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Whenever I make a post, all forums get marked as having been read.

Is there something in my set-up that causes this, or is it just the way
the forums work?

Bob

That seems odd. It's not happening to me, and I don't see anything in your profile that would cause that. Are you logging out or getting timed out between posts? That would cause everything to be marked read.

Is anyone else having the problem?

I had something similar happen twice while using my wife's laptop. I was on a wireless router that kept dropping the signal. Everytime it reconnected, the threads were all marked as read.

If one opens a new tab in IE7, goes to the tab, and closes the tab, then all the posts in the first tab get marked as "read". I have learned (from experience) that if one opens a new tab in IE7, then leave it and any other new tabs open until done with the original tab. I think it is a forum software problem. ... JDH

jdhurst wrote:If one opens a new tab in IE7, goes to the tab, and closes the tab, then all the posts in the first tab get marked as "read".

I must lead a charmed life 'cause that's not happening to me either!

jdhurst wrote:If one opens a new tab in IE7, goes to the tab, and closes the tab, then all the posts in the first tab get marked as "read".

John, I do that very often but never experienced such problem.

I should be clear that, when I close an IE7 tab, the posts in the original tab actually disappear. When I then select "View new posts", there aren't any. This was a discussion point when IE7 first came out and nothing has changed for me (and on two machines). I don't know why I (and possibly others) see this behaviour and why you, Nonny and others do not. ... JDH