That's the problem... it wasn't resolved!
See, i since i had that problem, and i'd already tried all the suggested solutions (abt allowing cookies, bla bla bla) and it still wasn't working because Facebook had entered into the restricted section, PLUS Facebook was HIDDEN from the list in the restricted sites section (couldn't remove it from the list even if i wanted to)
so i had to do what my solution said to do.
if u google other forums' threads, they all suggest the same thing: change the privacy settings to let IE use cookies. But in most if not all cases, the people who were experiencing this problem already had their cookies enabled and the problem was/is with just Facebook.
I know the thread is 3 months old and it did warn me before i posted my reply, but since 3 months later i had problems with that cookie issue, then so do/will/have others. Why not have a solution ready for them?
They can try the "allow cookies" thing, and if that solves the problem for them, then good.
If not, then there's no other ways to solve the problem other than the one i just posted. -- none that i know of at least.