# tHIS IS GETTING REPETITIVE **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314 "2015-04-22T21:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monkeyofstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@monkeyofstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyofstick)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/1 "2015-04-22T21:12:45Z")
I joined this board way back. It refuses to accept my email address… This is what happens on my fourth attempt to become a member The password you have entered does not match your current one. Please press the back button, enter the correct details and try again. Don’t forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Click here! Time number 5 ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/2 "2015-04-22T21:37:03Z")
> [@monkeyofstick](#): > > I joined this board way back. > It refuses to accept my email address… > This is what happens on my fourth attempt to become a member > > The password you have entered does not match your current one. Please press the back button, enter the correct details and try again. Don’t forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Click here! > > Time number 5 Doesn’t sound like it is refusing your e-mail address, judging from what you yourself just wrote. Sounds like maybe you forgot your password and you are attempting to do something (e.g. change it) that requires your old password. I don’t recall ever being asked for my password when I switched from guest to member status. ---
**Author:** ![monkeyofstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@monkeyofstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyofstick)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/3 "2015-04-22T22:58:35Z")
> [@canadjun](#): > > doesn’t sound like it is refusing your e-mail address, judging from what you yourself just wrote. Sounds like maybe you forgot your password and you are attempting to do something (e.g. Change it) that requires your old password. I don’t recall ever being asked for my password when i switched from guest to member status. same deal…another password this site will not accept ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/4 "2015-04-22T23:39:57Z")
> [@monkeyofstick](#): > > same deal…another password this site will not accept Did you try entering your current password, as the error message you provided appears to indicate it wanted? As well, I just checked - switching from guest to member status does not appear to require a password. So, you’ll need to accurately explain what you are trying to do. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/5 "2015-04-22T23:43:41Z")
OK, I’ll bite: Did you know your Caps key is on? Because apparently you didn’t when you typed your thread title. ---
**Author:** ![monkeyofstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@monkeyofstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyofstick)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/6 "2015-04-23T00:12:53Z")
Nope…time number 7 let me stay so far. First time it let me actually save my password. I had a stroke a bunch of years ago,and have a password saver that keeps all of my accounts in with my password. Do not know what happened,but I joined this site a few years back,the first time I logged out it gave me hell signing back in until now. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/7 "2015-04-23T00:45:53Z")
Well, welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-getting-repetitive/718314/8 "2015-04-23T21:55:01Z")
Maybe your password program was pasting things in with caps lock on, and turning it off fixed it.