# Needing another change:Now I need to change my password **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317 "2012-08-12T23:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/1 "2012-08-12T23:39:17Z")
I started a thread several weeks ago in which I asked if you could change your SDMB username.As some of you may have noticed(but probably didn’t),I did in fact do that.Now,though,I need to change my password.Can you also do that?If so,would I need to e-mail an administrator to do that like with username changes? Any help with the matter would be much-appreciated.Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/2 "2012-08-12T23:41:29Z")
Go to your UserCP, click the link on the left that says “Edit Email & Password”. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/3 "2012-08-12T23:54:11Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Go to your UserCP, click the link on the left that says “Edit Email & Password”. Ahh… I probably should’ve noticed that before.:smack: Anyway,thanks a lot for the help. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/4 "2012-08-13T00:08:09Z")
Please don’t use the same one I use. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/5 "2012-08-13T00:20:47Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Please don’t use the same one I use. Is that request to **A Sniveling Mess** , or to all of us? 'Cause..well.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/6 "2012-08-13T01:27:07Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Please don’t use the same one I use. OK,but in order to do that I’ll need to know what yours is…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/7 "2012-08-13T02:11:02Z")
> [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](#): > > OK,but in order to do that I’ll need to know what yours is…🙂 12345, same as all the rest of us use. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/8 "2012-08-13T02:19:40Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > 12345, same as all the rest of us use. Not me. I use password. Aren’t I clever? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/9 "2012-08-13T02:25:18Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > 12345, same as all the rest of us use. I don’t think you should be giving it out like that!😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/10 "2012-08-13T02:27:42Z")
If you still need help please send me an email off the board. [tubadiva@straightdope.com](mailto:tubadiva@straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/11 "2012-08-13T20:20:02Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Not me. I use password. Aren’t I clever? I was going to use my cat’s birthday but it was too hard to remember so I just used birthday instead! ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/12 "2012-08-14T01:02:21Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I was going to use my cat’s birthday but it was too hard to remember so I just used birthday instead! Thanks for the post.That really was a…Oops!That’s all the time we have here tonight!Next time on the _Straight Dope Comedy Show_… Sorry,I just had to throw that one in.😛 Seriously,though,that really was a nice post.Very clever.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/13 "2012-08-14T03:07:47Z")
Wait, you changed your name _to_ A Sniveling Mess? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/14 "2012-08-14T14:29:01Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Wait, you changed your name _to_ A Sniveling Mess? > > 😃 Is that a question or a statement?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-another-change-now-i-need-to-change-my-password/631317/15 "2012-08-15T00:08:54Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I was going to use my cat’s birthday but it was too hard to remember so I just used birthday instead! Idiot. It’s I_always_ the same as _my_ cat’s birthday. 9/9/87. L_All_ cats were born the same day. What’s _wrong_ with you?..