Long story short. When you request a new password from SMC that works for main login but still need to use your old password to get into the discussion groups
This is true and thus, one of the repercussions of the software upgrade I performed some time ago to seal a security risk...
Just for clarification, I only use Firefox at home and do not experience these issues, so I do not think Internet Explorer or Firefox treat cookies any differently...
At work, the network doesn't store any cookies so I have to log in all the time both on the Home Page and the Discussion Areas! I accomplish this without incident.
This would lead me to think that perhaps psswrds may get typed in wrong as both systems are CaSe Sensitive... I find it strange that entering the same psswrd in the Discussion Areas isn't recognized until you enter it several times...
I would like to help, but I'm not sure where to focus... Still open for discussion...