Log-in details work on computer and not another

simoncroft

simoncroft

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I've been using Macs and PCs professionally for more than 40 years, but this has me beat. I'm writing this from the iMac I use for general office duties. When I go to the Mac Pro I'm using for the tutorial thread for the home recording area of this fine forum, it tells me I have the incorrect password. I've tried a cut-and-paste from the dettails on here in my Profile. I've tried writing down my details and entering them manually… Nothing seems to work.

Any ideas why?

BTW, I used to double being Production Editor and first-line tech support on a 25-set newsroom producing a Daily for one of the biggest broadcast conventions in the world, so I'm quite tech savvy,
 
simoncroft said:
I've been using Macs and PCs professionally for more than 40 years, but this has me beat. I'm writing this from the iMac I use for general office duties. When I go to the Mac Pro I'm using for the tutorial thread for the home recording area of this fine forum, it tells me I have the incorrect password. I've tried a cut-and-paste from the dettails on here in my Profile. I've tried writing down my details and entering them manually… Nothing seems to work.

Any ideas why?

BTW, I used to double being Production Editor and first-line tech support on a 25-set newsroom producing a Daily for one of the biggest broadcast conventions in the world, so I'm quite tech savvy,
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Wow, that’s a new one on me…I bounce from iPad, to iPhone, to MacBook Pro, to iMac, without any thought here. On Safari for all. What browser? Check saved password?(I’m sure you have, and that’s just silly)
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Wow, that’s a new one on me…I bounce from iPad, to iPhone, to MacBook Pro, to iMac, without any thought here. On Safari for all. What browser? Check saved password?(I’m sure you have, and that’s just silly)
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Thanks for the reply. I just tried on this iMac to change my password, in the hope that this might clear the logjam. When I attempted to save my new password, I got the message "existing password incorrect". I didn't manually enter that existing password, so I'm afraid it looks like the problem is server-side. My best guess is that the jump to the new server has created some kind of issue with the underlying database that handles passwords.

For me, it's just a minor inconvenience, but I'd hate to think other forum members were locked out because forgot their password, bought a new computer, or whatever.
 
simoncroft said:
Thanks for the reply. I just tried on this iMac to change my password, in the hope that this might clear the logjam. When I attempted to save my new password, I got the message "existing password incorrect". I didn't manually enter that existing password, so I'm afraid it looks like the problem is server-side. My best guess is that the jump to the new server has created some kind of issue with the underlying database that handles passwords.

For me, it's just a minor inconvenience, but I'd hate to think other forum members were locked out because forgot their password, bought a new computer, or whatever.
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I don’t have any “under the hood” access….that stuff is for @WavMixer to tinker with. Perhaps he will chime in.
 
DirtySteve said:
A friend of mine (and some other guy's here. Poeman) joined the forum not long after I did and it seems like he had the same kind of problem. He finally just gave up. He was tech savvy, too.
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Ok, I was mistaken, his issue wasn't the same, but he had problems and gave up. Here is his one and only thread...

Thanks for the invite

Nice to see some familiar old names. The site doesn't work too well for me so far...the pages keep reloading, not matter what browser I use. But I'll figure it out.
www.thetonerooms.com
 
simoncroft said:
Thanks for the reply. I just tried on this iMac to change my password, in the hope that this might clear the logjam. When I attempted to save my new password, I got the message "existing password incorrect". I didn't manually enter that existing password, so I'm afraid it looks like the problem is server-side. My best guess is that the jump to the new server has created some kind of issue with the underlying database that handles passwords.

For me, it's just a minor inconvenience, but I'd hate to think other forum members were locked out because forgot their password, bought a new computer, or whatever.
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This software allows you to set your own choice of password when you originally sign up. Send me a DMN with your password of choice.
 
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