Password Renewal

[Eaglerider]

On logging in just now, I was asked to renew my password because its over 500 days old.

Is this normal??

 

[Mike63]

...same for me...coming up for the last few days...but no facility to change.
....today it let me change ...so did.

 

[Eaglerider]

Thanks Mike, it's not just me then.

Curiously, I replaced my secret password with exactly the same one, and the software didn't seem to notice!!!

Bit of a shocker that I've been on here for so long!!

 

[shemozzle999]

If you receive the message, log on with an incorrect password, then follow the steps for "I forgot my password" where you have to re-submit your email address and you will be sent a new temp one that you can change after logging on.

Mine was 1285 days - I really should have changed it when I started getting the rogue emails during the vBulletin hack.

 

[Blew it]

Yes, and it nearly drove me up the wall last night.

The box that came up said "you can change your pass-word here" but when I clicked on "here" nothing happened. I could not access my profile page or anything.

This morning, I accessed the site on my other PC and "here" actually took me to the relevant page. All's well now

 

[KirstinS]

Me too last night, 700 and something - usually post via Tapatalk and it would not allow a password change. Did it this morning via a PC and all fine

 

[jerrysimon]

I changed my fine though I have been unable to use a hotmail email address ?

Jerry

 

[funkylyn]

Aww......thats nice....all us 'old timers' nicely logged in fresh again and ready for the next few years lol

Lynda

 

[the_killjoy]

Mine was 1783, gave up last night trying to reset it.

What is the lowest that anyone has had ?

Is it just asking everyone to update ~ I also kept my old password

 

[flecc]

If you receive the message, log on with an incorrect password, then follow the steps for "I forgot my password" where you have to re-submit your email address and you will be sent a new temp one that you can change after logging on.

Mine was 1285 days - I really should have changed it when I started getting the rogue emails during the vBulletin hack.

Didn't work for me, kept getting another box demanding another name for an electric bike. I tried entering pedelec, ebike, e bike, e-bike, electric bicycle, all refused as incorrect!

Eventually after some hours it finally let me access to change the password without that demand.

The while thing is a bit of a nonsense anyway, it seems more like a bug to me in the way it's been behaving, and this is after all a forum, not an online bank.

 

[carpetbagger]

mine was 1722 days, took ages to find the bit were it says use this page to change as it wasn't clear just to click on the last bit of the message.....maybe it should be in bold writing were to click.

 

[funkylyn]

I must have been lucky, I just clicked on the link, changed my password and was in as quick as a rabbit down a burrow

Lynda

 

[shemozzle999]

Didn't work for me, kept getting another box demanding another name for an electric bike. I tried entering pedelec, ebike, e bike, e-bike, electric bicycle, all refused as incorrect!

Eventually after some hours it finally let me access to change the password without that demand.

The while thing is a bit of a nonsense anyway, it seems more like a bug to me in the way it's been behaving, and this is after all a forum, not an online bank.

You have to use the original email address when you first signed up and your first guess worked for me.

Perhaps HelenJ can explain?

 

[rsscott]

Hi all,

It's my fault..I was trying out an option to update passwords on a more frequent basis (current is never) and it looks like everyone has been affected.

If you're asked for an email address, it will need to be the one registered to the account (if you can remember it for some of you!). Email me if you get stuck.

 

[RoadieRoger]

I`m back more by luck than judgement . A bit like the Dentists , where you get get kicked off the list if you don`t respond ?

 

[johnc461165]

Hi all,

It's my fault..I was trying out an option to update passwords on a more frequent basis (current is never) and it looks like everyone has been affected.

If you're asked for an email address, it will need to be the one registered to the account (if you can remember it for some of you!). Email me if you get stuck.

Yes got them all taking their helmets off and scratching heads to sort it mmmmmmmmm me to

 

[50 Hertz]

I don't understand why the password needs to expire. At work, I need a password, which expires every four weeks, to log into the computer systems. Then, every sub system needs a password, which expires every four weeks. Multiply this across the number of systems that I use and I am changing a password every 3 or 4 days. Its so frequent that I have to write them all down in a jotter which I keep on my desk top. I'm told that the frequent changing of passwords is to enhance security.

Why do we to change our passwords to access a website about bicycles? What's the worst that could happen?

 

[sal_park]

I don't understand why the password needs to expire. At work, I need a password, which expires every four weeks, to log into the computer systems. Then, every sub system needs a password, which expires every four weeks. Multiply this across the number of systems that I use and I am changing a password every 3 or 4 days.

I know it's a pain but..

Its so frequent that I have to write them all down in a jotter which I keep on my desk top. I'm told that the frequent changing of passwords is to enhance security.

*THIS* (writing down passwords on a piece of paper) is the main reason I'm aware of that drives the change your password every xx days system behavior !

Why do we to change our passwords to access a website about bicycles? What's the worst that could happen?

Someone reads the jotter on your desk and can login into all your systems ? Depending on what they have got access to it could be 'pretty bad' (tm).


As an aside, I have the same hassle here at work with many different system wanting there passwords reset all the time. What I do is when I need to change the password for any system, I change it on all systems to the same password. Not ideal, but better that writing it down I think


hth

sp

 

[mountainsport]

On logging in just now, I was asked to renew my password because its over 500 days old.

Is this normal??

Mine said 364 days old.

Mountainsport.

 

[flecc]

*THIS* (writing down passwords on a piece of paper) is the main reason I'm aware of that drives the change your password every xx days system behavior !

But its the need to keep changing passwords that forces people to make a note of them, a self defeating measure!!!!!!!

If they just stayed the same they could be remembered easily.