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Post by hunter63 on Jul 29, 2016 17:42:50 GMT -6
This old lap top was being repaired...(gorilla glue the hinge and corner), so fired up my newer Mini.... That does not have the Remember me password on it.....so started the "recover pass word " procedure..... When I get to "recover" a pop-up says "Prove you are human" with some BS on it then offers me a starting price of like $9 buck per month......like a pop up ad.
WTH is That?
I don't see any way to get thru this for a new password if you aren't logged in.....
Is there a "contact administration" place?
Please advise and/or move this thread to the proper place......
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Post by spuds on Jul 30, 2016 9:08:44 GMT -6
Im curious,is this a win10 machine?
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Post by spuds on Jul 30, 2016 9:18:30 GMT -6
Also do you have the pop up blockers and anti virus and anti malware stuff loaded on it? I reloaded a win7 machine without those,went online and had like 50 attacks on machine in an hour or so.You dont need any of that on a linux system.
Love linux,no attacks.For something to attack machine it takes your personal password to load it.....therefore no attacks,it would have to know every password on every linux machine.Unlike windows that says WELCOME TO MY MACHINE to every virus.Because Gates wants access to your machine at all times.Linux respects your privacy and isnt trying to sell you something/control you 24/7.
Example,gates wants something on your machine it gets loaded,even if you have updates turned off,you DONT get to turn off Gates. On linux when something wants to update,no matter what,a screen from Linux pops up,shows you in English what needs updating.Then asks do you want it? If you say yes,then you must put in your personal password you put on your machine to allow your machine to open up to get it downloaded.
Being free,and run by nerds for free,its open source(unlike windows code that isnt) so everyone involved can see if its malicious,so bad stuff is extremely rare to make it to your machine,literally millions of volunteer linux nerds world wide watching this stuff 24/7 as a hobby.
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Post by hunter63 on Jul 30, 2016 9:27:17 GMT -6
Im curious,is this a win10 machine? Yes, came like that..... I am back on the old machine, went to profile to change passwords...... an lists my existing password as ............ Sooo, to change it I need to know what it was so I can change to a new password. AS far as I can see the is not a way to reset the pass unless you have the existing password. ......and the isn't really a way to get to a Contact us or administration unless you are signed in. As far as the world making laptops harder and new stuff....not a fan, but have to deal with it...hanky wringing hasn't worked.
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Post by spuds on Jul 30, 2016 9:39:33 GMT -6
cant help you with win10.Not going there ever if I have an option not to.So far linux still works.Im hearing win10 is going to be a pay as you go 'service'.so is that a 'legit' charge,I have no idea.
As for the new stuff,has passed me by.All the kids in family are all wireless,all on smartphones,all in the cloud,no land lines for internet or phone,not even laptops.Or even tablets,wow!They do it all on their phones.has passed my by.
Its nice for them because they are so mobile,hell,I hardly ever leave the house any more,dont need that option.For them,its a necessity,even in their jobs most have them as a requirement,wow!!!!!!!
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Post by spuds on Jul 30, 2016 9:47:47 GMT -6
I was out on a dry lakebed in the middle of nowhere,i was programming the kids walkie talkies via a program in my laptop.One guy starts up his smartphone,it becomes a wifi hotspot,and my laptop went thru his phone right to the net as if I was in my living room.Way faster than house too.Truly amazing tech.
Would have killed for that when we were working and traveling in the RV 15 years ago.
BTW,the kids in my family are all on android operating system phones,no apple users.Android is KILLING Gates and windows.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Aug 1, 2016 5:19:43 GMT -6
Hey pholks..obviously You made it back on hunter...the "pop Up" asking if you are a human...it is an ad, however, the info shown in the picture is to be typed into the space provided..it's just the same as the older "CAPTCHA"..only now, it's a sponsored thing too...if you do anything other that enter the info..yep, you get and ad.
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Post by hunter63 on Aug 1, 2016 17:42:03 GMT -6
Haven't logged out yet or tried the new machine....
Wish me luck....
