4WD Clubs News FAQs (frequently-asked questions)

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These days to get value from the Internet, we need to be able to recognise sites which use these technologies legitimately. To play it safe, it is best to implicitly enable cookies o­nly for sites you can trust.

To get the full benefit of this site, you should set your Privacy settings to allow cookies from http://4wdnsw.org and http://4wd.org.au If you are using Internet Explorer v6 this is done as follows:

In Internet Explorer,

1. click the Tools menu, then Internet Options
2. click the Privacy tab, and then the Edit button near the bottom left.
3. In the Address of Web site box type 4wd.org.au and click the Allow button
4. Repeat for 4wdaus.org then click OK to close the Per Site Privacy Actions window.
5. Next click o­n the Security tab in the Internet Options window.
6. Click o­n the Trusted sites icon (green circle with a white tick)
7. Click o­n the Sites button
8. Untick the “Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone
9. In the “Add this Web site to the zone:” box type: http://4wdnsw.org and click the Add button
10. Repeat for http://4wd.org.au
11. Click OK. And then click OK to close the Internet Options window.

The next time you attempt to logon, the site should recognise you.