Hey, Joe - you know I love you right? Bite Me! :-) You didn't have a New Hampshire JoeClone™ when I tried messing with said computer. (Guys, it was sheer hell. Joe did the same stuff ONCE the computer owner and I did separately several times, only it worked when he did it. Mr Smug-Britches Magic-Fingers...)

There has got to be something that causes a browser to dump cookies when it shuts down, or when the computer does. I know folks on WebTV have said they had to log in every time, but I'm not sure that the cookes aren't stored on a server on the web, and there's any user control over that. It's just the other browsers dumping cookies I don't understand. I notice the cookies do have expiration dates, so theoretically everyone should have to refresh every so often. I've never been de-cookiefied without logging out, though.