Hello Friends,
Changing passwords has become an important aspect of our life as we all are surrounded by so many applications/ gadgets that need security in some form. This is perfectly normal and required as well as we all know when there is good there is an evil.
Well my post if far more simpler and here I am not going to talk about to how to change, when to change your password etc.
The Problem:-
Lot of us are very familiar with the keyboard we use and we type most of the times without looking at it. This works fine till we keep on seeing what are we typing (hence we make corrections by using Del or Back Space keys).
Fields like password are always morphed (either show * or something similar), in this case you don't know what exactly you are typing, hence there is always 2 such fields to ensure that you are typing the same thing (for changing the passwords). This is exactly where the problem lies. 2 fields will ensure that you have typed the same value but there is no way to ensure that you have typed what you have intended. Often people do take care while changing the password but people often do mistakes as well.
So in brief, If you are too familiar with your keyboard and you change your password without careful attention, it may happen that you type something else than intended (even though you have to type it twice). Now, when you try to log back in with the password in your mind and if you are typing it correct, you wont be allowed to log in for obvious reasons.
The Solution (Simple):-
Though it may look tricky to resolve but its not. If you are logged out of that device/machine etc. then take another machine with same keyboard (hope you have the right password there) and open a notepad type application. Type what you had intended as your password without looking at your keyboard and I can assure you that in max of 5 attempts you will realize the mistake you have done while changing your password.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Namish
Changing passwords has become an important aspect of our life as we all are surrounded by so many applications/ gadgets that need security in some form. This is perfectly normal and required as well as we all know when there is good there is an evil.
Well my post if far more simpler and here I am not going to talk about to how to change, when to change your password etc.
The Problem:-
Lot of us are very familiar with the keyboard we use and we type most of the times without looking at it. This works fine till we keep on seeing what are we typing (hence we make corrections by using Del or Back Space keys).
Fields like password are always morphed (either show * or something similar), in this case you don't know what exactly you are typing, hence there is always 2 such fields to ensure that you are typing the same thing (for changing the passwords). This is exactly where the problem lies. 2 fields will ensure that you have typed the same value but there is no way to ensure that you have typed what you have intended. Often people do take care while changing the password but people often do mistakes as well.
So in brief, If you are too familiar with your keyboard and you change your password without careful attention, it may happen that you type something else than intended (even though you have to type it twice). Now, when you try to log back in with the password in your mind and if you are typing it correct, you wont be allowed to log in for obvious reasons.
The Solution (Simple):-
Though it may look tricky to resolve but its not. If you are logged out of that device/machine etc. then take another machine with same keyboard (hope you have the right password there) and open a notepad type application. Type what you had intended as your password without looking at your keyboard and I can assure you that in max of 5 attempts you will realize the mistake you have done while changing your password.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Namish
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