This forum just won't remember me. What's the fix?

[winchman]

I just got a new computer with W8, and I have to log in every time I come here. The other forums I frequent remember me just like they did on my old XP machine. What do I have to do to fix this?

[George Bulliss]

Did you check the "remember me" box located right below your user name when logging in?

[malbenbut]

It happened to me when I ticked erase memory on exiting. Cured when I unticked box
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[lynnl]

Are cookies enabled?

Not sure if that's necessary, but seems logical that it would be.

[Errol Groff]

Perhaps you are just not very memorable?

[winchman]

"Did you check the "remember me" box located right below your user name when logging in?" Yes, every time.

"It happened to me when I ticked erase memory on exiting. Cured when I unticked box" Where is that? Firefox IS set to remember history. I don't see anything in the forum user settings about that. Please tell me exactly where to look.

"Are cookies enabled?" Yes.

"Perhaps you are just not very memorable?" LOL Thanks.

As I said in the first post, I stay logged in on every other forum I use, but not here. This is the only forum I use that has this appearance, so I suspect it's something unique to this forum program.

[dp]

As I said in the first post, I stay logged in on every other forum I use, but not here. This is the only forum I use that has this appearance, so I suspect it's something unique to this forum program.

Every forum that uses this same software also requires you check the Remember Me box and have cookies enabled.

[George Bulliss]

Just checked your settings and there is nothing out of the ordinary there. The only change we have made lately is a security patch installed last week but that shouldn't have anythign to do with your problem, and I haven't heard from anyone else with similar issues.

[Black Forest]

Winchman take the hint. We don't like your kind around here!!!!!!

[malbenbut]

"It happened to me when I ticked erase memory on exiting. Cured when I unticked box.

I'm on Window explorer, dont know much about Firefox but you could try Tools-options- security- tick remember passwords. You can also try Tools-page info - permissions tick cookies.
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[JCHannum]

I have had the same thing happen to me from time to time regardless of whether the remember me box was checked or not. I am only active on a couple of other sites and eBay, but some would remember me, this and others not.

I don't know what did to get out of the problem per se, but I have Avast anti-virus and ran a couple of the clean up and boot scan programs and the problem went away.

[Fasttrack]

Perhaps you are just not very memorable?

Try wearing a top hat.

[metalmagpie]

My strong hunch is that this is a cookie issue. Thus it will vary with the browser software you use. I use Firefox, and in it's options->privacy there is a widget that allows you to select how long to keep a cookie. If you tell the browser to discard cookies when you exit the software, you would get your exact symptom. Anyway, have a poke round your cookie settings. Maybe you tightened them up some time ago and have forgotten?

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[Peter.]

Post a picture of your lathe with a key in the chuck. Everyone will remember that.

[winchman]

I'm using Firefox 17.0.1. The box for "Remember passwords for sites" on the security tab is checked. On the privacy tab, the stored cookies for HSM are _utma, _utmb, and _utmz. I don't see anything in Options about setting how long a cookie is stored.

The really odd thing is that when I come to the site, the user name and password boxes are blank. If I click the Log In button without filling them in, and the next page that comes up is another log in page with the username and password boxes already filled in. I check the Remember me box, click the Log In button, and I'm in. So it already knows who I am, but it just won't log me in automatically.