I am having a problem...and originally I thought it was my laptop which is cranky at times, but it happened on my pc too which I just bought and have never had an issue with.

Sporadically during perusing the hood, I get logged out. It happens at least 5-6 times each time I come in <a few times a day>, and lately everytime I write a response and click the post button, it tells me I cannot do that because I am not signed in...so then I resign in, and my message is gone...so I have to rewrite it.

What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Marianna,

Do you use Foxfire as your browser? I know I have rarely an issue with Foxfire but I had issues with other browsers....

Read this:

It logs me out to. I use Firefox. I have to back up, select all my post, copy it, then sign back in, then go back to the thread, and paste my post.

Hey ladies!

I sent a message to the tech team, so we'll see what they say...

Hmmm... I had this happen once before. Alas, I don't know how to fix it. My money is on the tech team for the answer.

I dont know about firefox...I get here by aol...

I really dont want to add anything else to this laptop unless I have to...I need a new one, hence buying the pc...but I love the ease of having this wherever I happen to be sitting.

Techteam...I need you!

I know that they do have this issue with AOL. Is there an icon for IE already installed to use after you've signed in through AOL?

FoxFire is much smaller than AOL as a browser... maybe it is overloading your RAM? Help TechTeam!

I have IE on the laptop and pc, but it is just so much more convienent to use aol, since I am generally on there handling the business portion of my life...(Sigh).

Techteam...I think I am a dunderhead!

I talked to Scott and he suggested tinkering with your cookies - the calorie free kind - the privacy settings as instructed below. Let us know if this helps.....

Thanks for the help everyone.



http://webmaster.info.aol.com/cookieguide.html
AOL has developed this page for users who wish to learn how to enable and disable cookies in browsers. If you are an AOL client using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and you receive errors such as this one:

"Your request could not be served because you have browser cookies disabled. Please enable cookies in your browser's settings, close your current web session and try again."

AOL 9.0

1. From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
2. Select Internet [Web] Options
3. Select Use your Internet Explorer Settings to set advanced browser options.
4. Select the Privacy tab
5. Select Advanced
6. Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
7. Click OK to exit.

AOL 8.0

1. From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
2. Select Preferences
3. Select Internet Properties (WWW)
4. Select the Privacy tab
5. Select Advanced
6. Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
7. Click OK to exit.

AOL 7.0 with IE 6.x

1. From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
2. Select Preferences
3. Select Internet Properties (WWW)
4. Select the Privacy tab
5. Select Advanced
6. Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
7. Click OK to exit.

AOL 7.0 with IE 5.5

1. From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings.
2. Select Preferences
3. Select Internet Properties (WWW)
4. Select the Security tab
5. Select the Custom Level tab
6. Under "Allow Cookies that are stored on your computer" click "Enable"
7. Under "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)" click "Enable"
8. Select OK, Yes you want to save the settings

AOL 6.0

1. From the AOL Toolbar, select Settings
2. Select Preferences
3. Select Internet Properties (WWW)
4. Select the Security tab
5. Select the Custom Level tab
6. Under "Allow Cookies that are stored on your computer" click "Enable"
7. Under "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)" click "Enable"
8. Select OK, Yes you want to save the settings

AOL 5.0

1. Go to My AOL
2. Pick WWW
3. Click the Security tab
4. Go to Custom Level
5. Scroll down to find Cookie
6. Click "Enable"
7. Click OK

AOL 4.0

1. Click on Preferences
2. Select on the WWW button
3. Click on the Advanced tab
4. Select the "Accept all cookies" checkbox

AOL for Windows 3.1

Browser does not give you the ability to turn off cookies

Windows IE 6.x Browser

1. Select Tools
2. Select Internet Options
3. Select the Privacy tab.
4. Select Advanced
5. Deselect override automatic cookie handling button
6. Click on the OK button at the bottom of the screen.
7. Click OK to exit

Windows IE 5.x Browser

1. Go to Tools on the menu bar
2. Pick Internet Options
3. Click the Security tab
4. Select the Custom Level tab
5. Under "Allow Cookies that are stored on your computer" click "Enable"
6. Under "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)" click "Enable"
7. Select OK, Yes you want to save the settings

Windows IE 4.x Browser

1. Go to View on the menu bar
2. Pick Internet Options
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Go down to the Cookies section
5. Click "Always Accept Cookies"
6. Click OK

Windows IE 3.x Browser

1. Go to View on the menu bar
2. Pick Options
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Go down to the Cookies section
5. Click "Warn Before Accept Cookies"
6. Click OK

Netscape 7.x

1. Click Edit on the Toolbar.
2. Click Preferences
3. Click the Privacy and Security category; expand the list to show the subcategories.
4. Click Cookies
5. Three options are displayed. Click the appropriate choice:
   • Disable cookies
   • Enable cookies for the originating web site only
   • Enable all cookies
   • If you want to be notified when a web site tries to set a cookie, select "Warn me before accepting a cookie."

Netscape 6.x

1. Click Edit on the Toolbar.
2. Click Preferences
3. Click the Privacy and Security category; expand the list to show the subcategories.
4. Click Cookies
5. Three options are displayed. Click the appropriate choice:
   • Disable cookies
   • Enable cookies for the originating web site only
   • Enable all cookies
   • If you want to be notified when a web site tries to set a cookie, select "Warn me before accepting a cookie."

Netscape 4.x

1. Go to Edit on the menu bar
2. Pick Preferences
3. Go to the Advanced option on the Category menu
4. Click the check box next to "Accept All Cookies"
5. Click OK

Netscape 3.x Clients

1. Go to Options on the menu bar
2. Pick Network Preferences
3. Click the Languages tab
4. Click the checkbox next to "Enable Java"
5. Click OK

Mac IE 5.x

1. Click Edit
2. Select Preferences
3. Under the Receiving Files option, select Cookies
4. Under "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance
5. Under "When receiving cookies:" select the desired level of cookie acceptance
6. Click OK to finish

Mac IE 4.x

1. Go to My AOL on the menu bar
2. Pick WWW
3. Go to the Advanced Settings option on the Category menu
4. Click "Cookies"
5. When receiving cookies: Click "Never Ask"
6. Click OK

For further instructions on how to change your cookies settings, please use your browser's HELP documentation to make the appropriate changes.