You can use the session variables to store the user related information. That is the most simple way to store information baout a particular user.

use cookies and session vars.

dim saveinfo1
if request.cookie("testcookie")="" then
saveinfo1 = session("saveinfo1")
else
saveinfo1 = request.cookie("saveinfo1")
end if

bah, this way if the user has cookies blocked it uses the session (testcookies is a set cookie with any value) otherwise it uses the cookie

You will obviously (or maybe not) need to create the testcookie on a page previous to the one on which you test for it. No point in testing for a non-existent cookie, and you can't test on the same page that you create it on, well not without reloading the page.

As for a way around the problem - don't use cookies! If your site depends on cookies to work correctly then you need to inform your users very clearly of the fact, and you need to implement procedures to check that they can accept cookies before they run off and break your site.