Why doesn't the log me in automatically work?

[derekdun101]

This is the only site I frequent whose log me in automatically feaure doesn't work. Is it just me? Am I missing something?

[Harald F. Metzner]

Hello,

maybe you have to turn cookies on?

Harald

[sharward]

I have had that happen to me too on occasion. I think the root cause may be that sometimes links within threads point to URLs on this site that don't contain the "www" so there's some browser cookie confusion as to whether or not this is one Web site or two. (I could be wrong -- it's been hard to prove.)

My fix has been to delete the cookies that are associated with this Web site, then log in again with the "remember me" feature enabled.

Assuming you're on Windows XP, go to c:\Documents and Settings, right-click on "Cookies," search for file names containing the word "sayers," and then delete the ones that show up -- there are usually two of them, one with www and one without.

This is a lot better than purging all of your browser cookies, which would then cause all of your favorite Web sites to forget who you are!

Note that there is a stupid bug/feature in XP that may prevent uncommon file types from appearing in search results -- but it can be fixed with a registry hack. Here's a little write-up I did for my team at work:

• Q: When does "All Files & Folders" not mean "All Files & Folders"?
  
  A: When you're using Windows XP's built-in file search feature.
  
  Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, decided that people who use the file search feature don't know what they really want. They concluded that when people choose to search "All Files & Folders" for a particular word or phrase, they don't really want to search in all files -- rather, they must want to search just those that Microsoft believes are likely to be desired in the search results.
  
  If you are on Windows XP and for some reason you'd like to override Microsoft's decision and, um, fix the file search feature so that "All Files & Folders" means what it says:
  
  • 1. Start » Run, Then type regedit {Enter}.
    
    2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex.
    
    3. Double-click FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions.
    
    4. Change 0 to 1.
  This information was gleaned from Microsoft's knowledge base:
  • Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work

Hope that helps!

[derekdun101]

Wow Sharward! How insightful! thanks it owrked. I'm done complaining. Also been lookin up your ventilation posts. Much obliged for that to.

[sharward]