Forum Suggestions & User Assistance - Hard time logging in

When I respond to the url for a pm, I come up as unregistered. I go through the sign in and password process, it indicates I am logged in, then immediately tells me I am not registered.

If I then go to my favorites and enter from that url, I am fine, and logged in through my cookie.

I've had this problem in the past too. It only seems to happen to me occasionally. I've given up figuring out the cause. Perhaps you'll just have to use the cookie.

When you visit the site, do you visit bikeforums.net or www.bikeforums.net? The emails have the URL with www, correct?

Also, there's an option to login automatically in your user options. Make sure that is selected, or else you will have to login if you are inactive on the forums after like 10 minutes.

I can't think right now. I'm doped up on the painkillers, but there's something about cleaning out your cookies that can do something. Can you elaborate Joe?

Koff

When you visit the site, do you visit bikeforums.net or www.bikeforums.net? The emails have the URL with www, correct?

Here is the text:

DnvrFox,

You have received a new private message at Bike Forums from TexCycler. Please click here to log in and read it:
http://www.bikeforums.net/private.php

Thanks,
Bike Forums team

From this I get a "you are not logged in" message.

I then log in manually, it sayd "Hi, DnvrFox (or the equivalent)" and then it tells me that I am not logged in!

Yes, I use the "automatic" log in saved on a cookie, and it works well if I just click on the Favorite with the BF URL. ???

You have received a new private message at Bike Forums from TexCycler. Please click here to log in and read it:
http://www.bikeforums.net/private.php

Well, I just clicked on the link and this time it worked fine.

Oh well!!

Okay - I opened email this morning to find a message from Joe that I had a new private message and to go to the URL shown previously to retrieve it.

I go to the URL and it states I am not a registered member. So, I sign in, and it says "You are logged in, DnvrFox"

Immediately on the next click, I get the following message

"You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

You are not logged in. Fill in the form at the bottom of this page and try again.
You do not have permission to access the page that you were trying to. Are you trying to edit someone else's post or trying to access administrative features? Check that you are allowed to perform this action in the Forum Rules.
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Your User Name:
Your Password:
Remember username/password?
Want to register? Forgotten your password?

The administrator may have required you to register before you can view this page. "

This is BEFORE I have logged on to BFN from my favorites.

I really don't care, as it is easy to retreive PM's once I have logged into BFN, just seems sort of strange, and I used to be able to get PM's this way.

Anyway, feel free to disregard, as it really causes me no trouble, once you know your way around it!

Denver, you use AOL as your ISP, correct? Do you use the AOL browser, or IE directly?

Is this on your WinXP box or your 98 box?