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So, I've been on dakka for a few months, and this issue keeps bugging me. Dakka keeps logging me off! If I don't surf on dakka for 5 minutes or so, I'm being logged off - also happens WHEN I'm surfing dakka, just not as fast (maybe 30 minutes). It's becoming more and more annoying. I don't think it's my computer settings, since I'm an active user on about 10 other forums, for many years, and never had this problem. (And yes, I remember to check off the "keep me logged in" button.)
We have some aggressive technology in place to prevent user hijacking. Are you on a shared connection (school, work) which has other dakka users? Are you using a proxy server? Are you using a web browser which might be changing any other identifying information as you use it?
It is also possible that something strange has happened with your cookies - try clicking logout, clearing all cookies associated with dakka (and for that you must not be viewing dakka at the time or it will re-establish them in the background), and then restart your browser. Try logging in again with 'remember' set and it might be ok.
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Thanks for the reply! I'm using Win7 with IE8 (or whatever the newest one is), at home - and I've just erased my cookies - I'll see how it goes. Thanks so far.
I think one of the compatibility mode things in IE8 breaks the dakka login process a bit as well. Search how to toggle that on/off if you still have a problem after clearing your cookies.
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I have the same problem as guitaRasmus. When I go in another thread I'm be logging off automatically...
I have Windows 7 and my IE is actual, too.
But I still tried these hints... :(
Off the top of my head I cannot remember the exact underlying cause as it is something specific to IE. It is usually the compatibility mode, but it could be something else. I remember we did fix the problem for someone once in the past in this forum, so some clever searching might reveal the answer.
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I'm having a similar problem, and have just spent a good while searching through previous threads with little luck.
I use my laptop both at home and at work. I used to use my desktop at home before it died, and was able to stay logged on. At work I had to log in again every time I visited, but just accepted that this was a quirk of the school network clashing with Dakka's strict security. Now that my laptop is my sole computer it bugs me that I can't stay logged on at home like I used to on the desktop. This seems to have gotten worse recently. When I'm simply browsing threads I can generally only stay logged on for 5-10 minutes, but when replying I've had to log on several times within the space of a single minute.
I tried logging off, clearing my cookies then logging back on and checking the box. I managed a fairly long session but I was still logged off after a while. I'm now back to square one, having to constantly log on every few minutes and having to find my place in a thread over and over again because I got logged off last time I read it without realising. Having read a bunch of previous threads I'm now going to delete my cookies again and stay away from Dakka for 30 minutes before logging on again.
I'm using IE 9 on Windows 7 x64. This is the only forum I have to log on to regularly.
Edit: Ironically I was able to write this entire post without being logged off, but when I tried to immediately add this edit to celebrate that fact I had to login again.
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This helped me, cheers! It was getting really annoying when you forget to copy your posts before posting them.
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