Why can't I post a question from my new system?

It's the new automatic log out "feature" on these forums - usually 30 minutes or less. As you found, log back in, and try again. It happens to me all the time.

ciaochiao

Usually, the logOUT timer is not a problem for the vast majority - and therefore the "just log back in and you should be fine" advice is sufficient. But for some of us, it is a pain - SO we have a couple of workarounds:

1. Open a Reply pane in a TAB or Window and LEAVE IT OPEN, unattended - this resets the TimeOut cookie expiration about every 15-20 minutes, well short of the ±30 minute normal TimeOutLength
2. Get an add-on for your browser that reloads in a user defined time:
   1. Safari = SafariTabReloader
   2. Firefox = ReloadEvery: "Reload web pages automatically"
   3. Others = Reloaders | Cerberus - Support Center

As a long-time member here, you deserve to know what we have discovered to make our "professional" lives easier... There are several more things that many of us employ that make our time spent here MUCH more bearable and almost pleasant - those doggone "glitches du jour" are seemingly less frequent for most.

Ciao, ciaochiao!

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ChitlinsCC, I'm adding your reloaders to my article on how to make using ASC easier.

Here is my ASC work flow...

1) I login.

2) Block the automatic 30 minute logout.

Unless you do something every thirty minutes you get logged out. The forum software waits to tell you this as long as it can to keep you in suspense ;-) . Filling out a reply is the exception to the thirty minute window.

Start an auto reloader.

1. Safari = SafariTabReloader
2. Firefox = ReloadEvery: "Reload web pages automatically"
3. Others = Reloaders | Cerberus - Support Center

You need to pick a page that will reload over time without stalling out. It's ASC. I've found my profile display the best to use. I get my Profile page after some logins. It's ASC. Change rccharles to your apple id.
https://discussions.apple.com/profile/rccharles?view=discussions

Reply technique

Open a new browser window. Pick some discussion. Open a reply window. As long as this reply window is open, you will stay logged in. The 30 minute times is reset as needed by the ASC software.

3) I open another window to do my normal ASC browsing.

4) I have a FireFox bookmark to goto the discussions that I have participated in. I've modified it to add on the content stuff.

turingtest2 recommends. Change rccharles to your apple id:

https://discussions.apple.com/profile/rccharles/content?filterID=participated~obj ecttype~objecttype%5Bthread%5D

5) Use turingtest2's generated links with the /content suffix as browser bookmark to the ASC discussions:

Site map of Communities and Categories

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2463

6) Adjust the ASC web page layout.

For FireFox

I run with Hiroto's modification to user content. This is the only way these forums are readable for me. How to adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7501

For Safari

"ASCPowerTools is a Safari Extension designed to give more control"

http://www.etresoft.com/ascpowertools

7) Read and answer my old posts. I kind of memorize the time I last posted. ( It's way bad that apple eliminated the last poster to a thread. )

8) I use tabbed browsering. From a list of discussions, hold down the command key then click on the link. You get two tabs this way. The original window will keep where you have been.

thanx robert...