James M Posted August 21 Posted August 21 I've been here for years but my old account locked me out. 1
peteski Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Welcome back under new personality James. This has happen to several members fairly recently but for some reason you all chose to create a new account (which I believe the admins frown upon) instead of contacting those admins about the original account to figure out what the problem is or reset your password. Often the problem is that someone no longer has access their old email account linked to their profile so password resets will not work. Personally I would go out of may way to get back to my old user name so my post and photos history is still tied to me. I would contact someone like @Xingu @stitchdup @iamsuperdan or even @Dave Ambrose to see if they can assist in resolving the problem. That's just me . . . 1
stitchdup Posted August 22 Posted August 22 It would be Dave that fixes your account. If you send him a pm with your old account name and new one he can do some computer wizardry and make the 2 accounts into one.
peteski Posted August 22 Posted August 22 8 hours ago, stitchdup said: It would be Dave that fixes your account. If you send him a pm with your old account name and new one he can do some computer wizardry and make the 2 accounts into one. That sounds like a very easy process (if someone actually bothers to do that).
Dave Ambrose Posted August 24 Posted August 24 Send me a PM with your old account name. I can merge the accounts.
FrankMurph Posted August 25 Posted August 25 I forgot the password to my account here for over 6 months and couldn't access the email i registered with. Glad it's all sorted now, Lol.. but i get you!
Alan Barton Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago Peteski, I just did exactly what you are talking about. My account would not let me back in on Monday after something like 25 years on here. If you are not signed in, you can't send that PM you suggested so the only way to get back in was to start a new account. But yes, I am disappointed that I can no longer access my long history on here. My problem was compounded by Hotmail locking me out while I travelled in the US in August and September so I can't access any recovery information sent by MCM to my old email address. I would love to have done it an easy way but there wasn't one for this computer numpty! Cheers Alan
stitchdup Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 1 hour ago, Alan Barton 2 said: Peteski, I just did exactly what you are talking about. My account would not let me back in on Monday after something like 25 years on here. If you are not signed in, you can't send that PM you suggested so the only way to get back in was to start a new account. But yes, I am disappointed that I can no longer access my long history on here. My problem was compounded by Hotmail locking me out while I travelled in the US in August and September so I can't access any recovery information sent by MCM to my old email address. I would love to have done it an easy way but there wasn't one for this computer numpty! Cheers Alan i've added you to Daves list. If you message him both account details he can do some stuff to make them one account
Alan Barton Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago Thank you, Les, I really do appreciate that. I don't know what caused me to be locked out in the first place but the problem was definitely compounded by having Hotmail freeze my primary account as well. Looking forward to getting back to normal as soon as possible! Cheers Alan
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