Help! I constantly have to reset my password!!

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John

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Aug 8, 2006, 10:34:58 AM8/8/06
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I have to reset my password daily at this stage because it keeps
'Changing'.

I reset my password, change it to a new password that only I know (a
secure rated password).

I use gmail for an hour, sign out, sign back in again no problem, then
sign out, and after a random period of time, like for example after my
lunch break today, I try to sign back in and the login page tells me Im
using the wrong password, which is leading me to have to reset my
password 2/3 times a day!

Sometimes it will work for a day I sign out when I'm finished using the
computer and the next morning I log in with the same password that
worked the previous day and it says it wrong and I have to reset again,
I do not have this problem with any other email account,

Its driving me crazy!!
I sent google mail help a mail and I have yet to hear back,

Thanks for your input!

John

Ryan Morehart

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Aug 8, 2006, 11:31:16 AM8/8/06
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Well, assuming the email to Google doesn't get the problem resolved (hopefully it will), I'd definitely check your computer for viruses... something could be logging your keystrokes and then "logging in" and changing your password.

Ryan

John

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Aug 8, 2006, 11:39:22 AM8/8/06
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Yeah I would agree, except I have formatted my windows XP computer, and
it also happens while im in work using my Mac OS X 10.4.7 laptop!

Emily Newman

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Aug 8, 2006, 11:54:24 AM8/8/06
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that happened to me it was SO weird. But you no what was really odd? When i got into gmail another way ex. tapping in "gmail.com" Instead of pressing more on the google choices and then clicking it, it works. For some reason this  only happens with different computers.
You could try simply not signing out if you want to solve the problem. I cannot think of much more to do.
 
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Well, assuming the email to Google doesn't get the problem resolved (hopefully it will), I'd definitely check your computer for viruses... something could be logging your keystrokes and then "logging in" and changing your password.
 

Ryan


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John

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Aug 10, 2006, 3:59:52 AM8/10/06
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Hey guys, I still have no luck so i've just had to set up a new
account, which is a shame,

all my contacts etc.

It's funny that someone with a real issue with a Beta product doesn't
get a reply from google!!


Cheers Anyway!

Ryan Morehart

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Aug 10, 2006, 7:09:10 AM8/10/06
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You can get your contacts back, just go into your old account and go into the contacts. There's an "Export" link in the top right hand corner, click it and save the file it gives you. In your new account, go to the same place, but "Import" the file you saved earlier. :)

Ryan

burton...@gmail.com

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Aug 10, 2006, 12:23:31 PM8/10/06
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In addition to what Ryan says, you can also group contacts in your new mailbox by following this procedure: In your old mailbox, highlight the contacts you want to be in a group in your new account, and click Copy.  Go to Contacts in your new mailbox, click Groups, click Create Group, put the cursor in the blank Add Contacts field, do a right click, and from the dropdown menu select Paste.  All of the contacts you highlighted will now be in the Add Contacts field, set up correctly with a comma and space following each name. Click Create Group again.  Now you have a group with up to 50 contacts in it without having to retype all the addresses.

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