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| Thread ID: 93402 | 2008-09-15 02:53:00 | Tip re: gmail multiple accounts-failed signout | Lifesnadir (14181) | Press F1 |
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| 705283 | 2008-09-15 02:53:00 | I hope it's okay to post this here... maybe other gmail users have had the same problem. From time to time with gmail (Google Mail), if I click Sign Out it doesn't fully sign out. Then I just get a blank screen (or the error that the URL "does not exist"). I cannot access any gmail sign-on screen whether I try through Internet Explorer 6.0 or AOL's browser. Any google service associated with that email account also are affected (example: Google Calendar or the blog). After the sign-out problem occurs while on IE6>gmail account, I can still see me "signed in" if I use AOL. Before, I could just click sign out (again) on any screen I found "me" still signed in on the name--- and after hours of headbashing, it would release. Yesterday, it wouldn't release. :waughh: I *hate* using the blanket form of Delete Cookies under Tools. I prefer deleting JUST the ones I don't need, and keeping my logins for favorite sites. So, I found a quick fix for the sign out problem when you have multiple gmail accounts. I clicked DATE in the Cookies folder, and (after looking at each one to be sure what I was doing), I deleted ONLY that date's cookies (i.e. yesterday's date-- the date the problem occurred). Then, I could get back to the default Sign In page of gmail. I don't know if this is important or not, but I left my previous cookies for gmail on all dates prior to the problem. If anyone has any comment--or further instruction-- about how I did this work-around fix, I'd be appreciative. As a final comment to others learning how to sort and identify cookies, I made sure to do a Google Search on any cookie-name I didn't recognize. I felt it important to NOT actually go to any of the websites-- instead, I just read the Google Results which will say if the site is a marketing tool (adware)-- You can get a good idea of what's what just from Googling. I only deleted the cookies I could clearly identify. Using "Open With" > Notepad can also help identify each cookie/site. I left the cookies I could not identify and kept the ones I knew I wanted/needed for login purposes. I hope I've given a good tip to others using multiple gmail accounts. Comments - corrections appreciated. Lifes |
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| 705284 | 2008-09-15 07:28:00 | Use ccleaner to delete cookies as it has a setting to keep your favourite ones under options then cookies | gary67 (56) | ||
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