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[donbmw]

Will do

[Tony Smith]

Justin

I don''t think you have a server problem at all. I have done a test when I have had trouble logging in and there is a 100% correlation between me not being able to log in or having trouble logging in and the degree of latency I have at the time with my internet connection.

I think that the problem is the degree of caching being employed both by ISPs and "long haul" data cable owners which leads to the forum software becoming "confused" when packets arrive either in the wrong order or with varying delays between reception.

I'd suggest that everyone having problems logging in informally "map" the time that they have problems with peak useage times in their country.

It may be possible to "relax' the forum software a little but I'd be disinclined to do so myself in case that opened a vulnerability.

[Justin B.]

Tony, that's interesting, I hadn't considered that.  Next time I have a login problem I'll ping the site and do a tracert to the site to see if I can see any obvious lags...

[wilcom]

After being locked out of the site for hours yesterday. I gave up waiting to see when the site would let me back on.............

The way I got on and it has worked almost every time I get locked out is to reset your password. You don't have to change it, you can just re-enter the same password you have been using.

At sign on click " forgot my password" and it will email you a link. Click on the link and it will take you to your profile and just enter your password just the way it was and you'll be in.

It's worked for me 6 out of seven times.  The windows saved password that the site had been rejecting for hours will now work after you do a "password reset" to the same password you were using before.

Go figure, huh?

[Bob_Roller]

With my unusual work schedule, I've been online in the early morning hours, 1-5 AM weekdays and weekends and still had issues getting logged in, staying logged on .

[wilcom]

and still had issues getting logged in, staying logged on

Bob see if that password reset gets you on the next time you get locked out

[Bob_Roller]

I just stay in guest mode, if I get logged out .

This is not an issue for me, I just come back later and make a posting when I am logged in .

[Justin B.]

I'm not sure what was going on with your issue, Joe.  When you couldn't log in I logged in fine with your id/PW - strange.

I have never had it refuse to take my password before.  When I can't get logged in it's like a security token, or something, gets screwed up and the forum acts like I didn't even attempt logging in and there is nothing in the forum error log.  When you , and a couple others, had issues the other day I saw a bunch of errors in the log for:

"User ID / Password mismatch.
The User ID you specified does not exist or you entered a wrong password."

[wilcom]

'm not sure what was going on with your issue, Joe.  When you couldn't log in I logged in fine with your id/PW - strange.

I just tried to get on at 8:30ish and it came back password mismatch. I immediately just reset my password to what it has always been and now I'm in

my machine is sending the same saved password as when it was being rejected....... something about the reset..... why should the same password work after the reset procedure......... unless the password in the site is getting corrupted and when I reset it puts it back right...hmmmmmm

[Barry]

This is a bit of a wild card because the problem does sound to be forum related. However it's so quick and easy that it's worth a try for Windows users. It does successfully resolve some logon issues for us at work.

Open up credential manager in the control panel and look to see if there is an entry related to R65.org. If there is click on it and select remove.

Credential manager is where your computer stores some logon information and sometimes it gets out of syn or corrupted. If it exits in the first place, removing the entry forces it to be recreated correctly at the next logon.

[wilcom]

Couldn't get on twice in the last two days.

The first time the password reset worked. The next time I retyped my saved password and it got me on.

Sorry I did not check my credentials before doing that rats &#*^%$

Hope this ongoing issue isn't responsible for the low chatter lately

[Bob_Roller]

This is usually a slow time of year for the site, as most members are in the firm grip of winter in the northern hemisphere .

Except for members in the warmer regions  .

[Justin B.]

When I see a failed login attempt in the error log I can ftp to the site and grab the raw error log and see what username and password are submitted.  I don't, however, know whether whether it is correct or not as the stored password is encrypted and can't be viewed.  I often see people with multiple failures in a row using different variations of username and/or password.

[wilcom]

The next time mine screws up I will document to the hilt

[wilcom]

document to the hilt
                   

At 9:52 PST I could not sign in...... tried 4 times with the saved password

I went in and checked Credentials and all was good. Tried to sign in again and NO GO

I went and hit forgot my password and I went in and changed it to what it already was and now I'm in and can get in repeatedly

JW