Thanks Marcel. I'm fairly sure I clicked the 'Remember me' button, as usual. Not being able to see any pics turned out to be due to the up-date to my computer, everything from switching to IE8, a new hard drive, tower, etc etc. - this was corrected today by adjusting the 'Compatibility View' tool. I did have a strange one earlier though, after I logged out of the forum, and the Internet. When I came back about three hours later, I was still logged in !!