I go to the active list and after I open a topic to read what's going on and then go back to Active--well it's all gone already. WHY? So they are lost to me. MB
It sounds like your computer is not saving cookies and is completely refreshing everytime you hit the active button. At the top of the Active page there is a little drop box that says Active topics since.... It should show the last time you logged in but if the time and date are for "now" your computer isn't saving the cookie. Just pull down the drop box and select last 6 hours or yesterday and that should bring back all the active topics.
Does willowtreecreek's advice make sense, and resolve the issue for you? It does sound like it should be all about selecting a different timeframe from that drop-down box.
No the dates were for the last time I visited--BUT--everything seems back to normal now and I did nothing so.........I guess it was just me and my computer. thanks anyway, I appreciate it. MB