Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

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Doug G
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Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

Post by Doug G »

I'm not sure where I should post this so I picked here.

I have been setting up an older laptop with XP. I tried entering my login for this forum, apparently I goofed on the password because now whenever I try to log in from that laptop I get a "you have exceeded your login attempts" or something similar. I try entering the captcha but can't get logged on to this form from that machine.

I deleted all cookies for this domain but I immediately got the "you have exceeded login attepts" message.

Any help to get that machine to work with these forums?
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mecha_godzilla
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Re: Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

Post by mecha_godzilla »

Hi,

What browser are you using? XP-era machines are usually IE 6 or 7, so you might want to try Firefox or another browser for testing purposes if you don't already have them installed on your laptop (I'm sure you won't need me to remind you that IE 6 is woefully insecure and CSS support in IE 6 and 7 isn't that great). Hopefully one of the admins will be able to offer some suggestions.

HTH,

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Doug G
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Re: Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

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I use firefox
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Re: Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

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Doesn't look like I can access anything helpful. I could trigger an account reactivation but at that point you might as well reset the password.

Maybe a dark-green person has something better...
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Re: Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

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This is probably something that drops off by itself. Can you try again?
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Re: Can't log on this forum from a new laptop

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As soon as I get back to that laptop I'll give it a try again.
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