Ever since the major update of this forum, I have to manually log in every time I visit. I'm currently using Firefox. This isn't a problem for any other forums I use.
Log out, clear your cookies manually then come back and log back in but make sure you click on the box that allows you to auto-log in, it is no longer automatically checked when you log in. I use Firefox 3.5.7 and I have no trouble with auto login so it's not inherantly a browser problem.
SPDCHK, the same thing happened to me last time they changed forum software here =) Irritated me for most of a day (I was popping on and off a lot that day) Whenever I have strange browser problems like that the first thing I do now is a global history/cache and cookie deletion, in every occasion where weird browser behavior was noted by myself it's worked, here and on many other sites.
Unfortunatly only a moderator can lock or change a thread in that manner. Personally I would like starters of a thread to have more control over that particular thread. I've seen too many hijacked threads and off topic junk.
I mean seriously, does it really make sense that the person that started a thread on a particular subject can't control the content of that thread?