Refresh???

Hello:
Just a minor annoyance, but when I am posting a reply to a response to a thread I have started it often takes me a while to put everything together, get the spelling right, etc. and hunt & peck my way to complete my message. When I click POST I get this message ~you are not authorized~ and that I should REFRESH and LOGON. I have never figured out how to REFRESH and I am already logged on. So when I log off to log back on I loose everything I have typed (I am afraid it may happen now and this message will disappear). I'll give it a try.

Straighten me out please!
notnoid

Type in Word first and kill two birds with one stone.

I've never seen this. What are the browser, OS, involved, and is remember me checked and cookies enabled? Because these forums never log me out. I am perpetually logged in unless I dump cookies.

Approx how long does it take you to type once you click the New Thread Button?

EDIT: I just did a test...I clicked the new thread button waited for 18 minutes - came back and was able to successfuly post.

Steve:
Actually I have never been timed out while submitting a new thread. But I have experienced the problem on a number of occasions while writing a reply. I have always been logged in when this happens.

I am using an HP Pavilion with Windows Vista. How can it be that I am the only one having this problem? Perhaps I am screwing up somewhere.

Thanks

Which browser are you using?

If IE - go into Tools->Options->Browsing History SETTINGS Button->Please the check mark in Every Time I Visit the Webpage

Hey Steve:
I have recently begun to type my replies in Word and then pasting them in. I started doing this after I lost some long, drawn out replies only to loose them and having to try and reconstruct them from the beginning. I guess I was just just wondering why there is a 'timed out' type feature that keeps me from typing up the entire message once I sign in. Maybe if I learn how to 'refresh', as I am told to do, I could avoid having to log and then log in again.
Thanks, notnoid

Another option would be to use quick reply. I would be very surprised if you had the same issue with that.

Are you making sure to check REMEMBER ME when logging in??

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Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

Which browser are you using?

If IE - go into Tools->Options->Browsing History SETTINGS Button->Please the check mark in Every Time I Visit the Webpage

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You've been asked twice which browser are you using...THIRD TIMES A CHARM;)

How about the setting button - did you do that?

Try clearing your cookies, or at least the VirtualDr one. There is something wrong if the forum is logging you out like that.

I use Mozilla Firefox. I started typing this [my second attempt to replay] about 15 minutes ago. Anyway I typed in part of the original reply and the stopped and visited another Virtual Dd. forum. When I returned to this forum my initial message was gone so I am retyping it now. Should I not move around the forums while working on a rely?
Thanks,
PS, I use Firefox Mozilla

If you use a new tab or page, that will not happen. If you used the same page, what happened to you happens to me.

I've never used Firefox long enough for that to happen, so it's hard to test. I use it just to check that our sites display OK in it.

If you make sure REMEMBER ME is checked when logging in,you shouldnt have this issue anymore :)

I guess I should type up my replies in Word and then past them in after I log in to Virtual Dr. That'll work. So I guess I consider this tread resolved for now.
Thanks to everyone.

Above your first post is Thread tools, in there where you, as the initiator of the thread, can make it resolved.

Train:
I am not sure what you mean about using a new 'tab' or 'page'.

Dude111
I never have noticed the 'remember me' box before. I'll click it from now on. Thanks

I'm sure that's the cause then. If you don't check that box, the forum logs you out after 15 minutes of inactivity.

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Originally Posted by notnoid

Dude111
I never have noticed the 'remember me' box before. I'll click it from now on. Thanks

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Yep,that will prevent your session from expiring :) (Unless you clear the cookie from the site here)

Good luck!

In the for what it's worth category - the "session" timeout period has been doubled from 15 minutes to 30.

Thank you for the update my friend :)