# password **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 11, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746 "2001-08-11T04:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/1 "2001-08-11T04:05:31Z")
When I logged on, there was a message on the homepage to change my password. (Not just mine, I know, but I can only handle one thing, here.) So…how do I do this? Also, and probably unrelated, my weekly e-mail always has links to the website. This week, they didn’t work. Just in case no one else told you. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/2 "2001-08-11T04:08:10Z")
Change password: Go to the “profile” icon on the top right of the page, sign in using your user name & password. Pick a new password. Press the submit modifications button. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/3 "2001-08-11T04:08:51Z")
If you look to the top right of your screen you’ll see a little icon called “profile”. Click on that, you’ll need to enter your username and password to get in. Once you do that, it’ll bring up all your stuff – sig, password, email address, etc. Just enter your new password, confirm it, then hit submit. You’ll need to login again but with your new password. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/4 "2001-08-11T04:47:24Z")
Just want to see if my new password worked. Nothing to see here, sorry to intrude . Tuba please don’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/5 "2001-08-11T04:51:36Z")
I’ve never changed my SDMB password before. I always kept using the one I got assigned when I signed up. One year and five months, then someone hacks the boards and I have to change it. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Freedom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freedom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/6 "2001-08-11T05:05:14Z")
What a hassle this is for the board to go through. Thank you admin for putting up with all the BS. I guess we are at risk of infinite sock puppets now from all the accounts that are rarely used. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/7 "2001-08-11T05:23:38Z")
I think mine has been changed…what do I do? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/8 "2001-08-11T05:28:58Z")
No wait, it’s fine, false alarm…I guess I just typed it in wrong. I changed it and the boards seem to be working fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/9 "2001-08-11T05:33:44Z")
My password no longer works. I haven’t been on all day so I have no idea what’s going on, but I can’t change my password. Help! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/10 "2001-08-11T05:36:51Z")
I hate this, took me a year to remember the last one. Well, maybe not a year, but a at least a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/11 "2001-08-11T05:53:09Z")
Grrr . . . I just changed mine. I’m pissed that someone would do this. Thanks, Jerry for all the hard work. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/12 "2001-08-11T09:07:04Z")
Changed-angry-thanks admins, mods. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/13 "2001-08-11T09:19:40Z")
Test ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/14 "2001-08-11T09:47:02Z")
Just checking. Apparently, my new password works. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/15 "2001-08-11T14:29:20Z")
Test. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/16 "2001-08-11T14:33:55Z")
new password check ignore ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/17 "2001-08-11T14:36:11Z")
Test ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/18 "2001-08-11T14:59:29Z")
This is a test of the emergency password-switching service. This is only a test. If this were a real emergency password-switch…wait, it is. Run! Flee for the hills! ---
**Author:** ![Swirdle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Swirdle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swirdle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/19 "2001-08-11T15:07:31Z")
Apologies to JDavis who I have just ‘mailto’ -ed to ask how to change my password, then I found this thread! Ever felt a little sheepish? ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746/20 "2001-08-11T15:20:55Z")
…password check… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password/75746.md?page=2)