is it just me

gettingbetter

hi

tried to log in to site yesterday and got this message

Wrong username or password. You have used up your failed login quota! Please wait 15 minutes before trying again. Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Click here!

it happened again this morning
is it just me. it was right name and password
cause i always double check

kas xx

fermi

Sounds as if someone may have been trying to access your account and had not got the correct password too many times. :undecided

Someone else mentioned that they thought someone was trying to 'hack' their account last night.

nervousmother wrote: »

I have tried to get on the forums all night.. someone trying to hack my mse account?

finally managed to change password after 4 hours of trying..

gettingbetter

thanks fermi

whats the best thing to do
do i change password or
just leave things as they are

kas xx

fermi

Make sure that is is something difficult to guess.

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/create.mspx

LittleMsMandy

Hi , i,ve been having trouble too and i,ve had to re register as kept receiving a message telling me i,m not allowed to post : i,ve posted a few times in the past with no problems and just wondered if there have been any changes re email addresses ,i.e. my usual hotmail address isn,t registering yet when i used my service provider one , i can post although i rarely use that one and did register a while back with my hotmail ?