# Why Do I Get Logged Out Against My Will? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 1, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886 "2006-07-01T20:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/1 "2006-07-01T20:34:47Z")
It seems that now, whether I’m at work or home, if I log in to the SDMB, and just read things for a while, and then try to post, it says I’m not logged in, demands a user name and password, and forgets everything I’ve typed in my post. This is just plain annoying (not to mention very unprofessional on the SDMB’s part). Why? How do I make it stop? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/2 "2006-07-01T23:09:29Z")
This is probably some old cookie on your computer from back in the day when cookie files on the SDMB logged off after 15 minutes. Try removing said cookie from your system and rebooting and returning to the board with a new cookie. This should take care of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/3 "2006-07-02T22:09:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > This is probably some old cookie on your computer from back in the day when cookie files on the SDMB logged off after 15 minutes. > > Try removing said cookie from your system and rebooting and returning to the board with a new cookie. This should take care of the problem. As I said, it happens on various computers; even computers at the public library, that I’ve never used. It’s not about cookies. Please think again. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/4 "2006-07-02T22:51:14Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > As I said, it happens on various computers; even computers at the public library, that I’ve never used. It’s not about cookies. Please think again. When you log in at home, do you click “remember me?” or whatever it is on this board? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/5 "2006-07-02T23:52:47Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > As I said, it happens on various computers; even computers at the public library, that I’ve never used. It’s not about cookies. Please think again. When you’re on a library computer, the board has no idea who you are. It would automatically ask you to log in. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/6 "2006-07-03T02:57:10Z")
Yeah, are you checking the “Remember Me” box there with your login? If not, that WILL log you out. Of course you don’t want to click that box when you’re reading from a public location. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/7 "2006-07-04T00:32:37Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Yeah, are you checking the “Remember Me” box there with your login? > > If not, that WILL log you out. > > Of course you don’t want to click that box when you’re reading from a public location. Two things…_no_, three things: 1. When you log out, all the cookies are automatically removed. 2. I usually don’t check “Remember Me,” but that’s irrelevent; in the past, it never affected my log in in this way. 3. Of course it asks me to log in at the library. I would never expect otherwise. It’s just something that has changed for no perceivable reason in the last month or two. In fact, I’m prettry sure this post will not go through, and I’ll have to copy it, and log in again, and paste it, even though _ **I’m already logged in!** _ Please to still explain. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/8 "2006-07-04T03:20:24Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > It’s just something that has changed for no perceivable reason in the last month or two. In fact, I’m prettry sure this post will not go through, and I’ll have to copy it, and log in again, and paste it, even though _ **I’m already logged in!** _ Please to still explain. So, did your prediction come true? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/9 "2006-07-04T07:25:09Z")
Check your browser preferences to make sure that cookie settings have not been changed somehow. This is the sort of behaviour one would expect when the browser is set to disallow all cookies, or cookies from a particular site. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/10 "2006-07-04T21:33:40Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Check your browser preferences to make sure that cookie settings have not been changed somehow. This is the sort of behaviour one would expect when the browser is set to disallow all cookies, or cookies from a particular site. Again, this is good advice when it deals with one computer. I’m talking about a problem that happens on _any_ computer I use. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/11 "2006-07-05T01:31:27Z")
E-mail your password to one of the admins and see if they can figure out if there’s something goofy with your account, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/12 "2006-07-06T18:35:41Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] Two things…\*no[/I 1. I usually don’t check “Remember Me,” but that’s irrelevent; in the past, it never affected my log in in this way. [/QUOTE] From this, we can really only conclude only that it was irrelevant _in the past_. Maybe something has changed? It’s worth trying - see what happens when you check the box. BTW, this happens to me, on another message board, so I’d be interested in knowing how you finally get it sorted out. Good luck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/13 "2006-07-11T02:01:06Z")
[QUOTE=Enter the Flagon] From this, we can really only conclude only that it was irrelevant _in the past_. Maybe something has changed? It’s worth trying - see what happens when you check the box. BTW, this happens to me, on another message board, so I’d be interested in knowing how you finally get it sorted out. Good luck. 🙂 [/QUOTE] It hasn’t happened recently, so maybe the hamsters just got distracted by some passing processed cheese spead. I’ll wait and see. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886/14 "2006-07-11T02:03:15Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] So, did your prediction come true? [/QUOTE] Yes, it did, but… [QUOTE=Enter the Flagon] From this, we can really only conclude only that it was irrelevant _in the past_. Maybe something has changed? It’s worth trying - see what happens when you check the box. BTW, this happens to me, on another message board, so I’d be interested in knowing how you finally get it sorted out. Good luck. 🙂 [/QUOTE] It hasn’t happened recently, so maybe the hamsters just got distracted by some passing processed cheese spread. I’ll wait and see.