Thu, 12 Sep 2013, 23:03

To my students in EE 306,

I have been told by some students that they have been denied access to our
EE 306 web page and to other pages belonging to the ECE website.  I actually
have had that problem myself.  It is a function of heightened security of
the ECE website.  

The simplest way to deal with it is to remove all cookies from your browser.
Cookies are pieces of information supplied to your browser by some webserver
who wants to retain information about you from your previous accesses of that
web server.  For each of the common browsers, the instructions for removing
cookies are given below.  Once the cookies are removed, close the browser,
restart it, and you should be able to now access the EE 306 web page.

Good luck with the rest of EE 306.

Yale Patt


Firefox, running on Linux:
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At the top of the browser, you will see Edit.  Clicking on it brings up a
drop down menu.  Click on Preferences.  This will bring up a small window.
At the top, click on Privacy.  This changes the content of the window.
Click on "remove individual cookies."  This brings up a smaller window.
Click on "Remove all cookies."  Then close the small window, then close the
larger window.  Then close the browser.  Then restart the browser, and you
should be in business.

Firefox, running on Windows:
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On the top left corner of the browser, you will see an orange colored
"Firefox" button. Clicking on it will bring up a drop down menu. Click on
Options. This will bring up a small window. At the top, click on Privacy.
 This changes the content of the window. Click on "remove individual
cookies."  This brings up a smaller window. Click on "Remove all cookies."
 Then close the small window, then close the larger window.  Then close the
browser.  Then restart the browser, and you should be in business.


Internet Explorer:
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On the top right corner of the browser, you will find a "Tools" icon in the
shape of a small cog wheel. Clicking on it will bring up a drop down menu.
Click on Internet Options. A small window pops up, with a title "Internet
Options". At the top, click on General. You would see a section labeled
"Browsing history" in the window. Click on the button "Delete..." in it.
Another window should pop up. In this window, ensure the box next to
"Cookies" is checked. If not, click on it to check it. The press the
"Delete" button at the bottom of the window. Now click OK in the window
labeled "Internet Options". Then close the browser. Then restart the
browser.


Safari, running on Macs:
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Open a Safari browser, at the top left corner of your screen you will see
the word "Safari" (to the right of the apple), click it. Then click
"Preferences", a preferences window should open up. At the top of the
preferences window you will see many icons and one of them says "Security",
click it. Towards the middle you should see a section that say "Accept
Cookies:", under that should be a button that says "Show Cookies", click
it. A drop down window will show up. On the window you will see a list of
your cookies and towards the bottom will be a button that says "Remove
All", click it. Then click "Done". Then close your Safari browser and
restart it. The EE 306 website should work.


Chrome, running on Windows:
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   1. Click the Chrome menu [image: Chrome menu] on the browser toolbar.
   2. Select *Settings*.
   3. Click *Show advanced settings*.
   4. In the "Privacy" section, click the *Content settings* button.
   5. In the "Cookies" section, Click *All cookies and site data* to open
   the Cookies and Other Data dialog. To delete all cookies, click *Remove
   all* at the bottom of the dialog.