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Post by hunter63 on Aug 1, 2016 20:11:01 GMT -6
OK, I'm Back....changed to a new password.... Now I can stash it for the new machine as well
Thanks for you help and good luck with all trials..... H63
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Aug 2, 2016 5:44:02 GMT -6
OK, I'm Back....changed to a new password.... Now I can stash it for the new machine as well Thanks for you help and good luck with all trials..... H63 Great Hunter...
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Post by BestoFour on Aug 2, 2016 11:55:03 GMT -6
Hey pholks..obviously You made it back on hunter...the "pop Up" asking if you are a human...it is an ad, however, the info shown in the picture is to be typed into the space provided..it's just the same as the older "CAPTCHA"..only now, it's a sponsored thing too...if you do anything other that enter the info..yep, you get and ad. Say this again Phil because sometimes when I try to log in here I can't a message that says prove I'm a person and I have to type in some letters and numbers. Am I doing something incorrectly?
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Aug 4, 2016 6:59:02 GMT -6
Hey pholks..obviously You made it back on hunter...the "pop Up" asking if you are a human...it is an ad, however, the info shown in the picture is to be typed into the space provided..it's just the same as the older "CAPTCHA"..only now, it's a sponsored thing too...if you do anything other that enter the info..yep, you get and ad. Say this again Phil because sometimes when I try to log in here I can't a message that says prove I'm a person and I have to type in some letters and numbers. Am I doing something incorrectly? Nope, You are fine..as long as You get here However, My question for You..or anybody is... WHY... LOG OUT ? When You leave the phorum... You are NOT, in any way..here... However, You are logged in.. The system recognizes You have left.. For Instance... Try this...Come here, scroll to the bottom and look at Who..is online here... it will show only who is here at that time... come here some evening, I never log out..My name never shows as being online..unless I am on this forum...and it won't say I am here in the evening so if you try this in the evening...it will Not show that I am Here...unless I am, and at night, there is not a chance I will be... Yet...I am logged in!
I have only "Logged Out" once..and that was after the Upgrade here... since... Oct 13, 2004 at 6:26pm (date that I started this Phorum)
Logging Out costs You time, and creates frustration.. And You, and Your account here are perfectly Safe
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Post by hunter63 on Aug 5, 2016 20:12:16 GMT -6
Yeah, Thanks......I stay logged on, but a new machine didn't pull up the "Remember Me" Dots.......... So as I was trying to log on the new machine as the Gorilla Glue dried on this old machine..... holding the top left corner and hinges on.....I couldn't remember what the original pass word "was".
Looking it up in profile being logged in was needed....(did I mention the glue was drying?)
Soooo that brings me to the "Forgot password" route..... Then that stupid pop up thing kept blocking me even after a "confirmed my self to be a Human"
Sooo, gave up on the new machine......and waited for the glue to dry (super glue and duck taped didn't work at first, so this took a while.)
Got back to the old machine.....Remember Me works...Bingo I'm in..... Soooo...as I still can't log in..... Time for a pass word change to one I know..... and e-mail to my self so I can save it in a couple of places.
Soooo go to profile on old machine....and here are the dots......again.....AND you need a password to CHANGE a password.
Sooo after retrying the "forgot password" thingy.....got past the "prove I'm human" thing and managed to get a temp password so I could change the real pass word.
AND e-mailed a copy to my self on Yahoo, G-mail and my Earthlink account.
So, I'm good, will not log out...and should be able to log in on the new machine.... Haven't tried that yet....I can only take soooo much aggravation at a time..... So Next time....For that.
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Post by BestoFour on Aug 5, 2016 22:24:23 GMT -6
Never thought of that. I won't log out.
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Post by BestoFour on Jan 9, 2017 10:45:26 GMT -6
Our power went out with the storm now I can log in but when I try to read the chat forum I get a message that says something like "this address can't be reached or doesn't exist" or something of the sort. Obviously I can get into other forums since I'm here. This happened before, a few weeks ago, but remedied itself after I logged out and back in but not so this time.
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Post by hunter63 on Jan 10, 2017 10:26:01 GMT -6
Been kinda weird here as well......many sites hang up then give a "recover webpage" message....happening ALOT. So dumped records temp files, cookies, browsing history...restarted everything....and got better....but still hangs up....but not as much. The good news is the "remember me" passwords were still here. Guess I wait and see.....
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