02-04-2003, 07:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Still Having Login Problems?
If you're still having problems with needing to login every time you visit the site, try deleting your cookies. With Internet Explorer, this is accomplished by looking under TOOLS > INTERNET OPTIONS > DELETE COOKIES. I thought we had made some back-end system change that was screwing up the cookies, but now that I "tossed my cookies" as it were, things are working nicely again. The down side to this procedure is that it takes out all the cookies - I tried manually deleting the Pocket PC Thoughts cookie, but that didn't help...which makes me suspect I might have had a cookie that was somehow causing all the other cookies to be dysfunctional...so there you go!
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02-04-2003, 07:47 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 533
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Despite your previous posts on this subject, it *just* dawned on me that I *am* suffering from this problem.
As most people do, I check PPC Thoughts from both my work computer and my home computer. While both are running WinXP Pro (using the default IE6 SP1 browser), my work terminal automatically remebers my PPC Thoughts login fine, while my home one does not.....I have to re-login at home everytime.
My only reason for posting this is perhaps it would help the PPC Thoughts team troubleshoot this, or help other users in some way.
A small nuisance when compared to the wounderful site that is Pocket PC Thoughts :wink:
-Brian
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02-04-2003, 08:52 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,023
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Ack... don't tell people to delete ALL cookies just to solve one problem! Do you have any idea how much information this will erase? How many websites will stop working properly?
You have to go into the cookies folder, find the pocket pc thoughts cookie, and delete it. Nothing more. I'd be really surprised if this didn't work, the cookies can't interact or harm your computer in any way. Perhaps you deleted the wrong file, or an old cookie, or some other method where the cookie wasn't really erased. Cookies persists for the browser session, so you have to exit out of all browsers first or it might not really be gone.
If nothing else, it'd only take you folks 5 minutes to set up a link that would erase all known PPC thoughts cookies from a users computer when clicked. Just call the setcookie php command with the cookie name and without any varibles after it... like this:
setcookie("sitevisits");
then it'll be gone. Close all open browser windows after. That's the simple method.
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02-04-2003, 09:02 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 426
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I just couldn't make myself delete all my cookies....
It seems the only time I'm asked to log in is when I receive a private message. In order to read it, I have to log in. I don't recall ever having to log in simply to leave a post.
One other thing, I have the PPCThoughts Axim forum in my favorites. When I fgo throught favorites to reach the forum, I have to then click "refresh" to see the new entries since the last time I was there. This doesn't occur in any other Axim site I check under the same method. Does anyone know why that might be? Do I have to reformat my hard drive to make it work? :wink:
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02-04-2003, 09:09 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,023
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Originally Posted by MPSmith
One other thing, I have the PPCThoughts Axim forum in my favorites. When I fgo throught favorites to reach the forum, I have to then click "refresh" to see the new entries since the last time I was there. This doesn't occur in any other Axim site I check under the same method. Does anyone know why that might be? Do I have to reformat my hard drive to make it work? :wink:
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Sounds like browser cache. I know you said it doesn't happen anywhere else, but maybe the other sites you check use different forum methods. Could also be the url you have bookmarked has out of date php variables being passed, but I kinda doubt that as it's a simple category number. Make sure this is the url you have bookmarked:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...forum.php?f=35
I hope the harddrive reformat thing was a joke. :? Reminds me of the inane user reviews over at C|Net. I don't care how harmless a program is, there's always someone shouting "I HAD TO REFORMAT MY HADRDIVE, REINSATLL WINDOWS, AND BUY A NEW COMP!". I know people that will stick in a factory restore disk just to clean out temp files every few months. :roll:
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02-04-2003, 09:18 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 426
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I meant to say it was the PPCThoughts auction block that was giving me fits. I list is as http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...forum.php?f=13 in my favorites.
I can't check it its working right now, cuz noone's posted to it lately.
BTW, I was totally joking about the reformatting. I was trying to be sarcastic regarding Jason's suggestion of soft resetting your PPC to make it work... Just joshin
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02-04-2003, 09:26 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,023
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At any rate, same method... should work A-ok. Browser cache is the only thing I can think of. :? Hmm. Good to hear about the reformatting. :wink: By soft resetting do you mean deleting all cookies or am I totally lost? 
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02-04-2003, 10:56 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by brianchris
my work terminal automatically remebers my PPC Thoughts login fine, while my home one does not.....I have to re-login at home everytime.
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I had the same issue - my laptop remembered it every time, but the desktop just started "forgetting" like crazy.
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02-04-2003, 11:01 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by Rirath
Ack... don't tell people to delete ALL cookies just to solve one problem! Do you have any idea how much information this will erase? How many websites will stop working properly?
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Cookies contain information that is, by nature, temporary. If someone is relying on a cookie as their only source of password information, they shouldn't be. I clearly expressed in my post that this procedure would get rid of ALL the cookies, and users should only perform this procedure if they couldn't solve the login problem in any other way.
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Originally Posted by Rirath
You have to go into the cookies folder, find the pocket pc thoughts cookie, and delete it. Nothing more.
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I did that, and I wrote that in my post. Did you read the post before you opened fire on me?
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Originally Posted by Rirath
I'd be really surprised if this didn't work, the cookies can't interact or harm your computer in any way. Perhaps you deleted the wrong file, or an old cookie, or some other method where the cookie wasn't really erased. Cookies persists for the browser session, so you have to exit out of all browsers first or it might not really be gone.
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So what you're really saying is "Jason, I think you're too stupid to delete the right cookie." Guess again Tony, I did exactly what I said I did - I deleted the cookie manually, with no browser session active, and it didn't help. Understand? Don't talk down to me.
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02-04-2003, 11:24 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,023
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I spent 45 minutes one night trying to find out why the heck I couldn't stop my page from reloading the same theme again and again until I remembered I forgot to close all the open browser windows to clear the cookie from memory. Heck, happens to the best of us. I just gave you the same advice I would give anyone. Be it an AOL user or Bill Gates himself. You presume much.  Yep, I fully read what you said, hence the sentence about "it should have worked" which came right after that period.
Users who delete all cookies should just keep in mind wiping all cookies will destroy a lot more than passwords.
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