# "You are not logged in" and what happened to my "reply"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 29, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723 "2002-03-29T07:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deeward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@deeward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deeward)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/1 "2002-03-29T07:54:48Z")
Maybe I should understand this, but I don’t. Why dies a box pop up saying "you are not logged in " everytime I try to post a message? How many times do I have to “log in”? It’s like having to register again and again. This being a mystery to me might have something to do with my being a computer dud, too. And…I tried to “reply” to the list of replys allready answering my former post and my reply message flew away. In other words, it’s not there. ??? Sorry to be a pain already! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/2 "2002-03-29T13:59:22Z")
Please read the FAQ threads in this forum to see if this solves you problem. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/3 "2002-03-29T16:55:12Z")
You’re not being a pain at all, you’re just experiencing a common problem for users in our upgraded board software. The vB system uses a “cookie” to log you in and navigate you around the system. You MUST accept this cookie for the board to work. The problem is in your profile settings. Where you’re asked “Remember Username and password?” the question must always be answered YES or you’ll be forced to sign in over and over again every time you move to a new page. I have manually changed your settings to reflect these changes. I bet everything works just fine for you now. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**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:** [March 29, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/4 "2002-03-29T22:15:42Z")
Note - post critical of the SDMB administration was split off to a separate thread in The BBQ Pit, which is the correct place for it. ---
**Author:** ![deeward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@deeward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deeward)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/5 "2002-03-30T01:45:39Z")
Well, I hope I can understand what you’re telling me. You said my having to "log in " all the time has something to do with accepting cookies? If so, and I wrote negative to cookies, what do I do now? Well, I’m finding out right now if “reply” is working ---
**Author:** ![deeward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@deeward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deeward)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/6 "2002-03-30T01:50:32Z")
I’m happy. (for now) I’m easy to get along with except when I hate myself for not understanding. Thanks, Dee ---
**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:** [March 30, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-logged-in-and-what-happened-to-my-reply/100723/7 "2002-03-30T02:45:45Z")
deeward - You should also read this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=105272](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=105272) which might help you understand the issue. If you have any questions after that we can try and explain how this works.