Shop OBEX P1 Docs P2 Docs Learn Events
I forgot the password. Now what do I do? — Parallax Forums

I forgot the password. Now what do I do?

HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
edited 2009-09-17 01:55 in General Discussion
I forgot my user name or password. Now what do I do?
If you are unable to remember your user name or password, you can click the link below the login form that says "Forget your login information? CLICK HERE". This will take you to another form where you can enter your e-mail address that you used when you registered your account. Your login information will be mailed to the address you enter.

The problem is I do not know the password or the email address used years ago when the account was registered. When I use the current email address, no login information is sent there. How can this be resolved?

Comments

  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2009-09-15 18:56
    Okay. I have to ask. How did you post?
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-09-15 20:55
    Sorry Humanoido...but I was sitting here wondering the same thing...you just posted a message, but your post indicates your forgot your login information (thus not able to get in)? You can always set your e-mail address in the control panel. You can also change your password there. So if you can get in, you can set that stuff at any time. I hope this helps. Take care.

    ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
    Chris Savage

    Parallax Engineering
    50 72 6F 6A 65 63 74 20 53 69 74 65
    ·
  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-09-15 21:46
    SRLM said...
    Okay. I have to ask. How did you post?
    Duh, his avatar says it all ... he didn't post, his web-bot did.

    Maybe the real Human(ido) is being held captive by his own creation...

    (ouch ... eyes.gif ok ...·sorry I couldn't resist.)

    nono.gif·tongue.gif

    ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-09-15 23:49
    He could have a second account on the forum, whose password he's forgotten. Hey, I've thought about doing it — an evil twin, maybe, who could say things I wouldn't dare! smile.gif

    -Phil
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2009-09-16 00:45
    I have often thought to put up a second account (except that it is against forum rules!) where I only answer intellectual, hard questions that make me think, instead of responding like 90% of my posts to non-technical threads that, if they do help anybody, do not do it in a technological way. When I come to the forum, I'm usully relaxing; I don't want to have to think! (how DID he post? Can a guest post in THIS forum? Oh wait, he has his avatar and everything, Hmmmm)

    ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
    Computers are microcontrolled.

    Robots are microcontrolled.
    I am microcontrolled.

    But you·can·call me micro.

    Want to·experiment with the SX or just put together a cool project?
    SX Spinning light display·


  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2009-09-16 02:16
    There is a valid scenario where you can still get into the forum, and you wouldn't necessisarily need to remember your password....

    If you are at the login page, and you have set your browser to "remember who you are" then you can completely get in without knowing your password.
    The same problem can exist if you are >IN< and you try to change your password to something that you can actually remember... you still need to know your OLD password to change it to a NEW password so you are in the same boat.


    What you can do if you are already >IN< is to go to your profile and change your E-mail address there.... THEN when you are next at the login you can have it send a new password to the 'new' E-mail address and reset it that way.

    ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
    Beau Schwabe

    IC Layout Engineer
    Parallax, Inc.

    Post Edited (Beau Schwabe (Parallax)) : 9/16/2009 4:09:25 AM GMT
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2009-09-16 04:58
    Beau Schwabe:

    You are exactly correct in your assessment of the situation and the solution - it worked perfect. Thank you very much for solving this dilemma that went on for some time. Have a very good day. Thanks to everyone with helpful and interesting posts. I sincerely appreciate this.

    humanoido

    Post Edited (humanoido) : 9/16/2009 5:05:42 AM GMT
  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2009-09-16 08:16
    Incidentally, I found a (potential) security hole in Chrome. It allows you to view any saved password by simply navigating to the correct options window and selecting "view password". It might as well be taped to the side of the computer.
  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-09-16 16:29
    Interesting, SRLM - is it a bug, oversight, or intended feature? But if there's an option "view password' then it was clearly intentional. (But that doesn't mean that the programmer had a whit of sense about security, eh?)

    @Phil - if you make a doppelgaenger of yourself, how can you be sure *he* won't claim that *you're* his evil twin?
    hehehe

    @micro - I like your attitude!

    - H

    ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-09-17 01:55
    CounterRotatingProps said...
    @Phil - if you make a doppelgaenger of yourself, how can you be sure *he* won't claim that *you're* his evil twin?
    LOL! Now that would be an interesting experiment in its own right — to see if anyone believed it! But, then again, would I really want to know ... smile.gif

    -Phil
Sign In or Register to comment.