# Login is not Remembered **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 3, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602 "2011-05-03T18:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/1 "2011-05-03T18:42:48Z")
I clicked on a thread link\* in an email from the SDMB. It opened the thread and I saw that I was not logged in. So I went back up and logged in successfully (with Remember me checked). I read the thread, closed the browser. Some minutes later I got another email thread link from the SDMB. I navigated to it and again was not not logged in. Is this happenning to anyone else? I’ve always been logged in until I change my password. - [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13758411#post13758411) ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/2 "2011-05-03T19:10:20Z")
IE 8. Medium Privacy. Set [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) to always allow cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/3 "2011-05-03T19:27:57Z")
It’s happening to me occasionally, too. I’m on Safari 5.0.3. I’ve got cookies set to “Only from sites I visit,” which sounds like it should be appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/4 "2011-05-04T10:57:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It’s happening to me occasionally, too. I’m on Safari 5.0.3. I’ve got cookies set to “Only from sites I visit,” which sounds like it should be appropriate. Safari hasn’t remembered my SD login for ages now, if it ever did. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/5 "2011-05-04T17:32:37Z")
FWIW I’ve had to log in over and over again lately as well – including on admin settings that were always saved before. It’s the same browser/version as always so nothing has changed on my end. Some cookie weirdness? I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/6 "2011-05-04T17:48:40Z")
Obligatory advice about [clearing your cookies](http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2). (BTW, if you type just “cookies” into Google, you now get a map telling you where to buy some.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/7 "2011-05-04T19:15:48Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Safari hasn’t remembered my SD login for ages now, if it ever did. Is this on Mac OS X? I’ve used Safari for years and don’t remember this being a problem. Do you select the “Remember Me?” checkbox when you login? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/login-is-not-remembered/580602/8 "2011-05-09T17:48:04Z")
I had a corporate password issue. The Help Desk person had cleared up the issue and then I asked why it occurred. I allowed them to take control of my machine. They fixed and checked things and declared it might have been a browser history problem. I wasn’t paying close enough attention, my bad. I just checked and found that they had checked “Delete browsing history on exit”. My browser works just fine now. :smack: