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[MooseMeat]

I am thrilled to read you write that.

For me as an admin of the forum it still sucks. I hate having to be held accountable for something beyond my control.

Has there been a change to the forum? I now have to log in to even get to the home page.

FYI, clearing your browser history will do that, or if you don't let your Mac/PC save your PW's, even if you do just that clearing your browser history kinda resets everything.

I used to be a PC guy, once you go Mac you never go back, you would think that PC's have had so many viruses that they would be immune by now, not the case, Mac's are built like tanks.

peace....

 

[Susquatch]

Has there been a change to the forum? I now have to log in to even get to the home page.

No. Nothing of that nature has changed that I know of.

I did note that there were many internet system problems associated with the Alberta bi-election. These had national impacts.

Fundamentally, both the server and your own pc/device maintains the login connection. A problem at either end could cause your problem. My connection didn't change which means that it isn't likely on the server end.

I believe that @MooseMeat's comments are correct, but there are also many other things on your end that can do that ranging from changing connection node to a power failure, a router/modem issue, etc etc

If the problem continues, I'd power cycle all of your devices and completely exit your browser as a first step.

 

[Bandit]

I also am having to log in on the phone now too, before I can get anywhere. "Veryly intelestingk" as the phone is samung and my lap top is fruit loops, "however", they both are pushing new updates which maybe what is the problem.

Boy, I hate having updates, as often that has caused problems for me to figure out how to use the dam things again. It worked fine before," just update" for planned obsolescence. Maybe a bit of a rant! LOL, cross some fingers, which is now nearly a 2 handed job.

 

[gerritv]

Given the number of ppl affected it is neither PC, Mac nor mobile. We have users on every conceivable browser/OS combination. That applies to photos as well as today's login required issues.

@MooseMeat virus's are 1980's stuff. Everything now is spoofing and social engineering which no OS can prevent. It is a user error everytime. (As an aside look up the # of security fixes that get applied to Mac's, no different from Linux or Windows. They all have vulnerabilities.)

Clearing the 79MB!!!!! of CHMW cookies did nothing to prevent the "login required"

 

[MooseMeat]

Many a year a go an IBM pal of mine was an expert in the banking systems and electronics with their routers and security. IT took a while to find out back then that the security needed a fixed ip address and the internet provider was constantly changing their ip, so something as small as this caused HUGE problems.

We live in an age where technology can be wonderful at the same time causing massive problems.

 

[Susquatch]

Many a year a go an IBM pal of mine was an expert in the banking systems and electronics with their routers and security. IT took a while to find out back then that the security needed a fixed ip address and the internet provider was constantly changing their ip, so something as small as this caused HUGE problems.

We live in an age where technology can be wonderful at the same time causing massive problems.

Most of my life I've used fixed IPs. It used to work better than DHCP. One time I had to debug my ISP's own system for them to discover that they had set another customer to the same IP. It worked fine when only one of us was using it. Otherwise it was a fiasco. They gave me a new one and all my problems disappeared.

More recently, I think they have improved the hardware on the assumption that most addresses change regularly as users log in and out.

 

[Bandit]

Well, it seems the great Alberta by-election is now bye.I did the up date on the i-pad. Now I do not have to sign in just to even open the forum, which one did it? I do not know. I will wait on the phone to up date, try it a few times again first.
Dam i-pad and their finger print shi&. Next will be a blood sample and retina scan.

 

[gerritv]

@Bandit, your update was not the solution, it had to be something on the host. Too many affected using different browsers and OS.

 

[Bandit]

well I still have to try the phone yet, the old I-pad is working too, however the lay-out in some areas is different. Yeah I was thinking it was more then just the lap top itself, but what I know about this stuff, hardly amounts to a pinch of dust in a flat land wind storm.

 

[Susquatch]

@Bandit, your update was not the solution, it had to be something on the host. Too many affected using different browsers and OS.

Unless I fell off the horse backwards again (very likely), Bandit had a login problem, not the Fkg image issue. Please excuse my Fkg language.

 

[140mower]

Unless I fell off the horse backwards again (very likely), Bandit had a login problem, not the Fkg image issue. Please excuse my Fkg language.

Language? What fkn language would that be? All Greek to me. 🙄 😛