Why do I have to login again in every few weeks [Archive]

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digmen1

02-03-2005, 10:07 AM

This sucks.

Most forums I use remember your password each time you login.

Why does this forum seem to require me to re-login every few weeks ?

Don't they trust me ?

Are they getting my email adress again for spam sales ?

If they want to piss people off and keep losing memebrs then keep doing it.

Digby

lynx

02-03-2005, 10:44 AM

Information about your login status is held in your cookies. This is true of most boards.

If you clear your cookies (or use another pc) you will lose the logged in status and have to re-enter your username and password. Is your system clearing them as part of system cleanup? If so, you need to get it to keep the cookies from this site.

The board does NOT give out your email address, and in any case how does having to login have any bearing on your email address? It is not part of the login process.

I don't think I've had to log in since we changed over to the Vbulletin software, so if there's a problem it is more likely to be on your pc, not on the board.

clocker

02-03-2005, 11:26 AM

If you clear your cookies (or use another pc) you will lose the logged in status and have to re-enter your username and password.
Really?
I don't find that to be true.
I am autologged on three different PCs and never have to repeat the process for any of them.

lynx

02-03-2005, 12:12 PM

Really?
I don't find that to be true.
I am autologged on three different PCs and never have to repeat the process for any of them.I meant a pc that you don't normally use. As you've pointed out, once you've stored the cookies on a different pc you are automatically logged on there too.

tesco

02-03-2005, 02:55 PM

my guess is you've been clearing the cookies and don't know it.
Do you have any cleanup programs like ccleaner or window washer?

lynx

02-03-2005, 04:42 PM

my guess is you've been clearing the cookies and don't know it.
Do you have any cleanup programs like ccleaner or window washer?Is there an echo in here? :rolleyes:

DanB

02-03-2005, 05:09 PM

[[echo]]

tesco

02-03-2005, 06:27 PM

Is there an echo in here? :rolleyes:
yup. :shifty:

Entity101

02-03-2005, 09:22 PM

Or your cookie has simply expired.

digmen1

02-03-2005, 09:49 PM

Sorry Guys !

It was me !

Doh ! (as per Homer)

Yes I deleted my cookies the other day when doing a bit of trouble shooting.

So I will know next time.

sArA

02-03-2005, 09:56 PM

Virtualbody1234

02-03-2005, 10:11 PM

Or your cookie has simply expired.
Past the "best before" date?

Entity101

02-03-2005, 10:37 PM

http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html ;)

Adster

02-04-2005, 02:15 AM

cookies taste nice :)

out of date??? yeah its a bit stale :(

enoughfakefiles

02-04-2005, 10:21 AM

Logging in must take suuuccccccchhhhhhhhhhh a long time. :rolleyes:

/Edit it proberbly took you longer to write that post than it would to log in. :lol: :lol:

silent h3ro

02-05-2005, 02:07 AM

Lucky bastard, every few refreshes I have to re-login. Thats y I don't post much. :(

Peerzy

02-05-2005, 02:15 AM

Lucky bastard, every few refreshes I have to re-login. Thats y I don't post much. :(

Delete your FST cookies and then g to www.filesharingtalk.com and resign in. This will make new cookies. Also use Firefox and choose to remember passwords.

enoughfakefiles

02-05-2005, 08:35 AM

Lucky bastard, every few refreshes I have to re-login. Thats y I don't post much. :(

I used to have this problem a long time ago when i first jioned the forum.What i did was,

Tools>Internet options>Privacy>Edit

Put the wibsite address in and set it to always allow.

This is in IE by the way as i have`nt got used to firefox yet. :unsure: