Remember me - The Firearms Forum

RunningOnMT · 10-19-2011, 03:46 AM

Is there any way to make this site remember my user name even though I close my browser, so I don't have to sign in completely each time? It used to.

It's funny, some sites I go to wont remember me, others will as long as I don't clear cookies or reboot, but with a rare few all I have to do is click on the user name window at the sign in screen and my user name and password appears, even if I have rebooted. It woud be great if TFF did that.

jack404 · 10-19-2011, 04:18 AM

check remember me under where you sign in ..

carver · 10-19-2011, 09:30 AM

That's the way it works for me too.

holyjake79 · 10-19-2011, 10:34 AM

I checked the remember me box and it works for me.

RunningOnMT · 10-19-2011, 11:24 AM

Hmm. I check remember me every time I log in but it doesn't.

Chinook · 10-19-2011, 03:05 PM

It is something with your browser Im sure. I have the same problem as you, not here, but on my Email, and Photobucket accounts... Something is amiss, and I wish I knew why! Even when I check the little box, and IE will bring up a prompt, that says, "Would you like Internet Explorer to remember this information for you?" "Yes, or No?" I always click YES, and still, nothing ever changes! Hahahaha! I guess Ill suffer til I figure it out!

SouthernMoss · 10-20-2011, 12:36 AM

You may have a corrupt cookie. Go to the following link, check each box, then click the "Delete My Cookies" button. Close your browser completely, open it again, come back to TFF and log in, checking the box to "Remember Me".

http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/mycookies.php

RunningOnMT · 10-20-2011, 05:32 PM

Did that several times but it still wont remember me. I think it's in my settings somewhere...now to find where.

jack404 · 10-20-2011, 06:19 PM

your browser may be set to block the cookies , see if theres a place to add a "exception" and allow cookies in there to here

RunningOnMT · 10-20-2011, 08:53 PM

Nope Jack, that isn't it. My windows is set to accept cookies and my cache is loaded with them after browsing awhile. I do have a theory about this but can't prove it.

I have a 4 1/2 year old Dell computer using Windows XP. I am constantly getting prompts to upgrade my browser to the latest IE, but the latest isn't compatible with XP. In order to upgrade my OS to Windows 7 I'd practically have to rebuild my entire computer, so I'm trying to hold out just a bit longer before building or buying a new pc. I mean hell, my old pentium III running Windows 98 lasted 12 years.

As the useful life of that computer was coming to a close I noticed more and more things stopped working correctly. Once Microsoft stopped supporting the software it seemed that problems cropped up. My suspicion is that MS may actually be setting these obsolete systems to fail by causing files to become corrupted, possibly via the common software being used by various websites. I may be FOS but I've seen this kind of thing too often.

jack404 · 10-20-2011, 09:48 PM

seen it here too , .dll's overwritten to not work until you upgrade .. modern marketing eh ?? like a gun at your head

i'm sticking with XP ..

RunningOnMT · 10-21-2011, 02:22 AM

Well, I think The problem is fixed. I did some research and found that this is a known issue with Internet Explorer 8 particularly on pc's running XP. So, I tried to uninstall IE8 but couldn't...it didn't give me that option.

More research and learned that if service pack 3 was installed after IE8 you have to uninstall it first, then uninstall IE8, then reinstall servicepack 3. Then I realized that removing IE8 takes you back to IE6. Because many sites now don't work well with IE6, you have to upgrade to IE7. So the whole process was rather time consuming (about 4 hours).

The good news is that after logging in here I rebooted my computer. When I came back I was still logged in. Hope this helps if anyone else has experienced this problem.

jack404 · 10-21-2011, 02:24 AM

and another reason i use chrome and firefox, hope it works for you ..

10-19-2011, 03:46 AM	#1
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Remember me Is there any way to make this site remember my user name even though I close my browser, so I don't have to sign in completely each time? It used to. It's funny, some sites I go to wont remember me, others will as long as I don't clear cookies or reboot, but with a rare few all I have to do is click on the user name window at the sign in screen and my user name and password appears, even if I have rebooted. It woud be great if TFF did that. __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" -->

10-19-2011, 04:18 AM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Remember me check remember me under where you sign in ..

10-19-2011, 09:30 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Remember me That's the way it works for me too. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-19-2011, 10:34 AM	#4
holyjake79 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Posts: 60	Re: Remember me I checked the remember me box and it works for me.

10-19-2011, 11:24 AM	#5
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Re: Remember me Hmm. I check remember me every time I log in but it doesn't. __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

10-19-2011, 03:05 PM	#6
Chinook V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: 17 pulls, into the propwash... Contributor Posts: 423	Re: Remember me It is something with your browser Im sure. I have the same problem as you, not here, but on my Email, and Photobucket accounts... Something is amiss, and I wish I knew why! Even when I check the little box, and IE will bring up a prompt, that says, "Would you like Internet Explorer to remember this information for you?" "Yes, or No?" I always click YES, and still, nothing ever changes! Hahahaha! I guess Ill suffer til I figure it out!

10-20-2011, 12:36 AM	#7
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: Remember me You may have a corrupt cookie. Go to the following link, check each box, then click the "Delete My Cookies" button. Close your browser completely, open it again, come back to TFF and log in, checking the box to "Remember Me". http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/mycookies.php __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

10-20-2011, 05:32 PM	#8
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Re: Remember me Did that several times but it still wont remember me. I think it's in my settings somewhere...now to find where. __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

10-20-2011, 06:19 PM	#9
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Remember me your browser may be set to block the cookies , see if theres a place to add a "exception" and allow cookies in there to here

10-20-2011, 08:53 PM	#10
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Re: Remember me Nope Jack, that isn't it. My windows is set to accept cookies and my cache is loaded with them after browsing awhile. I do have a theory about this but can't prove it. I have a 4 1/2 year old Dell computer using Windows XP. I am constantly getting prompts to upgrade my browser to the latest IE, but the latest isn't compatible with XP. In order to upgrade my OS to Windows 7 I'd practically have to rebuild my entire computer, so I'm trying to hold out just a bit longer before building or buying a new pc. I mean hell, my old pentium III running Windows 98 lasted 12 years. As the useful life of that computer was coming to a close I noticed more and more things stopped working correctly. Once Microsoft stopped supporting the software it seemed that problems cropped up. My suspicion is that MS may actually be setting these obsolete systems to fail by causing files to become corrupted, possibly via the common software being used by various websites. I may be FOS but I've seen this kind of thing too often. __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

10-20-2011, 09:48 PM	#11
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Remember me seen it here too , .dll's overwritten to not work until you upgrade .. modern marketing eh ?? like a gun at your head i'm sticking with XP ..

10-21-2011, 02:22 AM	#12
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Re: Remember me Well, I think The problem is fixed. I did some research and found that this is a known issue with Internet Explorer 8 particularly on pc's running XP. So, I tried to uninstall IE8 but couldn't...it didn't give me that option. More research and learned that if service pack 3 was installed after IE8 you have to uninstall it first, then uninstall IE8, then reinstall servicepack 3. Then I realized that removing IE8 takes you back to IE6. Because many sites now don't work well with IE6, you have to upgrade to IE7. So the whole process was rather time consuming (about 4 hours). The good news is that after logging in here I rebooted my computer. When I came back I was still logged in. Hope this helps if anyone else has experienced this problem. __________________ "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

10-21-2011, 02:24 AM	#13
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Remember me and another reason i use chrome and firefox, hope it works for you ..