# Why is it occasionally logging me in and out? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228 "2013-05-13T13:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/1 "2013-05-13T13:41:30Z")
This is happening occasionally where I log in and then after two or three clicks it logs me out and I have to re-log in (for computers where I am not signed in automatically). ---
**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 13, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/2 "2013-05-13T19:46:07Z")
Dunno. Did this just start today or has this been happening for a while? ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/3 "2013-05-13T19:50:05Z")
It has been happening since about a week ago, but it is not consistent. It does it one day, and then doesn’t happen for a few more days, then happens again. It was happening _a lot_ the day before the board was taken down though, and that’s when the problem started occurring. ---
**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 13, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/4 "2013-05-13T20:03:37Z")
That does sound like a new problem. I have reported it. Are you seeing it more frequently now, or was it more severe earlier, or how would you characterize it? Does it kick you out repeatedly or just once and then you stay logged in? What kind of a device/OS/browser are we talking about here? Sorry this is happening. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/5 "2013-05-13T20:34:03Z")
It happened repeatedly one time on the day where the board was experiencing severe connection problems. It logged me out a countless number of times. Since then, it scarcely happens and it only kicks me out once. This really only happens at a public computer that I use frequently, however, and they are running Windows XP. This is on Chrome. It’s not really that noticeable now and it’s not a big deal, but I thought I’d report it because it has _never_ happened to me before the day we had severe connection issues. It never happens on my home computer (running Windows 7) or my Galaxy Nexus though. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/6 "2013-05-13T23:55:57Z")
It happens to me occasionally when I’m at school. At home on my own computer, I’m always logged in automatically, and don’t experience it. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/7 "2013-05-14T00:19:50Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > It happens to me occasionally when I’m at school. > > At home on my own computer, I’m always logged in automatically, and don’t experience it. This is _exactly_ how it is for me. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/8 "2013-05-14T07:59:28Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > It happens to me occasionally when I’m at school. > > At home on my own computer, I’m always logged in automatically, and don’t experience it. I am supposed to be logged in automatically but maybe once every three or four visits I have to enter my user name and password even though my computer is supposedly registered. ---
**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 14, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/9 "2013-05-14T12:09:37Z")
I would guess it might have something to do with IP addressing. Every tiime you get a new IP number – which you would do if you moved from one computer to another, for instance, or turned off your computer and then restarted it – you would be assigned a new IP number. If that IP number was not the same as in your prior session (and chances are it’s not) you would be logged off of the SDMB. Just a guess. There are few fixed IPs these days so the numbers are always changing. So we are seeing more of this. Sorry for your inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/10 "2013-05-30T02:09:56Z")
I was having issues today with logging in. I had to login three times in one session because for some reason it would log me out again the first two times. I hope whatever changes are being made will resolve these problems. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/11 "2013-05-31T16:30:00Z")
Again, it took me three tries to log in…and when I clicked submit post, it logged me out again and I had to re-log in to post this. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/12 "2013-05-31T16:35:16Z")
When I’m at work I usually have to enter my user name/password a few times in a row before it logs me in. I just figured it’s someone trying to keep me out. 😉 This has been going on for the past few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/13 "2013-05-31T16:39:45Z")
Same here…but I noticed that if I tried to sign in right after the page pops up I have to hit some keys several times to make them work. It’s like the sign-up page isn’t _quite_ fully loaded and ready yet. As you sign in, look at the screen to make sure that both user name and password is loading properly. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/14 "2013-05-31T23:11:04Z")
And again (it randomly logged me out). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/15 "2013-05-31T23:29:29Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > And again (it randomly logged me out). Please be sure to update us every time it does this. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/16 "2013-05-31T23:32:38Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Please be sure to update us every time it does this. [As if I am the only one who does this.](http://board.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16336124#post16336124) ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/17 "2013-06-05T13:11:17Z")
And again. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/18 "2013-06-05T13:46:35Z")
Mods, is there any way you could make each of his updates a sticky? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/19 "2013-06-05T14:37:16Z")
Any of you guys running IE 10? Try turning on Compatibility Mode? Changed your password recently? Check Credential Manager in Control Panel. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228/20 "2013-06-09T04:09:39Z")
And again. I am on Chrome on my desktop, Safari on my iPad, and the stock android browser on the Galaxy Nexus. Right now, I got hit on Safari on the iPad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-occasionally-logging-me-in-and-out/658228.md?page=2)