Cookie is small 4 kb data file that a website uses to remember your settings or track your surfing habits. Designed to benefit the web surfer, a cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your hard disk. It stores your login name, pasword, custom settings etc. If you've already visited a site, cookie is set in your PC. When you visit the site again, the web server search for cookie and customize the website according to the information in cookie. Cookies keep the history of visited sites. Cookies are stored in a directory named temporary internet files.

Deleting cookies makes privacy online, but it looses some functionality in the web. To disable cookie, IE ->Tools->Internet options->Security->Cookies->Enable/disable.

If the security level is high, cookie will be disabled. To delete cookie in IE , \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files.

The Temporary Internet Files directory will be under systemDrive. You can find it by typing 'set' at Dos command prompt.

Delete cookie in Opera :
Tools - History (select all & delete).
Tools - Cookies (delete one by one)
Tools -wandpasswords (delete one by one)
Tools -delete private data (delete all the checked).

Documents and Settings\Administrator\Recent : contains the short cut to recent documents opened in the PC. The directory will be under SystemDrive.