Spontaneous logouts

[EddieWalker]

It's hard to diagnose because we don't have the problem. And most people don't. My only ideas revolve around either 1) Your ISP is doing something funny like a proxy-server or something to check cookiees, or 2) Your PC has _something_ built in that is killing cookies before it should be.

-Ibrahim

I have this with just about every site I go to, including ebay. I can get on without having to log in, but then I'll get a time out message, and I'm not logged in anymore. I sign back in and everything is fine. It doesn't happen at the same time, and not always on the same websites.

I figured it was a virus or spyware, so I ran Avast and Spybot. I found all sorts of problems, but it's only better now. I still have issues and I'm convinced it's in my cookies. I just haven't been able to get rid of it yet.

Eddie

 

[tallyho8]

My problem is now cured and I have remained logged in for the last 3 weeks without logging in or out.

I went to Microsoft.com and downloaded all the new critical updates for my version of windows XP and my computer is not automatically logging out of websites anymore.

I don't know which update did the trick but that is all I did to stop from logging out on TBN. My son, who works on computers, told me to do this to cure my problem as he has corrected many other peoples computers the same way when they aren't set to automatically download windows updates.

 

[hayden]

This problem i still occuring regularly, and I see from other threads that it's not just me.

Is there anything I can do to help debug this? It's really agravating, and I only have it with TBN.

 

[ultrarunner]

I thought it was just me...

 

[EddieWalker]

I have a new problem, pictures and avatars are not showing up. I aslo can't reply to a post every time unless I right click on it and then hit, "open link", which give me the reply with a quote in it.

I'm sure it's my computer, but I'm not sure what I have wrong to fix it.

Eddie

 

[hayden]

I just got logged out twice in teh past 5 minutes. The first time I was changing forums, and the second time I was returning to the forum after reading a thread.

Both times after I logged back in the welcome box says the last time I visited was this morning. It appears to not recognize that I logged in this evening, even though I did twice.

 

[hayden]

It just happened again when returning to the index from reading a thread using "back" button.

 

[texasjohn]

I understand... happens to me too... at various times.. typically, I log in, see something I wish to reply to...a thread I'm subscribed to... and if I have a paragraph or so of answer, I " submit reply" and am told that I've accessed an unknown thread.... etc.... so, I have to back up, copy what I wrote, sign in again, then find the thread again, then PASTE my reply and get out fast so it is recognized.

Also, hayden, your various posts are NOT being recognized.... you have the same number showing for your last 5 or so posts... interesting...

In my case, situation even moved from an XP machine (which I died) to a VISTA laptop which I bought and loaded with FIREFOX, etc... I've just learned to live with it..... sometimes, I stay logged on for quite a while.. maybe 10% of the time... and the rest of the time, it logs me off rather quickly.

 

[hayden]

Also, hayden, your various posts are NOT being recognized.... you have the same number showing for your last 5 or so posts... interesting...

I think that's normal behavior. Your member type, number of posts, etc always reflects the latest. If you go back and re-read old posts they will show the current number of posts, your current thumbnail, etc.

The logouts, on the other hand..... Something is clearly amiss - we just don't know what. I figure I'll report each and every one. Maybe it will show a trend, or maybe it will just be annoying enough that we'll have to figure out how to fix it.

 

[hayden]

That didn't take long. I just got logged out again. This time I was changing to a new forum using the Forum Jump drop down list at the bottom of the page.