View Full Version : I have to keep signing in!!!
yungman
Nov24-11, 01:28 AM
What happen that in the last two days, I have to keep signing in every time I left and came back in?
Bobbywhy
Nov24-11, 03:43 AM
Me too! Need to sign in over and over again during the past 12 hours.
Cause of the problem: The site went through an upgrade Wednesday. Your stored cookies are confusing the upgraded software.
The solution: First log out from PhysicsForums, clear all of your cookies from this site, and close your browser. Next reopen your browser and log back into PhysicsForums. If you select the "Remember me" box during the login it will once again remember you.
ArcanaNoir
Nov24-11, 10:46 AM
Me too. Thank you for the fix, all better now :)
dacruick
Nov24-11, 11:33 AM
What browsers are all y'all using? I'm on Chrome and the problem went away on its own after a couple sign ins.
yungman
Nov24-11, 11:47 AM
Cause of the problem: The site went through an upgrade Wednesday. Your stored cookies are confusing the upgraded software.
The solution: First log out from PhysicsForums, clear all of your cookies from this site, and close your browser. Next reopen your browser and log back into PhysicsForums. If you select the "Remember me" box during the login it will once again remember you.
I have the Windows 7 and I don't know where the cookies are. I use Firefox.
ArcanaNoir
Nov24-11, 11:54 AM
I have the Windows 7 and I don't know where the cookies are. I use Firefox.
in firefox, Go to tools, then options, then the privacy tab, then "show cookies" (on the mid-left), then either remove all cookies, or choose the folder for physics forums and remove those cookies.
ArcanaNoir
Nov24-11, 11:54 AM
What browsers are all y'all using? I'm on Chrome and the problem went away on its own after a couple sign ins.
I had the problem with chrome and safari, but not with IE.
dacruick
Nov24-11, 12:16 PM
I had the problem with chrome and safari, but not with IE.
Hmm, interesting. maybe occasionally my dell eats cookies.
yungman
Nov24-11, 12:19 PM
in firefox, Go to tools, then options, then the privacy tab, then "show cookies" (on the mid-left), then either remove all cookies, or choose the folder for physics forums and remove those cookies.
Thanks, I really appreciate your help. It seems to work now. You even taught me to get the tool bar up on Firefox!!! When comes to computer, I am not the brightest bulb on the tree.............In fact kind of dim!!!!:rofl:
Happy Thanksgiving.........Turkey day!!!!
Where do i find the cookie folder of Internet Explorer 9?
I found a folder with many files like cookie:xxxx but couldnt find anything that xxxx has physicsforums in it.
Ryan_m_b
Nov25-11, 07:24 AM
Where do i find the cookie folder of Internet Explorer 9?
I found a folder with many files like cookie:xxxx but couldnt find anything that xxxx has physicsforums in it.
About halfway down this page are some instructions thay may be able to help http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/2317-Internet-Explorer-9-Managing-Cookies-and-Cache-
Sankaku
Nov26-11, 02:59 PM
Just some feedback as of today:
Using Opera 11.52 under Kubuntu 11.04
I still have to sign in pretty much every 10 minutes.
Yes, I have emptied cookies, restarted the browser, etc.
It was functioning fine before the update...
Thoughts?
Edit: I just tested - It happens for me in FireFox as well.
Greg Bernhardt
Nov28-11, 09:36 AM
Just some feedback as of today:
Using Opera 11.52 under Kubuntu 11.04
I still have to sign in pretty much every 10 minutes.
Yes, I have emptied cookies, restarted the browser, etc.
It was functioning fine before the update...
Thoughts?
Edit: I just tested - It happens for me in FireFox as well.
Are you checking the "remember me" box?
Sankaku
Nov29-11, 12:05 AM
Are you checking the "remember me" box?
Yes, I made sure that was checked. The strange thing is that the problem seemed to be fixed and I did not have to re-login all day. I was on the site 20 minutes ago and all was well. However, I just jumped to this subforum (from the email digest link) and I suddenly find I am logged out.
I am afraid I can't see enough of a pattern to be much help.
Greg Bernhardt
Nov29-11, 12:08 AM
Start paying attention to whether the link has www or not. Let me know.
