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PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. The one or two times I decided to try a generated password,

Reply to msfiddlestix (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 10:56 AM

Mar 2021

they were no good because they invariably contained special characters not allowed at that site.

I come up with my own password, write it down, and tell my computer to save it. Since I use both a laptop and a desktop, sometimes I forget to get the new password saved on the other computer, and sometimes that causes no end of hassle.

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I forgot to write down my password [View all] msfiddlestix Mar 2021 OP

You may be able to view it in your browser settings (if that's how it's saved) Yonnie3 Mar 2021 #1

Thanks Yonnie, I'll proceed to follow these steps. msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #4

doesn't seem to be as straightforward on Chromebook msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #5

Sorry Yonnie3 Mar 2021 #7

I suspect it got saved to my google accounts.. msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #8

The one or two times I decided to try a generated password, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #11

Exactly. It is exactly this hassle I'm trying to avoid msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #12

Your password to what? LuvLoogie Mar 2021 #2

DU n/t msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #3

Here's what Google says: ratchiweenie Mar 2021 #6

I didn't know about more settings.. thanks! msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #9

I email my passwords to myself under a special heading so i can do a word search for them from any c keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #10