Pessoal eu tenho muitas duvidas ne ^^'. logo mais estarei postando meu primeiro website...mais por enquanto tenho uns problemas>>>

Código PHP:
###########################################################################################
<?php

           $forms = '<form action="" method="post" name="logando"> <table width="100%" border="0">
          <tr>
            <td>Login :&nbsp;&nbsp;
              <label>
              <input type="text" name="login" id="login" />
              </label></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Senha :
              <label>
              <input type="password" name="senha" id="senha" />
              </label></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="right"><label>
              <div align="center"><a href="#">Recuperar Senha</a>
                  <input name="Logar" type="submit" id="Logar" value="Logar" />
                </div>
            </label></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>           </td>
          </tr>
        </table></form>';
            if(isset($_POST['Logar']))
            {
              $login = $_POST['login'];
              $senha = $_POST['senha'];
              $v_login = mssql_num_rows(mssql_query('select memb___id from memb_info where memb___id="'.$login.'"'));
              $v_senha = mssql_num_rows(mssql_query('select memb__pwd from memb_info where memb__pwd="'.$senha.'"')); 
                if(empty($login))
                {
                 echo '<center><font color=red> Por favor insira seus dados no Login corretamente</font></center>';
                  
                }
                elseif(empty($senha))
                {
                    echo '<center><font color=red>Por favor insira sua Senha.</font></center>';
                }
                elseif($v_login != 1)
                {
                    echo '<center><font color=red> Login Incorreto</font></center>';
                }
                elseif($v_senha != 1)
                {
                    echo '<center><font color=red> Senha incorreta</font></center>';
                }
                else
                {
                       setcookie(login, $login);
                    setcookie(senha, $senha);
                }
                }
                if(!isset($_COOKIE['login']) && !isset($_COOKIE['senha']))
                {
                  echo $forms;  
                }
                else
                {
                    $login = $_COOKIE['login'];
                    $senha = $_COOKIE['senha'];
                    $dados_conta = mssql_query("select * from memb_info where memb___id='".$login."' and memb__pwd='".$senha."'");
                    $exibe_dados = mssql_fetch_array($dados_conta); 
                    $dados_cargo = mssql_query('select * from ft_equipe where login="'.$login.'"');
                    $exibe_dados_cargo = mssql_fetch_array($dados_cargo);
                    
                    switch($exibe_dados['vip'])
                    {
                        case 0: $res_vip = "Free";
                        break;
                        case 1: $res_vip = vip;
                        break;
                        case 2: $res_vip = svip;
                        break;
                        default;                        
                    }
                    switch($exibe_dados_cargo['cargo'])
                    {
                        case 0: $res_painel = "Player";
                        break;
                        case 1: $res_painel = dv;
                        break;
                        case 2: $res_painel = gm;
                        break;
                        case 3: $res_painel = s_adm;
                        break;
                        case 4: $res_painel = adm;
                        break;
                        default; 
                    }
                    echo '<div id="painel_usuario"><table>
                 <tr>
                    <td>» Ol&aacute <b><font color=green>'.$login.'</b></font></td>
                        </tr>
                 <tr>
                    <td>» Voc&ecirc; possui: <b><font color=yellow>'.$exibe_dados['creditos'].'</b></font> Dias de: <b><font color=yellow>'.$res_vip.'</b></font></td>
                        </tr>
                 <tr>
                    <td>» Condi&ccedil;&atilde;o de: <b><font color=yellow>'.$res_painel.'</b></font></td>
                        </tr>
                 <tr>
                    <td><a href="#">» Gerenciar Conta</a></td>
                        </tr>
                 <tr>
                    <td><a href="#">» Gerenciar Personagem</a></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                    <td><a href="#">';
                    switch($exibe_dados['painelext'])
                    {
                        case 1: echo '» Painel De Divulgador</a>';
                        case 2: echo '<iframe><a href="../ext/modulos/paginas/painel_aberto.php">» Painel De Game-Master</iframe></a>';
                        case 3: echo '» Painel Administrativo';
                        case 4: echo '<a href="?painel_aberto">» Painel De Administrador</a>';
                    }
                    
                    echo'</a> </td></tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><a href="?sair=1"> sair</a></td>
                        </tr>                    
                        
                                </div></table>';
                }
              
            
            if(isset($_GET['sair']))
            {
                session_start();
                session_destroy();
                setcookie(login, "");
                setcookie(senha, "");
                echo "<a href='index.php'></a>";
                }
 
?>


#############################################################################################
galera este codigo acima teria como voces me dizerem um modo de criar o cookie e ao mesmo tempo ele verificar?

porque com o codigo acima pra fazer login necessita 2 tentativas... Alguem ai pode me ajudar a melhorar o codigo ou me dizer um jeito melhor??? Agradeço