Keeping track of different User Names & Passwords? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Janice · 05-20-2007, 01:30 AM

Do you have the same user name (screen name) and passwords for all your websites, and do you write them down? I have one password that I use; however, some sites (stores, etc) require a password with numbers it as well, so I just add the same two numbers to my usual password.

I'm not registered at many message boards, but I have different user names at all of them. Sitcoms Online is the only site where I use my real name.

I write down my user names and passwords on a piece of paper that I keep under my mousepad.

Ireneparalegal · 05-20-2007, 01:33 AM

I like you have the same password, and just like you, there are some sites where I have to have a number with the letters. So, with my password name I added a number right after the letters. I keep the same password because I would have it hard to try and remember the password. There are a few sites where I am trying to remember if I even need the password with just the NAME or the NAME AND NUMBER.

Janice · 05-20-2007, 01:38 AM

As much as I try to keep track of it all, I always end up clicking on that loser "Forgot Your Password?", lol.

I was so screwed up recently trying to order something from Amazon.com

I guess when I used it years ago, I had a different e:mail address. I had to create a new account, which then created a problem. I went nuts. Not all sites are user friendly. I was shopping at PetSmart.com earlier tonight, and I thought it was a buggy site.

Last week, my banking online site, asked me my childhood pet's name. What the hell? Which one? Ask me my mother's maiden name, like every other site, lol.

I'm dead in the water at IMDB.com I'm so messed up there, it's not even funny. I'm not a member anymore. Long story, but all this stuff confuses me.

Mr. Television · 05-20-2007, 01:58 AM

I have 3 passwords that I use on all the sites I'm registered at so if I forget it, I at least know it's one of the 3. I'm not even registered at that many places anymore anyway.

Kristen · 05-20-2007, 02:42 AM

I use the same passwords for everything. It just depends how long it's required to be. And I'm so bad at usernames, I usually use MTMFan. LOL Except here, of course. hehe

Fleet · 05-20-2007, 03:03 AM

I have different usernames on other boards, but I try to keep them similar to the one I use on here... Fleet 500, Fleet 472, Fleeter...
On some Halloween boards, I use "Hauntinggroundsfan."

I have most written down (and the password) but not all.

freshprinceofLA · 05-20-2007, 05:00 AM

I have mostly the same passwords for the stuff I log into. Other than that I always remember the passwords. I have a pretty good memory I don't have to write them down. Now about my user names I have about 2 or 3 similar ones to my user name at SO.

Number 9 Dream · 05-20-2007, 10:03 AM

I tend to have different usernames for things (I think the only other Number 9Dream name I have is for youtube, but that's all one word instead of separated like it is here). That gets me tripped up sometimes trying to remember which username goes where. For sites I use every day (like imdb, LJ, GJ, S.O., etc, it's easier to remember...but sometimes I forget my usernames for those sites I don't visit on a regular basis).

However, I do use the same password for every site I register on

Stormtracker TF · 05-20-2007, 10:41 AM

I have many different passwords for different boards and other internet things, but I never have once written them down. I just remember them.

tdf4077 · 05-20-2007, 10:48 AM

man...I have too many different usernames! I have like 4 for work (which I cannot change). Then, I have 4 emails, a myspace, a facebook, pay pal, etc. I have variations of 2 different usernames and 2 different passwords for each of these...it always just takes me a few seconds to remember which one for which site! I (poorly) have some of them saved as emails to myself on my aol account.

Courtnee · 05-20-2007, 11:36 AM

I keep the same password and username, basicly.

Ohio8 · 05-20-2007, 12:00 PM

I have different usernamesand passwords for each site, and I have 'em all written down. BTW, I'm registered at TVLand (my username there is Maryannfan).

AB · 05-20-2007, 12:04 PM

I write them down because there are some I don't use very often.

EmoJoe · 05-20-2007, 12:37 PM

i have the same password for all my sites...and i just remember the username, or have it so it doesnt log me out.

Ireneparalegal · 05-20-2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

As much as I try to keep track of it all, I always end up clicking on that loser "Forgot Your Password?", lol.

