Prog. logging out?

Hawkshaw

February 14, 2012 08:15

I'm sure that this query belongs on the other side, BUT

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When listing an item for sale, and you are almostfinished, and are interupted for 20 minutes or so, and you come back to finish the listing----POOOOOF, it is all gone. You get to start all over. Does the software involved at GB time out automatically? Can the time be changed? THX HAWKSHAW

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  givette

  February 14, 2012 11:58

  Dunno. My bank has the same online feature. So long as the program recognizes a keystroke, it will set [to re-start the countdown from 20 minutes, for instance]. Each time a key-stroke is sensed, it will re-set back up to the twenty minute countdown, and start all over.
  
  I think GB can change the time..but they won't eliminate the feature.
  
  Let's say someone passes out at the keyboard. Or forgets. GB doesn't want unauthorized access to a 'secure to you' area. GB can't control the enviornment that the buyer/seller is in when they log-in.
  
  Not sure how the folks at Kennesaw came to that particular number of minutes, tho....perhaps time-clocks in the mens room stalls?
  
  Joe

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  nmyers

  February 14, 2012 12:04

  When you start to list an item, or modify a listing, or......just about anything else, you are participating in a "session". Everyone with an Internet application limits the inactivity time of every session; otherwise, it ties up the server (which costs money), & could compromise your security if you left your computer unattended.
  
  But, your computer probably has limits that YOU put in. Go to Start/R click on your desktop/Properties/Screen Saver/Power, & you probably have your computer go to sleep after 10-15 minutes of inactivity, which would terminate any session you had been working on.
  
  Neal

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