Lazlo Woodbine

Join Date 08/2002

Wincustomize "Edit Account" problem

Under Web Viewing Preferences the setting for Popup windows *always* reverts to Yes after restarting my web browser (both FireFox and IE). This is annoying, and given that it occurs in both browsers, I suspect a problem with the site. Does this work properly for other users?

This is made more annoying by a recent problem where clicking on a link to a preview will open a new tab in FireFox, but will also open the preview in the current tab, thus giving two identical tabs.

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Jafo

Join Date 03/2001

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https://www.wincustomize.com/killcookies.asp

Click on that link....may do the trick....

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NO, I've already tried the obvious. It's a definite issue with the site.

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I can't speak to the Firefox issue, but as you stated that it happens to you in IE as well, I checked for myself, and my preferences for Popup windows did not revert to Yes after restarting or after relogging in. I tried several times and had no problem with my preferences being kept. So perhaps the issue is not with the site.

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The cookie is *definitely* being rewritten when reopening the browser (but oddly not when closing the site and then revisiting without closing the browser).

The cookie when popups are sent to 'yes' is this:

Theme=Ice&Popup=&z4=1&z22=1&z29=1&PollID=114&z5=0&z13=0&z26=1&z32=1&z1=1&z11=0&z8=1&z18=0&z30=1&z2=1&z9=1&z15=0&z21=0&z28=1&z34=1&z3=1&z12=0&z19=0&z25=1&z31=1&z6=1&z10=1&z17=0&z7=1&z14=1&z20=0&z27=0&z33=1

and when set to 'no' is this:

z33=1&z27=0&z20=0&z14=1&z7=1&z17=0&z10=1&z6=1&z31=1&z25=1&z19=0&z12=0&z3=1&z34=1&z28=1&z21=0&z15=0&z9=1&z2=1&z30=1&z18=0&z8=1&z11=0&z1=1&z32=1&z26=1&z13=0&z5=0&PollID=114&z29=1&z22=1&z4=1&Theme=Ice&Popup=false

and then immediately after closing the browser and then reopening it and going to the wincustomize site it's set to this again:

Theme=Ice&Popup=&z4=1&z22=1&z29=1&PollID=114&z5=0&z13=0&z26=1&z32=1&z1=1&z11=0&z8=1&z18=0&z30=1&z2=1&z9=1&z15=0&z21=0&z28=1&z34=1&z3=1&z12=0&z19=0&z25=1&z31=1&z6=1&z10=1&z17=0&z7=1&z14=1&z20=0&z27=0&z33=1

and that is totally without making any changes. There's nothing on my PC that could be rewriting that cookie. I'm almost 100% confident that it's a site issue.

(All this investigation has been done with FireFox, but given similar behaviour in IE I'll be surprised if the situation is any different there)

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I've just finished playing around with my Edit Preferences settings and everything I changed stayed
changed, except the popup window settings...it always reverts back to yes. I tried logging on and off, killcookies.asp, etc.

Oh Yeah I'm using IE ver. 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633
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CerebroJD

Join Date 01/2003

There are no pop-up windows anyways right? Unless that refers to the window
that comes up when you click on someones name or on a skin preview or comments.

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CerebroJD.....that's the one he's talking about....personally doesn't bother me 'cause I prefer those windows to popup

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I've just finished playing around with my Edit Preferences settings and everything I changed stayed
changed, except the popup window settings...it always reverts back to yes. I tried logging on and off, killcookies.asp, etc.

Oh Yeah I'm using IE ver. 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633
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There are no pop-up windows anyways right? Unless that refers to the window
that comes up when you click on someones name or on a skin preview or comments.

Those are the popup windows I'm referring to!

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personally doesn't bother me 'cause I prefer those windows to popup

As would I, if they worked properly at the moment! Unfortunately, be it due to some error in the FireFox build or one of
the FireFox extensions that I'm running, they don't.

When the popups appear the tab launching the popup *also* opens
the popup link, giving two identical tabs. This is more than a touch annoying, and so as a workaround I want to disable
the popup setting, but I can't.

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