changing passwords

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Greyhound, Apr 18, 2014.

  1. Greyhound

    Greyhound Sergeant

    I have heard that when you change your passwords you should change them on you smart phone too. Aren't they automatically changed for what ever account you are going to bring up if they were changed on your computer? Like if I changed it for here, It is chanbed on phone at same time
     
  2. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Hi :)

    When you change a password on an account, you must use that password on all devices. So if you sign in to Major Geeks on your computer, you will use the same password there that you do on your phone. You just log in as normal with your new password. If you save log in info on your phone, though, you will need to enter the new password as the saved one will now be incorrect. You'll be prompted to sign in again.

    What you may find happen is if you change an email password and you use an email app such as the iphone email app or the windows email app. In order to still have your email come through on those, you will need to change your password for you email in that app. Typically, you will be prompted to do so if your mail app tries to sync and can't.
     
  3. Greyhound

    Greyhound Sergeant

    That is what I thought.. Thanks
     

MajorGeeks.Com Menu

Downloads All In One Tweaks \ Android \ Anti-Malware \ Anti-Virus \ Appearance \ Backup \ Browsers \ CD\DVD\Blu-Ray \ Covert Ops \ Drive Utilities \ Drivers \ Graphics \ Internet Tools \ Multimedia \ Networking \ Office Tools \ PC Games \ System Tools \ Mac/Apple/Ipad Downloads

Other News: Top Downloads \ News (Tech) \ Off Base (Other Websites News) \ Way Off Base (Offbeat Stories and Pics)

Social: Facebook \ YouTube \ Twitter \ Tumblr \ Pintrest \ RSS Feeds