Password

[luvrbus]

How do you retrieve your old password I got a new I Pad for Christmas and I need a password for this board,this getting old sucks when you don't remember your password to change the password

I came up with a brain storm to put all the passwords and my contact phone numbers in a file on my laptop yep they are history never to be seen again lol

[Tikvah]

there are lots of free or cheap programs that will store all your passwords on the cloud.  If you use an iPad search for a free app, if you use a pc and use Chrome browser, do a search in your Chrome apps. 

They are very helpful and very secure. 

Dave
Tikvah

[Ed Hackenbruch]

 Or write them down in a notebook, (the paper kind) somewhere.

[bobofthenorth]

I keep mine in an Excel file that lives in a Dropbox folder that is accessible by my phone or computer.  I've tried the purpose built software but my homebrew solution works better for me & its more or less idiotproof.

[Len Silva]

Just don't name the file "my passwords".

[HighTechRedneck]

Clifford, when you enter an incorrect password, the resulting screen includes a "Forgot my password" link.  You can also find the link by clicking the "login" link next to "Weclome Guest" above the login box when not already logged in.  I can't remember if that gives you a password retrieve function or a password reset.  But either way it will help you get the password to one you know.

Or, since you are currently logging in from some device that still has the password saved, click the "Profile" link on the forum tool bar.  Then "Account Related Settings" in the left menu of the resulting page.  The resulting screen will let you change your password.

[bobofthenorth]

Just don't name the file "my passwords".

Perhaps you were being cute Len but if not, so what if I do (name the file "passwords")?

The greatest computer security risk any of us face is unsupervised direct access to our keyboards.  The notion that "bad guys" are lurking around us grabbing our secret information out of the ether is silly.  No doubt it happens but so do lightning strikes and lottery wins.  I suppose I could name the file "elephants" but for my purposes it is a lot more useful to name it "passwords".  There's enough confusion in my daily life without deliberately inducing more of it.

[lostagain]

My passwords list is on my cell phone, labelled "passwords".

JC

[Jriddle]

Or, since you are currently logging in from some device that still has the password saved, click the "Profile" link on the forum tool bar.  Then "Account Related Settings" in the left menu of the resulting page.  The resulting screen will let you change your password.

Current Password:
For security reasons, your current password is required to make changes to your account.

This may be a problem for Clifford

John

[HighTechRedneck]

Oops! Very good point.  I added that part as an afterthought, and obviously not a very good one.  lol

Current Password:
For security reasons, your current password is required to make changes to your account.

This may be a problem for Clifford

John

[lvmci]

Hi All, I'm with Ed, I have a plastic envelope with all the web sites I'm involved in, with the security questions, for my senior moments. As for home security, the best way to slow down thievery is a really messy office, I can't find things in there sometimes! Lvmci...

[Dave5Cs]

Take all your passwords and use a program that holds them all and then you make up 1 password for you to get in to any of them. Print out your main list and give it to a friend you trust and you have theirs. if you need one of them you call and get it. Even if someone steals it from your friend they won't know its yours or his.

Dave5Cs

[PP]

I use encryption software for a single file with all the pages of passwords I've collected, Unfortunately, a lot of sites that I don't visit very often won't even let me in when I use the correct password. So even though I've taken all this effort to remember a password to their site, they forgot who I was....

[somewhereinusa]

As for home security, the best way to slow down thievery is a really messy office, I can't find things in there sometimes!

I'm safe.

[muldoonman]

I use firefox browser and somewhere there you can download a complete password file. I guess that's why my lovely wife put in a  password to start computer.
PS
I don't know how to download it but she does.