Author Topic: This forum never remembers my cookies for login?! (Read 5996 times)

vwt4 · « **on:** November 19, 2008, 11:01:03 am »

As above guys, just wanting to see if this is only me or a forum wide issue (I dont get it on any other forum I go on)

But if I come on here and browse and post for a bit, then go away for half an hour (close the browser window)

I am logged out by the time I come back??!!!

wtf, Its so annoying!!

is the login timeout set for a really short time or what?

My browse is IE 6 with all updates on Xp pro (all updates) and its a fully healthy system!

Op-Ivy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:06:19 am »

Reset your cookies. You will have to relog into every website but it should fix your problem.

Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools
2. Click on Internet Options
3. On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
4. You may also want to check the box "Delete all offline content"
5. Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files
6. You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.

Choppercat · « **Reply #2 on:** November 26, 2008, 11:10:13 am »

I have a similar problem: When I log in, the cookies do not appear and although my username appears at the bottom of the page, I have to log in again to use my privileges

. And I never get the cookies unil a new post arrives :evil: .

Vincent Waldon · « **Reply #3 on:** November 26, 2008, 11:46:26 am »

Quote from: "Choppercat"

I have a similar problem: When I log in, the cookies do not appear and although my username appears at the bottom of the page, I have to log in again to use my privileges . And I never get the cookies unil a new post arrives :evil: .

Did you reset your cookies as per Op-Ivy's suggestion ?

Choppercat · « **Reply #4 on:** November 26, 2008, 12:05:57 pm »

Just did and it logged me in on first attempt. I'll check later tonight for the cookies. Thanks Vince :wink:

Vincent Waldon · « **Reply #5 on:** November 26, 2008, 03:07:51 pm »

NP... cookies are a bit of a bizarre workaround to the anonymous nature of the web and both your browser and this board are programmed to bail if anything looks a bit wonky... erring on the side of caution for security reasons !!

Resetting your cookies takes away any wonkyness that may have crept into your browser's cookie dictionary.

Choppercat · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2008, 01:08:54 pm »

It's gotten worse: Now I can't log-in AT ALL!

Even though my username appears in the ''Who's on line'' section. I deleted everything from my browser's files and the problem persists...Any ideas?

jtanguay · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2008, 01:23:05 pm »

your passwords will get reset if you delete all your browsing history/cookies/cache. if you have a program that does that automatically for you, your passwords won't be saved.

Ziptar · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2008, 06:19:00 am »

Choppercat,
I took the liberty of packet sniffing all of the TCP/IP traffic between your PC and vwdiesel.net.

The diagram below illustrates the problem.

Powered by Spearco · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2008, 04:21:30 pm »

I used to have the same problem loging in too, but now I just login to see any new pm's even though there are no new ones and it keeps me logged in with no probles.

Choppercat · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2008, 05:30:06 pm »

Ziptar summarized better than I ever could! :lol: I just manage to log-in using Spearco's way, Thanks a lot for the tip, hope it works everytime. Now I wish I could spend more time reading new posts and less time figuring-out what's new and what's not. :x

Sorry for highjacking your thread vw4t. :oops:

Choppercat · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2008, 05:32:12 pm »

I keep getting kicked-out WTH? :evil: