and restarting your browser, you still have a problem authenticating at the Weblogin page, please feel free to contact us.
Firefox for Windows
1. Open the Tools menu in Firefox and choose Options.
2. Click on the + next to Cookies to expand that section (if necessary) so that you can see the various cookie options.
3. Make sure there is a checkmark next to "Enable Cookies" and that the radio button marked Accept cookies normally is selected.
4. Click on OK.
5. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows:
1. Open the Tools menu and choose Internet Options.
2. On the Privacy tab, make sure you are set to at least Medium privacy
3. Still on the Privacy tab, click on the Advanced button and put a checkmark next to Override automatic cookie handling.
4. Set First-party Cookies to Accept (or Prompt if you prefer) . Set Third-party Cookies to Prompt.
C5. lick on OK and then OK again.
You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
Internet Explorer 5 and 5.5 for Windows:
1. Open the Tools menu and choose Internet Options.
2. On the Security tab make sure that Internet is
selected.
3. Click on the Custom Level button
4. Scroll down to see the Cookies category and select "Enable" next
to "Allow per-session".
5. Click on OK and then OK again.
6. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but
if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh:
1. Open the Explorer menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Receiving Files category, select Cookies.
3. Next to "When receiving cookies" choose "Never
ask".
4. Click on OK.
5. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but
if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
Internet Explorer 4 for Windows:
1. Open the View menu and choose Internet Options.
2. Click once on Advanced.
3. Next scroll down to Cookies and Enable cookies.
4. Click on OK.
5. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but
if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
Netscape 6 or 7 or Mozilla for Windows
and Macintosh:
1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences (OS
X users will find this under the Netscape or Mozilla
menu).
2. Under the Privacy & Security categories, click Cookies.
(If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security
to expand the list.)
3. Check off the option to Enable all cookies.
4. Click on OK.
5. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but
if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
Netscape 4.X for Windows and Macintosh:
1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences
2. In the Preferences window that appears, click once on
the word Advanced.
3. Enable cookies and click on OK.
4. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but
if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.
AOL:
If you are using AOL version 6 or older you may find that
you cannot access Weblogin resources with AOL's built-in browser.
Instead you should (while still connected to AOL) go to your Start
menu or desktop and use an external browser such as IE or Netscape
to access the site.
Opera for Windows and Macintosh:
1. Open the File menu and choose Quick Preferences
(OS X users will find this under the Opera menu.).
2. Check off the option to Enable cookies.
3. You should not need to restart the browser at this point, but
if you find that you still cannot access Weblogin, try a restart.