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If you have not changed anything yourself in the connection string, my guess is that the MDAC database drivers on the server may have become corrupted.

You should contact your web host about this.
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Well, I called my hosting company and as I expected they told me that nothing has been changed on my server. The database drivers appear to be working fine, I have no trouble connecting to the databse.
 
I loaded up fiddler to take a closer look and I can see what I assume is the problem. The forum is attempting to set the cookie "WWF" on every response but for some reason the browser is not accepting it.
 
Set-Cookie: WWF=LV=2006%2D11%2D12+11%3A20%3A59&SID=ebbze5daz73ccf8bdca4za5ff1c9dzz4; expires=Mon, 12-Nov-2007 18:20:58 GMT; path=/forum
 
When I come to this forum the WWF cookie is included in the request and everything works just fine. When I'm at my forum the cookie is not stored or sent back to the server. I do remember sometime last week the clock on the forum was wrong and I had to set it back. I don't know if thats related or not.
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upon further investigation I've found that the forum will work fine if addressed like this:
 
 
but not when I use the virtual subdomain like this:
 
 
 
I have always used the subdomain in the past, Why would this stop working all of the sudden?
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Looks like the DNS mapping at your host is broken.
When you use forum.example.com, does it go to a 404 page or to example.com?

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it goes to the forum, and the forum runs. But the browser won't accept the WWF cookie if it's addressed with the subdomain, so you can't stay logged in.
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If you're using IE, blow away the cookies and restart browser. If you've recently upgraded to IE7, and blowing away the cookies doesn't work, check out the MEIS newsgroup. There were some problems with IE7 accepting old cookies in some situations.

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Im running IE6 sp2, I have deleted all the cookies and temporary internet files a couple times. It dosn't make a difference.

I'm not sure if it's affecting other users or just me. But it seems wierd that it wouldn't work on both my desktop and laptop. I guess it'll just have to be a mystery for now, it's very strange though.
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It's nothing like the URL of your forum in the WWF Forum Admin login, is it?
 
For example, it's set at http://www.domain.com/forum so when you visit using http://forum.domain.com the cookie is still trying to write for your forum at http://www.domain.com/forum
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