How to Enable Cookies on a Desktop Browser

In order to ensure that you have read the disclaimer for this website, we use a verification system (cookies). If you are repeatedly taken to the disclaimer page of this website within a 24-hour period, this verification system may have been temporarily disabled on your web browser.
If you don't believe there's any reason for this problem to be occurring, you may want to simple refresh your browser and return to our homepage here.

If it's possible that your computer is not currently configured to accept cookies, then please read the instructions below to help us resolve this problem:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 through 9.0

1. Select the 'Tools->Internet Options' menu item.
2. Open the 'Privacy' tab.
3. Adjust the slider to block or allow various categories of cookie. Alternatively by clicking 'Advanced...' you can exercise finer control over the browser's behavior, choosing whether to accept, block, or prompt for cookies originating either on the website you are visiting (first party cookies) or originating from websites other than the one you are visiting (third party cookies, typically used by banner advertisements hosted on an advertiser's website).
4. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

     1. Click Start > Control Panel. (With Windows XP Classic View, click the Windows Start button > Settings > Control Panel).
     2. Click Advanced.
     3. Select "Override Automatic Cookie Handling."
     4. Select the "Accept" or "Prompt" option under "First-party Cookies."
     5. Select the "Accept" or "Prompt" option under "Third-party Cookies." (If you select the "Prompt" option, you'll be asked for approval every time a website attempts to send you a cookie.)
     6. In the Internet Options window, click OK to exit.
     7. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Firefox 7.0 (Windows)

1. Use the 'Tools->Options' menu item (may be under the Firefox button).
2. Choose the 'Privacy' tab.
3. Set the 'Firefox will:' option to 'Use custom settings for history'.
4. Now you can choose whether cookies are enabled for websites you visit and third party websites, and if so how long they will persist. You can also use the 'Exceptions' button to override the settings for particular websites.
5. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Firefox 3.0 (Windows)

1. Click Tools > Options.
     2. Click Privacy in the top panel.
     3. Set "Firefox will:" to Use custom settings for history.
     4. Check the box next to "Accept cookies from sites" to enable cookies.
     5. Click OK.
     6. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Firefox 2.0 (Windows)

     1. Click Tools > Options.
     2. Click Privacy in the top panel.
     3. Select the checkbox labeled "Accept cookies from sites."
     4. Click OK.
     5. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Firefox for Mac:

     1. Go to the Firefox drop-down menu.
     2. Select Preferences.
     3. Click Privacy.
     4. Set "Firefox will:" to Use custom settings for history.
     5. Check the box next to "Accept cookies from sites" to enable cookies.
     6. Click OK.
     7. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Google Chrome (Version 22.0) for Mac

1. Go to the Chrome drop-down menu.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Select 'Show Advanced Settings...' at the bottom of the page. 4. Under the Privacy tab, select 'Content Settings...' 5. Under 'Cookies,' select 'Allow local data to be set (recommended).' 6. Click OK.
7. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Google Chrome (Pre-Version 22.0) for Mac:

     1. Select Chrome > Preferences on the menu bar.
     2. Click the Under the Hood tab.
     3. Click Content settings in the "Privacy" section.
     4. Select Allow local data to be set to allow both first-party and third-party cookies. If you only want to accept first-party cookies, check the box next to "Block all third-party cookies without exception."
     5. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Google Chrome (Windows)

     1. Click the Tools menu.
     2. Select Options.
     3. Click the Under the Hood tab.
     4. Click Content settings in the "Privacy" section.
     5. Select Allow local data to be set to allow both first-party and third-party cookies. If you only want to accept first-party cookies, check the box next to "Block all third-party cookies without exception."
     6. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Safari

   To enable cookies in Safari:

     1. Go to the Safari drop-down menu.
     2. Select Preferences.
     3. Click Security in the top panel.
     4. Under "Accept Cookies" select Only from sites you navigate to.
     5. Please proceed to the following address: Return to website

Still having problems?
If cookies in your browser are enabled and you're still seeing this error message, try opening a new window in your browser. Sometimes a browser's cookies will not work properly when you are using multiple tabs in a browser window.

Thank you for your assistance!

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