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Old 01-20-2006, 02:44 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by GibtheGamer
I had to re-register under another name, once I did that, the forum screen came back up saying "Welcome back GibtheGamer".... I find that very weird. Is that because it recognized my IP address or something?
It was probably a coincidence in that your ISP refreshed the name to its DNS table as you were registering.

A reboot of your machine often works wonders. It clears out your own DNS cache and then your ISP (or even your router if DHCP is up) gives you a new IP.
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