>Again this morning, on my first login to UT, there was a count beside the .NET forum. I decided to leave it there and did not expand the forum.
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>When I came back in this time the .NET category did not appear, making it look like I had read that forum the last time in.
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>This may have to do with new settings, but if that is the case then I gues I don't understand the meanings of at least some of them - I believe that I am setup so that my expectation would happen.
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>In other words, when I start or refresh UT I expect that forums that I did not expand will continue to carry their messages for my review UNTIL I EXPAND THEM.

The main important setting is "Automatic reset of new messages". If you had that setting check for .NET, no matter if you expand or not, it will be interpreted as an automatic reset of new messages. So, the next time you refresh or login, those messages won't appear.

However, I did check your setting and that setting is off. Did you turn it off later on today after you logged in?