Now it's gradually gotten bad again (no software or hardware changes I'm aware of), and is intermittent, to the point that sometimes I'll stay logged on for half an hour, but other times it takes ten or more "re-submits" to get a simple post done.
When I called our ISP (Blue Sky Satellite), they said it had to be a "website" issue, despite the fact that it NEVER happens on the two non-Blue-Sky-Satellite systems I log on with, and despite the fact that the same Blue Sky Satellite system also seems to be the only one that won't let me remain logged on to Ammoguide or my Yahoo Mail between sessions.
They say it could also be the computer or the operating system, but it happens on our Windows XP, and Windows 7, computers, laptop and desktop, wireless and Ethernet - all of them - at home, and nowhere else.
They say it could be anti-viral software or firewall settings, yet the computers use different anti-viral programs, and it happens even when I set them to 'minimum' security (I haven't tried with them totally off - last time I tried that little experiment accidentally I got a nice dose of virus).
So............I remember some folks here had some suggestions and ideas, and I'll try to search the forum this weekend (even 'search' is harder if you can't stay logged on), but is there perhaps a phpBB (our forum software) person to ask this of (since the website IS part of it, and perhaps the forum software guys know something I could ask or tell the Blue Sky tech people to help them help me), or maybe one of you guys knows what I could do next.
It's getting to where only at work can I use the forum. (Maybe I'll get electronic charting, so I could appear to be typing in the electronic medical record while I'm not paying attention to the patient, but really be on Leverguns...
)It is interesting that the top line that says "Log ON" or "Log OFF", the bottom corner that says what I'm "allowed" or "Not allowed" to do, and the prompts for "edit" "quote" and so on don't always agree - as if in mid-page-load I was logged off. Since I can only log-on, paste, and hit 'submit' so fast (maybe ten seconds), I've tried other tricks for speed, such as opening a separate window to start the 'log on' process and while it's cooking, do my paste and submit on the other window. In other words, I sometimes just open an extra "Log ON" page and enter my info, then immediately upon hitting the Enter key, I switch to the other page, and quickly hit "reply" so I can get a 'compose message' screen while logged on. THEN I type the message, and try to submit it (rarely it will go), but remembering to 'COPY' it before the attempt. When I get the 'you must be logged in' page and prompts, I log in so I can get back to the 'compose' screen again. I paste the message back there again, but before trying to 'submit' it, I go back to the other window/page I have open, and go through the 'log on' process there. Just after hitting 'Enter' on THAT page, I switch to the 'compose' page, and hit 'submit' during or after the brief pause in which the other 'log on' page will be displaying the 'you are now logged on' message prior to going to a normal forum page. If I don't time it just right, I'm already logged out and the message won't post.
Thanks for any help or ideas! (remember my 'computer IQ' is probably in the single digits). I'm leaving work now (8:30 PM on a Friday - yuck) so any replies or further questions I may want to post may be sparse unless I'm lucky and can stay logged on a bit sometime during the weekend.
) here, although it wasn't using the Ethernet-network but just direct USB-to-externam-modem connection. 
