Hi Ray. That shouldn't happen but I've noticed it myself in the past, (old forums software), when I have inadvertently deleted all CNET cookies. Then logging in didn't always take and I would have to do so repeatedly.
I just assumed CNET wanted to get rid of me!
But a better reason my be the servers have not updated yet and haven't registered your login.
Is it OK now? A couple of days have passed.
Mark
Why do I have to login every time I change forums
I have checked to remember my login
This just started this afternoon

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