does this work on 3.6 and if so what do i have to do?

The problem is I was on different computers and it still detected me being on the same computer. I run a school computer lab and we have 25 computers I created 25 accounts each on seperate computers. I hate to tell you but it does create false positives.

I would like to know how you can delete or flush the database either entirely or individually for each user.

I found another 2 false positives today...

I know for damn sure that people involved have never logged in from the same computer. They live about 70 miles away from each other.

UserIds don't change, but in my case they did because I had to re-install the forums and everyone had to re-register. (new user id's)..

Well, if your userids changed; then you'll get reports but that is an exception based on problems with your site, not our plug-in.

There is no database to flush and there is no way to create cookies on seperate computers.

I guess this has to be repated on every page; yes, it works on 3.6.

i have a possible solution to fix the problem with changing user-id's for those with that one exception.

I will code this out and send the possible code fixes to MPDev and see what he has to say.

Thanks
- James

Hello,

I'm a bit concerned about the server load on heavy trafficed forums with many, many people having duplicate accounts.

Does the thread creation process eat CPU?

When are the threads created exactly?

Thanks,
-Tom

BTW: Great hack, really deserves the MotM price

This hack only checks upon user logging into the forum. this should not affect your server load.

Thanks
- James

The hack's checks a cookie.

If it detects a duplicate account a thread is being created - this means more queries = more server load, depending on how many duplicate accounts are logging in during peak times.

So the question is: How many queries does the hack add to our forum on top of the others?

No queries are performed unless a user is tripping the detector and then only those that normally account for adding a new post anywhere else in your forum.

Ok, thanks for the info :)


We have it online now and it is working very good.

Thanks, great job,
-Tom