New registration for existing member after recurrent login problems

[Ken Fabos]

Not a new member and more a lurker than regular poster, but after recent repeated attempts to logon I registered a new account - using the same details. Hope this doesn't cause Admin any problems. Ken.

 

[berkeman]

We will help you figure out the login problems. Please give us a day to figure it out. You will likely receive some PM messages, so please watch for them. Thanks.

 

[Ken Fabos]

Small correction - not sure the username is exactly the same. Could have been Ken Fabos, possibly with underscore between.

 

[berkeman]

You can use a PF search to find your old username. Use the SEARCH link in the upper right, and try searching on the variations of your old username that you think you remember. Thanks.

 

[Ken Fabos]

Yes, search using Ken Fabos brings up past posts. I had been attempting to log in using email address rather than username but kept getting message that no such user could be found. Did I try Ken Fabos? I thought I did amongst other attempts. I did send an email request but got no reply... unless it got diverted to spam.

I logged out of the new account and attempted to login with the original, couldn't get password right and sent a reset request, then got "Oops" type messages trying to login with new password. That experiment may have complicated things - conflict because there are two members with same email?

I will leave it to you to tell me how to proceed; having the history that is attached to the original account would be good, but not essential from my POV.

 

[berkeman]

Wooshka! Okay, just use the new login and I'll run interference with the PF AI in case it flags your new account. Crazy!

 

[Melbourne Guy]

and I'll run interference with the PF AI

Are you sure it's artificial, @berkeman 🤔 Or is it more brains in a (metaphorical) jar!

 

[berkeman]

I logged out of the new account and attempted to login with the original, couldn't get password right and sent a reset request, then got "Oops" type messages trying to login with new password. That experiment may have complicated things - conflict because there are two members with same email?

Greg just now merged your two accounts and sent you a password reset message. Hopefully that fixes you right up!