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15 July 2017 at 22:21 #307344
Andrew Tinsley
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@andrewtinsley63637
I am finding that I have to log in again every time I use the forum, even if I have the forum up on my computer all day! This has only just happened in the last couple of days. Usually I could stay logged in for days at a time. This with the forum as one of my screens and using sleep mode overnight. Has anything changed? Or has my computer developed some different habits?

To be quite clear, I can log in during the morning, keep the forum as one of my screens and the next time I call up that screen, I have to log in again, if I want to use messaging, ask a question or just simply reply to a topic. It is quite irritating!

Regards,

Andrew.
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15 July 2017 at 22:21 #25371
Andrew Tinsley
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@andrewtinsley63637
15 July 2017 at 22:29 #307345
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
This seems to randomly happen to people, and seems to pass eventually. it may be that your machine is updating something or your ISP is making changes or…. we just don't know why it happens!

It happens to lots of people when we make changes

It can also be caused by having multiple machines logged on, it seems – or having your machine aggressively deleting cookies.

The good news is it does seem to sort itself out in the end.

Neil
15 July 2017 at 22:46 #307350
charadam
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@charadam
It had not happened to me until I had the Win 10 update a few days ago.

Mind you, it is the least of the issues the update has caused!
15 July 2017 at 22:57 #307355
Brian Sweeting 2
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@briansweeting2
Have you also ticked the "remember me" box?
16 July 2017 at 11:12 #307421
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Also if you have another computer tablet etc that you use it will log the other computer out. This could be happening on some device even if you aren't using it yourself and it thinks it want to keep checking the site.
16 July 2017 at 11:31 #307425
Russell Eberhardt
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@russelleberhardt48058
The first time I login after a cold start there is no "remember me" box. If I get logged out for some reason, perhaps if I log in on my tablet, then when I go to the login page that box is there. Very strange.

Russell
16 July 2017 at 12:03 #307430
Mike
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@mike89748
About ten days ago I went through a phase of having to log in every time, then the "fault" – if that's what it is -suddenly went away. Another forum I access daily was also affected, but that's also miraculously disappeared.

Edited By Mike on 16/07/2017 12:04:38
16 July 2017 at 13:25 #307450
Hopper
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@hopper
It happens to me a lot too. I just assumed it was Neil failing to throw an extra log or two into the firebox in time to keep the pressure up to the steam engine that runs this site.
17 July 2017 at 12:58 #307574
Andrew Tinsley
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@andrewtinsley63637
I can log into the forum and then leave the machine for say 30 minutes, when I comeback to the computer I have to log in again!

I have been able to log into the forum and not even log in again for maybe a couple of weeks! I usually put the forum up into a window and just leave it there. I then put the computer into sleep mode overnight, next morning I was still logged in and so on.

This log in problem started about a week ago. Anyone else suffer from this perpetual logging in problem? It is very irritating!

Andrew.

Edited By JasonB on 17/07/2017 13:56:58
17 July 2017 at 15:17 #307581
Andrew Tinsley
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@andrewtinsley63637
Whoops, please ignore the above post, I didn't think my first post had got though to the forum, hence the second post above!

Bt Openreach has been messing about with the underground cables in the village. They cut me off this morning, both phone and internet. When it came back my machine is now running superfast, maybe the problem was in the cabling? , we shall see.

Yes I always tick the box and it does remember me!

Andrew.
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