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Thread ID: 48060 2004-08-13 01:27:00 log in guest ?? effie C (772) Press F1
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261152 2004-08-13 01:27:00 Hi,
a slightly fascetious question - why does F1 frequently forget to remember "log on automaticlly"
I can get a normal log on and then all of a sudden get "log on guest" and I have to do it manually
It can't be my settings surely, as it will remember a lot of the times,but why not all the time?

And F1 members are being very helpfull in my quest for improvement - in my ancient computer, elephant in particular has offered me the ram I could use - free- and this worries me - I am not used to freebies- certainly not as an ex businessman- it used to be dog eat dog in my day :-)
But boy , am I glad of his offer, :D and have to concede I am doing that free work with several of my contacts- but to me is real nice- thank you elephant, and godfather, Susan B etc
:X
effie c
effie C (772)
261153 2004-08-13 01:31:00 I have put up with this for a long time and think it might be that the information is stored in a cookie, and that my system clears all the cookies every 30 days or so. I will await correction on this. andy (473)
261154 2004-08-13 01:47:00 Yes - the auto logon info is stored in a cookie. One called jive.authorization.autologin to be specific. I don't have cookies enabled by default, but PF1 is allowed to store them and this one is set to expire in september - about a month after i started using the feature. Not sure what happens then... Spartacus (3313)
261155 2004-08-13 05:05:00 Do not remove cookies your self, use spybot and adware, they will remove the crap cookies and leave the legit ones Rob99 (151)
261156 2004-08-13 05:40:00 > It can't be my settings surely, as it will remember a lot of the times,but why not all the time?

It will probably be either your settings or your cleaning routine.

As the others have said, you need cookies enabled for PF1 to allow automatic logging in. Since you say that it will remember a lot of the times but not all the time I am guessing that you are either deleting your cookies manually or using a cleaner removes your cookies.
Susan B (19)
261157 2004-08-13 08:52:00 Hi susan B - would I do a stupid thing like that ? Susan !!!!! I am ashamed of you - me? never :-)
Well I doi use adaware and spybot but have suvvesss and failure in the same time frame re this login - just now - success again
Oh well once again - it must be my age
:-(
Eddie
effie C (772)
261158 2004-08-13 10:55:00 > would I do a stupid thing like that ? Susan !!!!! I am ashamed of you - me? never

No, of course you wouldn't. Never!! :D


> Well I doi use adaware and spybot but have suvvesss and failure in the same time frame re this login - just now - success again

I thought maybe you were using a cleaning program or Windows' own cleanup utility without realising that the cookies were getting dumped. Have done it myself a few times. ;-) :D


> Oh well once again - it must be my age

Not necessarily. There will be a reason for your problem but it is difficult for us to know what without seeing your computer. All we can do is suggest known solutions and hope that they work. :-)
Susan B (19)
261159 2004-08-13 12:02:00 The PF1 cookie may be deleted each time you clear your Temporary/Temporary Internet files, unless you have it set as *allowed* in your system.
(Having said that - and made sure it's done - I still find myself becoming a Guest occasionally.)
But it's no big deal to log on again - and these small surprises are are part of the big wide mysterious world of computing...
Well, aren't they?
Laura (43)
261160 2004-08-13 12:15:00 >and these small surprises are are part of the big wide mysterious world
>of computing...
>Well, aren't they?

Probably a big part ?:|
The worrying bit is that I expected this world to get wider, I didnt realise just how 'mysteriouser' it would continue to get :)
R2
R2x1 (4628)
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