Vbulletin Can’t Login - Solve the Login Problem

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Vbulletin Can’t Login - Solve the Login Problem

Some Vbulletin users and owners may have experienced that some users face a problem logging in, especially with Internet Explorer (IE).

Does your problem sound like this: When the user logs in, the page shows the “Thank you for logging in” message, then refreshes, and the user is shown that he is not yet logged in. No error message is shown.

Well, the following 3 steps may help in solving this Vbulletin log in problem:

Close all open browser windows and clear all cookies. Then load your browser and try logging in again. If that does not help, continue with the next suggestions.
Login to your Admin CP, click on “vBulletin Options” in the left frame, and then select “Cookies and HTTP Header Options”. Once there, make sure that your “Path to Save Cookies” setting is set to “/” (without the quotes). If it is not, change it to “/”, save your settings, close your browser, clear your cookies, and try logging in again. If that still does not help, continue to step #3.
Go back to your Admin CP, click on “vBulletin Options” in the left frame, and select “Cookies and HTTP Header Options” again. Check your “Cookie Domain” setting and make sure it is set to “(blank)”. If it is not, change it to “(blank)”, save your settings, close your browser, clear your cookies, and try logging in again.
If that still does not help, or the setting is already set to “(blank)”, change the setting to “.yoursite.com” (note the 2 dots!). Save your settings, close your browser, clear your cookies, and then try logging in again.

Note: By changing your “Cookie Domain” setting, it is possible to lock yourself out of the Admin CP if this is changed to an incorrect value. If this happens, upload the tools.php script (located in the ‘do_not_upload’ folder of the vBulletin zip file) to your admincp directory. Load the file in your browser and select the option to reset the cookie domain and path back to the defaults.

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12 Responses to “Vbulletin Can’t Login - Solve the Login Problem”

lizzyfirt | January 7th, 2008 at 11:37 am

hello, i’m lizzy!
Atmofs | March 4th, 2008 at 2:27 am

Hi
Your site is great
Bye
Alvin | March 4th, 2008 at 6:27 am

glad this info is useful
Metrujectiktus | March 28th, 2008 at 8:42 am

Приветствую всех!
У меня такой вопрос,кто что интересное подскажет буду признателен.
Мы с друзьями собираемся поехать в круиз по просторам России и ближнего зарубежья месяца на два на своих машинах,но не как не можем согласовать маршрут,если у кого уже был опыт такого путешествия,может,что посоветуете.Девчонок с собой не берем,думаем,что во все городах России с этим не будет проблем,если у кого будут рекомендации и в вопросе отдыха с девушками тоже буду признателен.

С уважением Сеньчик
Sertvfdnhgjk | April 3rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm

Приветствую всех!
У меня такой вопрос,кто что интересное подскажет буду признателен.
Мы с друзьями собираемся поехать в круиз по просторам России и ближнего зарубежья месяца на два на своих машинах,но не как не можем согласовать маршрут,если у кого уже был опыт такого путешествия,может,что посоветуете.Девчонок с собой не берем,думаем,что во все городах России с этим не будет проблем,если у кого будут рекомендации и в вопросе отдыха с девушками тоже буду признателен.

С уважением Сеньчик
Apponnord | April 10th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Hello my friends
Alvin | April 11th, 2008 at 9:07 am

hi
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mattc | May 16th, 2008 at 2:31 am

Thank you so much for the tip. A client was having trouble with IE6 users not being able to log in to their message board. I ended up having to set the coookie domain to .theirdomain.com and it solved the problem.

Without your tip, I’d never have found the source of their problem. Thanks again!
Alvin Poh | May 16th, 2008 at 4:51 am

Glad to be of help
Makiac | August 24th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

Сенкс:) Классная тема, пишите чаше - у вас отлично получается
admin_papa | August 29th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Hello Everybody

Just wanted to share my new experience.

If your system fails to start due to an error related to lost HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other critical system boot files you can repair this by using the XP installation CD. Just boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console. Then launch “attrib -H -R -S” on the C:\Boot.ini file and remove it. Run “Bootcfg /Rebuild” and then Fixboot

Regards,
Carl