I was so screwed up recently trying to order something from Amazon.com

I guess when I used it years ago, I had a different e:mail address. I had to create a new account, which then created a problem. I went nuts. Not all sites are user friendly. I was shopping at PetSmart.com earlier tonight, and I thought it was a buggy site.

Last week, my banking online site, asked me my childhood pet's name. What the hell? Which one? Ask me my mother's maiden name, like every other site, lol.

I'm dead in the water at IMDB.com I'm so messed up there, it's not even funny. I'm not a member anymore. Long story, but all this stuff confuses me.

HELLO!!!!! I know of what you speak. I am a member on IMDB...ask me when was the last time I signed on there?

I get so damn frustrated with that FORGET YOUR PASSWORD? I want to type: NO A$$HOLE!!!!!!!!

05-20-2007, 01:30 AM	#1
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Keeping track of different User Names & Passwords? Do you have the same user name (screen name) and passwords for all your websites, and do you write them down? I have one password that I use; however, some sites (stores, etc) require a password with numbers it as well, so I just add the same two numbers to my usual password. I'm not registered at many message boards, but I have different user names at all of them. Sitcoms Online is the only site where I use my real name. I write down my user names and passwords on a piece of paper that I keep under my mousepad.

05-20-2007, 01:33 AM	#2
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05-20-2007, 01:58 AM	#4
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I have 3 passwords that I use on all the sites I'm registered at so if I forget it, I at least know it's one of the 3. I'm not even registered at that many places anymore anyway.
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05-20-2007, 02:42 AM	#5
Kristen Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 17, 2000 Location: New York, USA Posts: 4,042	I use the same passwords for everything. It just depends how long it's required to be. And I'm so bad at usernames, I usually use MTMFan. LOL Except here, of course. hehe
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05-20-2007, 03:03 AM	#6
Fleet Mansions, limousines & H-ween Forum Star Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, California Posts: 15,625	I have different usernames on other boards, but I try to keep them similar to the one I use on here... Fleet 500, Fleet 472, Fleeter... On some Halloween boards, I use "Hauntinggroundsfan." I have most written down (and the password) but not all.
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05-20-2007, 01:38 AM	#3
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	As much as I try to keep track of it all, I always end up clicking on that loser "Forgot Your Password?", lol. I was so screwed up recently trying to order something from Amazon.com I guess when I used it years ago, I had a different e:mail address. I had to create a new account, which then created a problem. I went nuts. Not all sites are user friendly. I was shopping at PetSmart.com earlier tonight, and I thought it was a buggy site. Last week, my banking online site, asked me my childhood pet's name. What the hell? Which one? Ask me my mother's maiden name, like every other site, lol. I'm dead in the water at IMDB.com I'm so messed up there, it's not even funny. I'm not a member anymore. Long story, but all this stuff confuses me.

05-20-2007, 05:00 AM	#7
freshprinceofLA The Bosses Senior Member Join Date: Aug 09, 2005 Location: A small town in: Los Angeles, California Posts: 2,810	I have mostly the same passwords for the stuff I log into. Other than that I always remember the passwords. I have a pretty good memory I don't have to write them down. Now about my user names I have about 2 or 3 similar ones to my user name at SO.
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05-20-2007, 10:03 AM	#8
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05-20-2007, 10:41 AM	#9
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05-20-2007, 10:48 AM	#10
tdf4077 JaJa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,678	man...I have too many different usernames! I have like 4 for work (which I cannot change). Then, I have 4 emails, a myspace, a facebook, pay pal, etc. I have variations of 2 different usernames and 2 different passwords for each of these...it always just takes me a few seconds to remember which one for which site! I (poorly) have some of them saved as emails to myself on my aol account.
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05-20-2007, 11:36 AM	#11
Courtnee MAN VS SAMMICH. Forum Star Join Date: Mar 23, 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 16,413	I keep the same password and username, basicly.
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05-20-2007, 12:00 PM	#12
Ohio8 Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 29, 2003 Location: Wherever you aren't. Posts: 18,966	I have different usernamesand passwords for each site, and I have 'em all written down. BTW, I'm registered at TVLand (my username there is Maryannfan).
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05-20-2007, 12:04 PM	#13
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05-20-2007, 12:37 PM	#14
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	i have the same password for all my sites...and i just remember the username, or have it so it doesnt log me out.
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