Refresh???

[notnoid]

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

[Steve R Jones]

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

[JPnyc]

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.

[Steve R Jones]

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.

[notnoid]

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

[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

[notnoid]

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

[JPnyc]

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

[Dude111]

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

[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

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

How about the setting button - did you do that?

[SuperSparks]

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

[notnoid]

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

[Train]

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.

[JPnyc]

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.

[Dude111]

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