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RE: What is wrong with this site.

Phitore — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:15:19 GMT

As i've said, i get this on my desktop and laptop at home regularly.

I've had my laptop at my parents house, where i've been doing some work for a few weeks, same ISP, same model modem, and i've not been logged out once.

Brought the lappy home today and bingo, i get logged out! ??????

Only difference is i have a router (Netgear) here at home and nothing at my parents.

Edit- I'm not suggesting it's the router, just stating it's the only difference.
ISP- Virgin Media, 2Mbps.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

CaptainCAD — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:22:57 GMT

If the majority, as it seems so far, are not having the problems after clicking on the remember me box then it is more than likely a problem with the site not the browser since it happens in all browsers used.

I have no intention of ever ticking that box hence the fact in all browsers I've had this problem.
I would guess that ticking that box creates a cookie and the behaviour of that cookie somehow changes the way the site and member interact.

I have no idea how cookies work so can only make best guesses here, (to be honest I don't see them serve any useful purpose to me at all, I often blindly delete them all and have seen no detrimental change).

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Davo1 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:52:26 GMT

maybe I should clarify my problems

I have always had log in issues, on old rig before upgrade and on new build using now so completely different kit and fresh install. New rig was pretty much trouble from the outset, so strange if a cookie issue?

No idea what the incompatibility could be

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Teafie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:03:31 GMT

I'm actually a little distressed that I'm having to make this post, but it does appear to me at this time that many replies are being made in topics which not only add nothing to the content of the topic but border on general unfriendliness.[/quote]

I very much agree with this last comment CC.

I dont get it, things come and go in our society, vogue behaviour, I guess you can call it.

This forum now has a darker side to it. Baiting also takes place.

You only have to visit the Nvidia forum to see what a laugh those guys are and how they help each other out in good humor.

It used to be like it on here.

Any way, enough said.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

alan2273 — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:12 GMT

Mob 453, as I said it also happens on my non Windows computers.
And yes non Windows users are in a minority but we are catching up a bit at a time:D

RE: What is wrong with this site.

mob453 — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:12:44 GMT

does not happen to me, I'm always logged in, but then again I dont use Windows.

/waits for reply to say "you are the minority, so your comment does not count"\

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Death_Guy — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:57:28 GMT

I've been suffering the same problem over the past few days but it has stopped appearing today after I changed the Privacy settings in Firefox and clicked the 'Remember Me' tick box.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

wyliecoyoteuk — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:32:19 GMT

big problem is that the site is not maintained by MM

RE: What is wrong with this site.

marc.knuckle — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:51:08 GMT

i also have had this problem in the past. not sure what cures it as i always have the 'remember me' ticked but on occasion it still happens.

i also agree that unhelpful comments shouldn't be psoted and maybe should be removed. if you dont believe you can actually help with your comment then dont post it. sure if it obviously a discussion type thread okay but not in response to people's questions.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Stoney — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:28:06 GMT

I had the same problem, I sorted it by ticking the 'Remember me' check box before I enter my login details. It worked for me !

RE: What is wrong with this site.

alan2273 — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:17:25 GMT

tippon, I have used CC on windows and it has made no difference, as the problem also affects my Linux machines it will be interesting to find a solution.
Martin reed, I did say probably 90% and as it affects IE7, Opera & FF , I doubt trying Safari will make any difference.
I do not have this problem on other forums, but this was the first one I joined and happens to be my favourite, so this logging in problem is really annoying.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Tippon — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:55:26 GMT

Alan: Give CCleaner a try on your Windows machine. The only forum cookie I have saved is listed as forum.micromart.co.uk and I don't get any of these problems, but am always logged in :)

If this cures it, or helps with it, then we've got a better idea of where to look :)

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Mitch — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:45:45 GMT

Happens to me too all the time, and it's bloody annoying. But it doesn't happen on my ZX Spectrum, Atari, Commodore 64 or VIC 20? But so as long as bigdaddy is sorted, we should stop moaning.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

CaptainCAD — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:19:17 GMT

MartenReed, please learn to read if you wish to make pointless arguments with members of the Forum.

Nobody stated 10%, someone did say 'probably 90%' are not having... but this has a similar probability of being true as your statement based upon your supposed number of seen complaints against an inaccurate number of actively posting Members.

The problems are not browser specific, they are caused probably due to a combination of browser and/or forum settings and the way in which some members use this site

There are for instance a large number of frequently posting members here who remain logged in, some customise their browser security and privacy settings and others make changes within their control panel as to their site preferences.They can only be solved once it is discovered exactly the combinations required to reproduce it, and due to the 3rd party nature of the Forum software, will likely never be fixed

I'm actually a little distressed that I'm having to make this post, but it does appear to me at this time that many replies are being made in topics which not only add nothing to the content of the topic but border on general unfriendliness.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

MartenReed — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:49:19 GMT

Roughly 9500 members on this forum. I've seen under 10 people complain about this problem.

(10/9500) x 100 = 0.11%

So your statement of 10% is a factor of 100 too big, with the statistics I have now :P

Have you tried Safari? It might work.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Davo1 — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:50:22 GMT

has been happening to me since I joined for more than a year in fact:angry:

RE: What is wrong with this site.

Phitore — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:25:03 GMT

This happens to me quite a lot too. I thought it was Firefox issue but it happens in Opera too.
As i mentioned here a few months back, clearing history and deleting cookies clears it up for a few days but then comes back. I have no idea why.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

alan2273 — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:11:05 GMT

bigdaddy there was no need for an apology, it is just that to have to keep logging in all the time is so annoying, and I would so like to have a resolution to this.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

bigdaddy — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:54:59 GMT

Oh dear, a perfectly innocent reply causing offence. Sorry about that.:)

RE: What is wrong with this site.

alan2273 — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:40:38 GMT

bigdaddy, probably 90% of the people on the forum are not having problems, but I did not put this post on for those sort of comments, I posted to see if it could be sorted out.

RE: What is wrong with this site.

bigdaddy — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:25:47 GMT

Not having any problems. Using XP, Vi$ta, HH64 and HH32.;)

What is wrong with this site.

alan2273 — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:19:59 GMT

I subscibe to the magazine and I am a regular visitor to this forum, but I am getting really fed up with a problem that has plagued me for months and that is when I log in as soon as I select recent posts or select one of the forums to read i get logged out and to reply takes sometimes five or six goes (with logging in again), to reply as I keep getting logged out.

I posted about this about six months ago and I am not the only one with this problem, surely it cannot be that hard to sort out.

I have four computers, two running XP home, one running Xandros and the final one runs Linux Mint (Which tells me the problem is not at my end) and the same problem occurs whether I use Opera, FF or IE7.