How do I enable “cookies” in my web browser?
Read on if you'd like to know...
- What a "cookie" is.
- Why you need to enable cookies to use our website.
- How to enable cookies in your web browser.
In brief...
- A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer by our web server. The vast majority of websites - especially shopping sites - use cookies which are harmless to your computer.
- Cookies help your computer remember your preferences for our website. For example, you can display prices including or excluding VAT. The cookie "remembers" your preference whenever you visit and return to our site, and shows the price as you chose.
- You need to enable cookies on our site because our shopping basket depends on the information.
Further information...
To enable cookies, follow the instructions below for the relevant browser.
For more information on cookies, please see the cookies section of the Privacy Policy. If you use a 3rd party firewall/internet security package please refer to your product documentation to enable cookies for dabs.com.
Please click here when you have enabled cookies.
Mozilla Firefox (3 final release and earlier)
- Go to the "Tools" menu.
- Select "Options".
- Select the "Privacy" icon in the left panel.
- Check the box corresponding to "Allow sites to set cookies".
- Click "OK" to save changes.
Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 5.0
- Select "Preferences" from the Edit menu.
- Click on the arrow next to "Privacy & Security" in the scrolling window to expand.
- Under "Privacy & Security", select "Cookies."
- Select "Enable all cookies".
- Click "OK".
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0+
- Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu.
- Click on the "Privacy" tab.
- Click the "Default" button (or manually slide the bar down to "Medium") under "Settings".
- Click "OK".
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
- Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu.
- Click on the "Security" tab.
- Click the "Custom Level" button.
- Scroll down to the "Cookies" section.
- To enable:
- Set "Allow cookies that are stored on your computer" to "Enable".
- Set "Allow per-session cookies" to "Enable".
- Click "OK".
Opera 7.x
- Select "Preferences" from the Tools-menu.
- Click the Privacy selection near the bottom left of the window.
- To enable:
- Enable cookies checkbox must be checked.
- Accept all cookies should be selected in the "Normal cookies" drop-down.
- Click "OK".
Opera 9.5
- Select "Preferences" from the Tools-menu.
- Click the "Advanced" tab.
- Select "Cookies" from the leaft hand side.
- Chose "Accept cookies"
- Click "OK".
Safari (all versions)
- Select "Preferences" from the Safari menu.
- Click on the Security icon.
- Under Accept Cookies the "Always" or "Only from sites you navigate to" must be selected.
- Click "OK".
Google Chrome
- Click the "tools" icon.
- Select the "under the hood" tab.
- Scroll down until you see "Cookie" settings.
- Select "allow all cookies" from the list.
- Click the "close" button.
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