The Last Straw

Discussion in 'Gadgets & Tech Talk' started by Frank Sanoica, Jun 19, 2016.

  1. Mari North

    Mari North Veteran Member
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    Has this resolved for you, @Frank Sanoica ? My daughter uses a Yahoo account and this happened to her a few weeks ago... it simply refused to let her in, or do anything. She opened a gmail account and started switching things over, after losing a LOT of important things stored in Yahoo, but then finally saw that others were posting about it, and that Yahoo was aware and working on the issue.

    Bottom line, after a day... maybe two, it was suddenly okay again and she didn't have to change password or anything. All that said, do you have a gmail account? If not, it's been great for me for many years now... everything is stored in the cloud and I never have to fear losing things. Not sure what I'd do if I'm ever locked out, but I think there are pretty good safeguards to prevent that. I have a personal and work account there, now.
     
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    @Denise Happyfeet Yes, I'm sure. I've tried for 3 days now, same result. They WANT that PM changed, no matter what! Frank
     
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  3. Frank Sanoica

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    @Mari North Yes, I do have gmail, as well as several others, used solely for on-line purchases. I buy quite a few specialized parts for vehicles. Frank
     
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    @Frank Sanoica , no idea if this will help, but you're not alone. I just saw this comment and a reply, written today: No, wait a second... the problem is not being ABLE to sign in???? Hehehe I'll let this here and not delete it in case I'm missing something, but it's good for a chuckle if it's what it looks like. In any case, it's not in your account alone, apparently.

    Haven't been able to log in for 3 days. Message says it is temporarily locked & need to change password. Noone can tell me how to do this.

    Reply: Yahoo just changed some security settings today. If you go to mail.yahoo.com and sign in, you can correct them.
     
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    Frank, if your password is made up of Roman numerals, then it has been around too long and you should change it.
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