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login problem

Post by johnbw » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:57 am

To Greg: still blocked even when recovering and using the registered password. Been a player for 17 years and never had this happen before. It appears to be some sort of hack job! I have no idea how to fix it...hate to lose my chess buddies.

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Re: login problem

Post by gmiller » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:19 am

Looks like your password was changed recently. It's the same as it was before, but with 44 added to the end of it.
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Re: login problem

Post by cliff » Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:48 am

Hi John!

A couple of us were wondering about you, old chum. It's not like you to vanish for so long.

I was concerned especially because of the horrible ice-storm(s) that you had down east! As a matter of fact, I was going to send you an email yesterday, prior to seeing your other post in the Forum. Knowing you're okay, and what the problem is/was is a relief.

I was going to send an email to the other players in the ABC 2016 Tournament, and let them know what was going on, but now that I see Greg has (hopefully) discovered the problem, I'll wait a day or two to see if you can get back to the games as Johnb.

Glad to see you're not an ice-cube, old buddy!
Regards to Peggy, and see you soon!

- Cliff.

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Re: login problem

Post by johnbw » Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:49 pm

Thanks Cliff. I tried Greg's 'solution' several times...to no avail. Like I said on my second post...it looks like some sort of hack job. I'm stymied. Any way, for now I'm johnbw.
Hope things are good with you...John.

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Re: login problem

Post by johnbw » Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:09 pm

To Greg: I changed it when the other one wouldn't let me in under my original name (johnb). Stiill didn't work so I changed my name to johnbw and rejoined. Starting from scratch after all my years as johnb. Not happy!

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Re: login problem

Post by gmiller » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:14 pm

The password is the old one with 44 and a space appended.
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Re: login problem

Post by johnbw » Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:18 pm

I used the new password and got in ,but when I send my move a login page comes up.

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Re: login problem

Post by johnbw » Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:25 pm

I can login as johnb with my new password, make a move but when I press send I get a page that asks me to login. Have I been hacked?

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Re: login problem

Post by gmiller » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:35 pm

No, somethings up with your browser. You can try deleting your cookies, try a different computer or browser.
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Re: login problem

Post by johnbw » Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:08 pm

Hi Greg. I've tried the 3 possible solutions that you suggested with no success. I am able to access my game page but when I press 'send' a page that says "please use the following form to login" comes up and around I go again to no avail. I feel quite disappointed as I've played 3572 games since the year 1999 and made some very nice chess friends.
Just wondering, have you run into a problem like this before?
Best, John

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Re: login problem

Post by gmiller » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:03 pm

Seen similar things usually caused by an ad blocker or something similar blocking cookies. You might also try changing your password and remove the space at the end.
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Re: login problem

Post by johnbw » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:40 pm

okay

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