Sankaku
Nov30-11, 12:12 AM
Start paying attention to whether the link has www or not. Let me know.
Bingo.
If it has www, the login problems occur. Without www, everything is fine.
Everything i ve tried has failed. Except the www thing. I try it now and see it works, physicsforums.com doesnt need relogin but www.physicsforums.com it does. I think it is a bug of the site or Internet Explorer 9 (i dont use other browsers).
Greg Bernhardt
Dec8-11, 06:31 PM
Just changed a setting. Any better?
Just changed a setting. Any better?
No Joy.
In Opera, the no-www version still works well for me but the www version kicks me off after about 2 minutes. It seems to be working a bit better in Firefox, but it isn't my primary browser so I wouldn't notice any problems outside of poking around for 10 minutes.
I notice that the links on the front page, while in no-www mode, all jump properly to no-www pages, except the little sub-forum links (like Science Book Discussion) that jump to a www version and thus don't have me logged in. If I remove the www, everything is fine.
I noticed that clearing the cache, as recommended, did not work by itself.
You need also to change your favourites/bookmarks by typing in the URL without www and then overwriting your previous bookmark (choose 'Add to favourites' and 'yes to 'replace existing').
That's odd. I don't doubt that it's true, but I don't understand what could be causing it. My bookmark is for www.physicsforums.com, and all I needed to to was to delete the PF cookies.
It seems to be working a bit better in Firefox, but it isn't my primary browser so I wouldn't notice any problems outside of poking around for 10 minutes.
Tested again today - it has dumped me out of www but not the other. It certainly lasts longer than in Opera, though.
The strange thing is, in FF, once I went to the no-www page and it showed me as logged in, when I went back to the www page I was now logged in.
Greg Bernhardt
Dec14-11, 10:26 AM
In 30min I will be changing a setting that will reset everyone's cookies. This will essentially log everyone out. I am hoping this is the step that works! Sorry for the inconvenience!
Ryan_m_b
Dec14-11, 10:28 AM
In 30min I will be changing a setting that will reset everyone's cookies. This will essentially log everyone out. I am hoping this is the step that works! Sorry for the inconvenience!
Why do I get the pessimistic worry that in 30mins we'll all be kicked out and never allowed back...
Greg Bernhardt
Dec14-11, 10:58 AM
Why do I get the pessimistic worry that in 30mins we'll all be kicked out and never allowed back...
Just you ;)
AlephZero
Dec14-11, 03:30 PM
In 30min I will be changing a setting that will reset everyone's cookies. This will essentially log everyone out. I am hoping this is the step that works! Sorry for the inconvenience!
Well, that worked, in the sense that I had to log in again.
But for the FIRST time since this thread was started, it then logged me off by the time I had finished writing a fairly long post.
FWIW something was screwing up PF between about 23:00 GMT 13 Dec and 01:00 14 Dec. Many attempts to open threads timed out. A couple of times I got messages saying "waiting for some page to do with viglink", other times just "IE8 can't display this page".
The same thing happened again a couple of times at about 20:00 14 Dec, and after that problem went away but I then got logged off...
Greg Bernhardt
Dec14-11, 03:32 PM
Well, that worked, in the sense that I had to log in again.
But for the FIRST time since this thread was started, it then logged me off by the time I had finished writing a fairly long post.
So it didn't work? You are still getting logged off since a couple hours ago?
FWIW something was screwing up PF between about 23:00 GMT 13 Dec and 01:00 14 Dec. Many attempts to open threads timed out. A couple of times I got messages saying "waiting for some page to do with viglink", other times just "IE8 can't display this page".
The same thing happened again a couple of times at about 20:00 14 Dec, and after that problem went away but I then got logged off...
Likely backup.
AlephZero
Dec14-11, 07:31 PM
So it didn't work? You are still getting logged off since a couple hours ago?
Only once. Maybe that was because I had more than one browser window open on PF when I logged in, or something. If it happens again I'll post an update.
BTW I got another few minutes of links timing out at about 23:30 GMT 14 Dec.
Sankaku
Dec15-11, 12:31 AM
II am hoping this is the step that works! Sorry for the inconvenience!
I am now logged into both www and non-www, without having to do them separately! Thank-you!
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