# Trouble searching **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 4, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-searching/79714 "2001-09-04T18:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-searching/79714/1 "2001-09-04T18:16:06Z")
I apologize if this has been covered, but I am having trouble searching. And that’s my question. I log in to search and after entering the search criteria I am sent back to the login page. Repeatedly. I think this changed at the time of the modifications to search. Help, or I will be a laughingstock as I ask questions which have been asked many times before. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-searching/79714/2 "2001-09-04T19:37:35Z")
First question: Do you have the SDMB set to remember your password? Second question: Do you have cookies enabled in your browser? If the answer to either of these questions is “no”, then you can’t search, and you have to re-enter your password for every post. That failing, third question: Do you use Opera? Opera users have reported having this problem, and nobody’s really sure why. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-searching/79714/3 "2001-09-04T20:49:19Z")
OK, thank you, **Chronos**. I will check these options; it’s probably a cookie issue.