I'm Banned From MY OWN FORUM Help

[~*Lisa*~]

I tried to sign in and it was saying wrong password, another Member had same problem and tried 10 times, She is now banned and so am I ? Is it coz We have the same IP address as We both use NTL ? I got in though and went away came back and was banned

Its says :

Sorry, you have been banned from this forum.

Your ban will expire on Today at 10:45am

[Corrupt]

ok what type of ban have you done, if it is an IP ban you will have to get to another computer and login with your username and password and then unban that ip

[~*Lisa*~]

I haven't banned Her though ? She just tried to login 10 times as forgot Her password and then I tried to go on the site to post a message and it told Me the same as it told Her : Sorry, you have been banned from this forum.

Your ban will expire on Today at 10:45am

[Corrupt]

well you could wait untill 10:45 and then see if you can login,

**EDIT**
i am pritty sure that it is a proboard security measure, that someone was trying to guess your password so it banned the account for a certain period of time to ensure that the password remained uncracked

[~*Lisa*~]

Good idea I guess thats all I can do, Its 10:29 here now so is the 10:45 in My time or USA Time, Im in Uk !

[Corrupt]

**EDIT**
i am pritty sure that it is a proboard security measure, that someone was trying to guess your password so it banned the account for a certain period of time to ensure that the password remained uncracked

i think that i would be the time that the page is set at.

[~*Lisa*~]

It has allowed Me to log in, YAY ! Wonder Y it did it to 2 Me and 1 Member ?

[Storm]

mumsworld said:

It has allowed Me to log in, YAY ! Wonder Y it did it to 2 Me and 1 Member ?

Anytime you try to guess more than ten times it will automatically block you. It's also a security feature against password cracker programs that try to randomly flood your account with passwords trying to get in.

[Corrupt]

that would explain it for her, but what about the member. it seems weird

[Storm]

They could have been trying to guess that member's account as well.

[purpleblancmange]

Okay then, I have a similar problem to this and was wondering if you can help me please.

I'm part of the Admin team over at: tardisboard.proboards43.com/

When I log in, enter my user name and password and press Enter, the board seems to think that I am online and active on the boards, it even shows my user name in the "Users Online" box at the bottom of the page.

However, when I scroll back to the top of the page, it still says the "Welcome Guest, please Log In or Register" message.

In this state, I can't post, view the Admin area or basically interact with the board. I have two back up accounts with this board too and I tried them - still with the same problem, in fact I can be on the boards 3 times under those names but *I* still get the "Welcome" message.

So far I've deleted all the cookies and history, carried out virus scans, checked out firewalls and so on which made me think it was my ISP that was to blame... until I connected via a Treo mobile phone - still I couldn't enter the forum. As a last resort, I asked family members to use my account to log on from their computer and they have no problems whatsoever, so it must be something at this end. Have you any ideas or suggestions? I'd really appreciate your help because I don't know what else to do.

Thanks!

[Storm]

Hello, welcome to support, please make your own thread and don't hijack others. It only causes confusion.

[~*Lisa*~]

It explains it for the Member as She told Me SHe tried 10 times, But I tried 2 or 3 times then asked for my password to be sent...Hmmm

[Craig]

mumsworld said:

It explains it for the Member as She told Me SHe tried 10 times, But I tried 2 or 3 times then asked for my password to be sent...Hmmm

Are you still having problems?

[~*Lisa*~]

No - The Ban was lifted when it said, Hopefully its sorted for good now!