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I have a Passport, but I see the same question repeatedly.

If you have a Passport, but see the same question repeatedly when you click YES on the Passport site, you may have to delete your Passport cookie to activate Microsoft Reader.

To remove Passport cookies:

If you're using Internet Explorer

  1. Click Tools, then Internet Options.
  2. Under Temporary Internet files, click Settings.
  3. Click the View Files button.
  4. Right click and delete the following files:
       [YourName]@passport.com
       [YourName]@passporttest.com
       Cookie:[your name]@das.microsoft.com/
       Cookie:[your name]@passport.com/
       Cookie:[your name]@passport.com/ppsecure
  5. Close all your browser windows, and reopen your browser to the Microsoft activation site .

If you're using Netscape Navigator

  1. Close all Netscape instances.
  2. Use Notepad to edit [Netscape Install Drive]:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\[your name]\cookies.txt.
  3. Remove all lines that start with "passport.com" and ".microsoft.com."
  4. Reopen your browser to the Microsoft activation site .

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