Change password..

morgonen · January 25th, 2014, 15:33

Why do I always have to change password every 100 day.. and a NEW one?

This is bugging me because I have to come up with new passwords all the time that I wont remember, only to this site. Don't tell me its security because having 2-3 pw's would be enough to change every 100 day, but not always have to come up with a new. Why is this?

liftinheels · January 26th, 2014, 00:20

after changing my password, i lost access to VIP, this has happened a few times to me, even in the previous forums we had before this ome, plz advice admin )))

yoyo1971au · February 21st, 2014, 13:33

Same here its annoying to change the password so often and I might forget it and the email i registered with is no longer valid so i may get locked out.

I also lost my VIP access because of this...

dp · February 21st, 2014, 20:13

I was actually not aware that our members are forced to change their password all the time. I agree that this is pointless - it just encourages people to use simple passwords. However, it seems unlikely that anyone lost their VIP status over this, as only the STANDARD usergroup had password expiration enabled. One would think that the primary usergroup would override the settings of secondary groups, and if you have a VIP account, STANDARD is a secondary group.

In any case, the password expiration option has now been disabled for STANDARD as well.

dendrin · February 22nd, 2014, 05:57

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Originally Posted by liftinheels

after changing my password, i lost access to VIP, this has happened a few times to me, even in the previous forums we had before this ome, plz advice admin )))

I checked the records and you guys both lost VIP access due to extremely low participation here in the forums, but thanks for alerting us to the password expiration issue.

yoyo1971au · February 22nd, 2014, 12:59

How do we get the VIP access back?

phoneman · February 23rd, 2014, 01:21

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Originally Posted by yoyo1971au

How do we get the VIP access back?

Please actively participate in the forum. You have 20 posts in five years. That is not very active. We would love to have you become active and earn back VIP

January 25th, 2014, 15:33	#1
morgonen STANDARD Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 32 : 0 For This Post 92 Total	Change password.. Why do I always have to change password every 100 day.. and a NEW one? This is bugging me because I have to come up with new passwords all the time that I wont remember, only to this site. Don't tell me its security because having 2-3 pw's would be enough to change every 100 day, but not always have to come up with a new. Why is this?

January 26th, 2014, 00:20	#2
liftinheels VIP Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 150 : 0 For This Post 261 Total	password after changing my password, i lost access to VIP, this has happened a few times to me, even in the previous forums we had before this ome, plz advice admin )))

February 21st, 2014, 13:33	#3
yoyo1971au STANDARD Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 19 : 0 For This Post 13 Total	Same here its annoying to change the password so often and I might forget it and the email i registered with is no longer valid so i may get locked out. I also lost my VIP access because of this...

February 21st, 2014, 20:13	#4
dp Administrator The VIP Gatekeeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,037 : 0 For This Post 5,454 Total	I was actually not aware that our members are forced to change their password all the time. I agree that this is pointless - it just encourages people to use simple passwords. However, it seems unlikely that anyone lost their VIP status over this, as only the STANDARD usergroup had password expiration enabled. One would think that the primary usergroup would override the settings of secondary groups, and if you have a VIP account, STANDARD is a secondary group. In any case, the password expiration option has now been disabled for STANDARD as well.

February 22nd, 2014, 12:59	#6
yoyo1971au STANDARD Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 19 : 0 For This Post 13 Total	How do we get the VIP access back?