Signing in

[keystamp]

Yesterday I had a bad computer crash and when I came back to the Crafts Forum, I found I had been signed out. This had never happened before as opening the site showed I was still was signed in.

Do you think I could remember my password, I tried the five possible and then was blocked for 15 minutes. Then I tried another possible password which was wrong, so I was blocked from trying for another 15 minutes.

Then I decided to use the link to establish a new password via email. As soon as it arrived I tried it, only to find 15 minutes had not expired! So after a short wait I finally was able to be logged in again.

Immediately I changed the password to something I knew I would remember.

So last night I thought I would log into the site at home. No problem, what a joy to be able to continue participating in the forum in the evenings as well.

When I returned to work this morning I found I had been logged out.

The question I am asking is, can you only be signed into the forum on one computer at a time?

Roger

[0103media]

The question I am asking is, can you only be signed into the forum on one computer at a time?

Roger

Yeh :)

Matches the ip your on...

[cosmic grammie]

>Immediately I changed the password to something I knew I would remember.

Famous last words, Roger - write it on the wall somewhere out of notice!!

[jenniferlou]

Oh dear you poor thing! I have had a similar problem with my Paypal account, the most frustrating thing is once your bank is registered elsewhere I couldn't register it ever again. So I now use my Hubbies! Hehehe, good tactics eh! :)

He wonders why I keep getting Fimo through the door! He'll kill me when he finds out, joking aside! lol

[keystamp]

>Immediately I changed the password to something I knew I would remember.

Famous last words, Roger - write it on the wall somewhere out of notice!!

I am following advice on how to create a secure password. If you use a phrase and then just use the first letters of the word then change one or two letters to numbers, you will not need to write it down.

For example: This is my password for the craftsforum becomes t1mpwftcf

To make it even more secure you can insert some capital letters e.g. t1mPWftCF. This looks like gobblygook, but is easy to remember.


Alternatively you could use someone's famous last words.
Here are a few to choose from:

Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose.
Said by: Queen Marie Antoinette after she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner as she went to the guillotine.

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Said by: Humphrey Bogart

Dammit…Don’t you dare ask God to help me.
Said by: Joan Crawford to her housekeeper who began to pray aloud.

Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries’!
Said by: James French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution.

You have won, O Galilean
Said by: Emperor Julian, having attempted to reverse the official endorsement of Christianity by the Roman Empire.

I feel ill. Call the doctors.
Said by: Mao Zedong (Chairman of China)

Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here
Said by: Nostradamus

Put out the bloody cigarette!!
Said by: Saki, to a fellow officer while in a trench during World War One, for fear the smoke would give away their positions. He was then shot by a German sniper who had heard the remark.

Please don’t let me fall.
Said by: Mary Surratt, before being hanged for her part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln. She was the first woman executed by the United States federal government.

Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
Said by: Voltaire when asked by a priest to renounce Satan.


So my password is easy to remember and only I know it.

Roger

PS You may not believe it but whilst searching for the famous last words, I became logged out of Crafts Forum - very strange. At least I knew my password without looking it up!

[nattynetty]

I am following advice on how to create a secure password. If you use a phrase and then just use the first letters of the word then change one or two letters to numbers, you will not need to write it down.

For example: This is my password for the craftsforum becomes t1mpwftcf

To make it even more secure you can insert some capital letters e.g. t1mPWftCF. This looks like gobblygook, but is easy to remember.


How on earth is that easy to remember Roger :o You have to remember which phase you used and then remember which numbers you used and which letters you capitalised! After my amazon account got hacked I changed lots of my other passwords (I had lots the same so I could remember them - naughty naughty) and I spend half my online life now resetting passwords as I'll be damned if I can remember all the new ones :mummy: I think I need to write them all down in my old fashioned address book so at least I can look them up.

As for getting logged out again, I think I might be able to help there - next time you log in make sure you tick the 'stay logged in' box before you enter your username and password, I've no idea why but it seems to work that way :)

[keystamp]

As for getting logged out again, I think I might be able to help there - next time you log in make sure you tick the 'stay logged in' box before you enter your username and password, I've no idea why but it seems to work that way :)

After posting my message I found out how I became logged out. It was very strange, but somehow after relaunching Internet Explorer and reloading my previous tabs, IE decided to open 5 tabs for Crafts Forum and I did not return to the tab I had been using.

Going back to the phrases, when I cannot remember the password I usually say something. My password is based upon this and the site name. The capitals in the example are for Pass Word and Crafts Forum, even though they are both single words I have used them as if split into the component words. This means it is different for each site, but still easy to remember. So Natty Netty, I can see you going into password overload. What happens if you loose your old address book?

Roger