MS IE7, this Forumsoftware - no Login

[Dirck]

Hello,
playing around with the Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 I found that the logon-procedure in this forum (Eurovan2.com) with software vBulletin 3.6.5 is not possible!
I can enter the UserId and the password and than my UserId appears in the box on the "Home"-Page but in the upper right corner of the same page the logon-field stays and I cannot select any page for which a logon is required.
To remove my UserId from the list of logged-on Users I have to start Firefox, log in and then it is possible to log out.
I tried this with WindowsXP home and prof and Windows Vista(64). All the same. Firefox works in these operating-systems well.
I believe there is a relationship to the forumsoftware because I tested the login-procedures (IE7, same settings of course) with the vBulletin 3.6.4 software used in the Andre-Citroen forum: (forum.andre-citroen-club.de) - all is running well with this version.
Any ideas?
regards
Dirck

[Arnd]

Did you clear all cookies in IE7?

[Dirck]

Of course, not only the cookies but also history, cache, forms etc.
In firefox there is a option to clear all while leaving the browser.
In IE7 you can clear all from Controlpanel - Internetoptions.
As I said, I can switch to the ACC-forum with the same settings ....

[gazonk]

IE7 is cookie hell. Try a reboot, sometimes that helps.

[Dirck]

Originally Posted by gazonk

IE7 is cookie hell.

Yes - maybe, but why not when communicating with vBulletin 3.6.4 ?

Originally Posted by gazonk

Try a reboot, sometimes that helps.

All the years from the 70th of the last century I've never booted the machines so often than these x86 Platforms.

About using the alternatives this may be of interest.

[Arnd]

Originally Posted by Dirck

Yes - maybe, but why not when communicating with vBulletin 3.6.4 ?

Don't think it's linked to vBulletin 3.6.5. I still believe updating the forums database to UTF-8 is the root of many errors that occur in the last weeks.

[Dirck]

Originally Posted by Arnd

.. updating the forums database to UTF-8 ..

Ok, that's another difference. ACC is using ISO-8859-1.
So I can do other tests by myself.
Seems this is a nice problem - it is reproducible.

[gazonk]

Originally Posted by Dirck

Yes - maybe, but why not when communicating with vBulletin 3.6.4 ?

Dunno, but the IE7 cookie troubles I've seen so far have been so random in their nature that IE7s cookie behaviour could be made into a very strong random number generator

[Dirck]

These lines are written in IE7 running in WindowsVista64. Login was successful!

In all my tests before I tried to reach the sites via "eurovan2.com" or "forum.andre-citroen-club.de" in the address-field of the browser-window. This is sufficient to reach the portal-page.
No leading "www" and of course no leading "http://" .

In a freshly installed Vista32 I've had the same login-problems with a (freshly installed) Firefox too when entering the eurovan2 site name without "www" .
In the cookie-folder (Firefox Tools - Options - Privacy) I found cookies with and without the "www" .
Leaving Firefox with clearing (Firefox Tools - Options - Privacy - Cookies - Keep until I close Firefox) and starting Firefox new with a leading "www" in the address-field shows the same portal-page but the following login was a success.

Same procedure in IE7 (after clearing all) it runs!

Using the Firefox-Bookmarks or IE-Favorites with the "www" runs.

As Arnd an gazonk stated: The problem was with Cookie-Management but in this case not initiated by the browser...
Maybe there has been a problem during the UTF-8 update?

BTW: In IE7 there is a nice Button "Reset" in Tools - Options - Advanced to reset all Browser settings to the "factory state". Also usable from the Control-panel.

regards