Origin: EA you've done it again!

[Norman_the_Owl]

So recently i finished building my gaming PC and decided maybe it was time to try battlefield four out again.

 

So when i go to log in to origin, i cant remember my password which is no surprise seeing as last time i used it was when battlefield four first came out.

 

Naturally, i requested a password reset email... and never recieved it. Apparently this has been a very common problem.

 

Does anyone know any fixes to this, other than actually calling EA? Because the people who've done that told me it's, and i quote "Like a Jewish prisoner trying to reason with Goebbels"

 

Edit: I don't know if there is a better section for this, but whatever

[Jobbe03]

Ask for it to be emailed until it arrives

[ttam]

Check your spam and trash folders where the other people who say they cant find it.... find it.

[godsarmy]

i've had to call them once before and i had a good experience. 

[Ghost]

Wait. They come eventually. You will probably get multiple ones at once if you requested a reset more than once.

[Norman_the_Owl]

Wait. They come eventually. You will probably get multiple ones at once if you requested a reset more than once.

It's been several days

 

Check your spam and trash folders where the other people who say they cant find it.... find it.

Spam folder is void of anything origin.

Probably the only time I wish i actually received an e-mail from origin.

[XTankSlayerX]

What email are you using?

[Norman_the_Owl]

What email are you using?

A comcast.net e-mail

 

I'm not going to share it for obvious reasons

[Toddwjp]

heres a protip, write your passwords on a note pad file or a book in real life

[XTankSlayerX]

A comcast.net e-mail

 

I'm not going to share it for obvious reasons

That might be the issue, with outlook ive never had an issue.

 

This is a problem with email services as far as I can remember.

[Norman_the_Owl]

heres a protip, write your passwords on a note pad file or a book in real life

That's a good way to put a lot of money worth of account information in one spot

[Semper]

A comcast.net e-mail

 

I'm not going to share it for obvious reasons

Comcast. The only company worse than EA.

My suggestion, create a gmail, outlook, or yahoo email address, and move on from there. Granted, it doesn't help you right now, but it'll benefit you in the future.

As for right now, i'd just give EA a call.

[vern021]

heres a protip, write your passwords on a note pad file or a book in real life

I did that once. Got my accounts hacked.

[Toddwjp]

That's a good way to put a lot of money worth of account information in one spot

 

if they can access your files physically your already fcked.

 

all my pass words for important things are in a book on my shelf by my pc.

[Norman_the_Owl]

Comcast. the only company worse than EA.

My suggestion, create a gmail, outlook, or yahoo email address, and move on from there. Granted, it doesn't help you right now, but it'll benefit you in the future.

As for right now, i'd just give EA a call.

That's what i was planning on doing, i use a G-mail address as my primary.

 

I'll probably end up having to call EA, but it's probably not worth the time it's going to take just for battlefield four...

 

Edit: And i'm not an adult, and they have the worst policies in regard to children

[Norman_the_Owl]

if they can access your files physically your already fcked

How am i fucked if they're at my computer? My accounts are worth a lot more than a gaming PC, and it's not like i actually store anything of value on my hard drives

 

 

Edit: Assuming it's a robber or something

[IdortMasterRace]

heres a protip, write your passwords on a note pad file or a book in real life

 

Is this guy serious?

 

[Norman_the_Owl]

Is this guy serious?

 

-snip-

Yea, it's kinda the point of having E-mail recovery options...so that you don't have to do that....

[aidenrelkoff]

Wait. They come eventually. You will probably get multiple ones at once if you requested a reset more than once.

thats because there servers are Pentium 4's @ 1.1GHz with 128mbs of ram

[Toddwjp]

How am i fucked if they're at my computer? My accounts are worth a lot more than a gaming PC, and it's not like i actually store anything of value on my hard drives

 

 

Edit: Assuming it's a robber or something

 

the probability of a thief breaking into your house, taking the time to read a book by your pc, realising there account passwords, accessing said accounts, all before you realise you have had an intruder and simply cancel them all or changed them is smaller then worth worrying about 

[IdortMasterRace]

So recently i finished building my gaming PC and decided maybe it was time to try battlefield four out again.

 

So when i go to log in to origin, i cant remember my password which is no surprise seeing as last time i used it was when battlefield four first came out.

 

Naturally, i requested a password reset email... and never recieved it. Apparently this has been a very common problem.

 

Does anyone know any fixes to this, other than actually calling EA? Because the people who've done that told me it's, and i quote "Like a Jewish prisoner trying to reason with Goebbels"

 

Edit: I don't know if there is a better section for this, but whatever

 

From now on OP, use Keepass.

 

http://keepass.info/

 

It stores all your passwords, completely encrypted, as well as other information such as email addresses, security questions, usernames, etc. I've had mine for several years and naturally it has hundreds of entries. Again, it's very safe and your database is fully encrypted. You can even create back-ups onto USB drives (and even if someone got hold of that USB drive, they can't access your passwords without decrypting it with your master password, which only you'll know in your head).

[TetraSky]

I did that once. Got my accounts hacked.

 

I think you have other issues if you get "hacked" for having written your password on a notepad, in your home.

[Noctus]

Is this guy serious?

 

 

 

He obviously is, sorry we live in a place were we can store physical copies of our private details without the worry of getting them stolen.

 

Yea, it's kinda the point of having E-mail recovery options...so that you don't have to do that....

Or you could like ya know... remember things.... or write them down... or store them on your computer in a secure file..... or...

 

Yes EA suck's, you should know this, but Toddwjp's answer is legit.

[IdortMasterRace]

He obviously is, sorry we live in a place were we can store physical copies of our private details without the worry of getting them stolen.

 

Or you could like ya know... remember things.... or write them down... or store them on your computer in a secure file..... or...

 

Yes EA suck's, you should know this, but Toddwjp's answer is legit.

 

Stop giving awful, unsecure advice please.

[Noctus]

Stop giving awful, unsecure advice please.

Unless you are fucking retarded that is all viable thing's to do. As much as you think it's not, it is.