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Title: Advice please
Post by: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 10:05:13
I'm posting from my laptop at the moment as I'm having some trouble on the PC.  I keep the PC clean with avast, cc-cleaner, adaware.  The last few days I've been unable to post on any forums - when I make a post it keeps asking me to log in when I already have.  I log in, type again, same thing - asks me to log in again.  I suspect this is cookie related  ???, but can't for the life of me see what the problem is - its probably staring me in the face.  Any ideas - start with the obvious please....cos its driving me nuts  :rant2:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 10:07:17
Sorry to hear that.

Try using a different browser. ;)

See if the same thing happens.

Good luck.
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Noreen on Feb 23, 2008, 10:11:20
I've sometimes found that I can cure problems by clearing the temp files.
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 10:28:01
Hi Moley

It does sound like a cookie issue, so follow Noreen's advice and clear all your temporary files. Which browser do you use?
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 10:44:06
IE7 which I'm not keen on since the last update.  Maybe I'll go back to firefox
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 10:47:39
Quote from: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 10:44:06
IE7 which I'm not keen on since the last update.  Maybe I'll go back to firefox


If you delete IE7, it will fall back automatically to IE6, which I prefer.

Why not use Firefox as well as IE7 / IE6?

I use FF for most applications.
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 10:47:59
Have you stopped cookies for the site? (Although, even if you have, that should only have the effect of 'not remembering' you.)
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 10:54:52
I haven't consciously changed anything, I think maybe one of my clean-ups might have changed something...  :whistle:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 10:55:51
Always possible. Is the laptop running the same software? It might be worth comparing settings between the two.
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 11:14:26
Quote from: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 10:54:52
I haven't consciously changed anything, I think maybe one of my clean-ups might have changed something...  :whistle:

Sounds about right... ;D

> Inactive stops himself from making any sexist remarks <.. ;D :no:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 12:03:02
 :rofl: at inactive.... I'm the first to admit to not being an expert on the computer - everything I know is self learned - and still a lot I don't know... but I'm not as bad as my mother so that's progress.....

We can't all be geeks... :bow:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 12:04:44
Trust me Chris, I am certainly no " geek ".. I probably know less than you do.. ;D

Now Rik...well..  :whistle:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 12:07:39
 :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

I'm not a geek, I'm a pseudo-geek. :)
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 12:09:38
Or a geeky wannabee. :tongue: :tongue: :leer: :duck:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 12:10:14
That would be a wannabean in my case, In.  ;D
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 12:21:41
We both know where that is going Rik..













:grn:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 12:22:27
Happy to oblige.  ;D
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 14:46:43
OK so got Mozilla Firefox back and voila - it works again - really not liking the IE7  :rant2:
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Rik on Feb 23, 2008, 14:48:56
It has to be something in the security settings, probably cookies, Chris. Have you tried adding the forum as a trusted site?
Title: Re: Advice please
Post by: Inactive on Feb 23, 2008, 15:46:16
Quote from: Moley on Feb 23, 2008, 14:46:43
OK so got Mozilla Firefox back and voila - it works again - really not liking the IE7  :rant2:

A result, well done Chris, just dump / don't use IE7, I hate it myself, I use IE6 when I have to. ;)