# Changing my Profile....Frustrating!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-profile-frustrating/26257>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-profile-frustrating/26257 "2000-07-20T17:02:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tempestuous\_tory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@tempestuous\_tory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tempestuous_tory)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-profile-frustrating/26257/1 "2000-07-20T17:02:55Z")

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Hey…  
I want to change my signature, but every time I go to “Profile” and enter my info (which i am SURE is right), it tells me that I have the wrong password. Am I going about this the wrong way or is my computer just screwed up? Hmm… I’d appreciate a little input.

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**Author:** ![tempestuous\_tory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@tempestuous\_tory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tempestuous_tory)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-profile-frustrating/26257/2 "2000-07-20T17:05:02Z")

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Sorry Manhattan, I see that I have posted this in the wrong place. I didn’t mean to post it here.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-profile-frustrating/26257/3 "2000-07-20T18:28:55Z")

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That sounds like the proper procedure to me. Please note though, that username and password are both case-sensitive. First check that you entered them correctly and if that still doesn’t work, click the link right next to the password field. That will take you to a page that instructs the server to email your password to you.

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**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-profile-frustrating/26257/4 "2000-07-20T18:50:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by tempestuous\_tory \*  
> \*\*Hey…  
> I want to change my signature, but every time I go to “Profile” and enter my info (which i am SURE is right), it tells me that I have the wrong password. Am I going about this the wrong way or is my computer just screwed up? Hmm… I’d appreciate a little input. \*\*

OK. Since you can’t have made a mistake, your computer is screwed up. Beat some sense into it. Or, the possibility could exist (in theory) that the server handling the profile information is offline for a few minutes. It probably works NOW?