New version not saving my password correctly

[DMBHokie76]

i type it in and then try to DL a show and it says login failed, i go to fix the password, and its shorter than what it should be...whats wrong?

[CrushDMB]

I'm getting that too -- it's showing extra characters

[ocean]

same here

[Mark]

maybe a security feature? i have other software, where i have to log in, that does that too.

altho, i am not sure why you would need security on this, but anyway.

Mark

[Shawn]

yes its a feature .... basically i don't store your password at all ... just a md5 hash of it sooo i don't know the length when i display it in there ... remeber in the last version I left it blank? well that was more confusing than this

[pkpro1]

i have the same issue... apparently i may have mistyped my password the first time. and it kept it.. so now when i go to fix it... it just keeps whatever was there the first time.. so i can't fix my pw.. and so i can't login... any help please?

[Shawn]

Originally posted by pkpro1
i have the same issue... apparently i may have mistyped my password the first time. and it kept it.. so now when i go to fix it... it just keeps whatever was there the first time.. so i can't fix my pw.. and so i can't login... any help please?

I really dont think thats the case ... but just to prove it to you (or prove i'm wrong :) ) ... here's how you clear that password

Open regedit go to hk_local_user\Software\Antsdownloader\
and remove the md5pass key

Then go back and run config

[pkpro1]

shawn, i removed all instances of ants from my registry already.. and then reinstalled the downloader.

then when i went to reconfigure the application- my username wasn't there but a password (an incorrect one) was already there... this tells me windows is loggin a password somewhere that i'm not aware of BEFORE i could configure the downloader... do you know what the downloader works with in terms of configuring passwords?

please shoot me an email pkhurana@stevens-tech.edu

[Shawn]

Originally posted by pkpro1
shawn, i removed all instances of ants from my registry already.. and then reinstalled the downloader.

then when i went to reconfigure the application- my username wasn't there but a password (an incorrect one) was already there... this tells me windows is loggin a password somewhere that i'm not aware of BEFORE i could configure the downloader... do you know what the downloader works with in terms of configuring passwords?

please shoot me an email pkhurana@stevens-tech.edu

No there was no password in there ... its just a place holder of ********** stars :) i guess thats a bug... the first time you run the config it should be blank. Just type you password in there and it will work. It's possible there is a wierd problem with the encryption of the password. Do you have special chars in it ? or spaces or somthing like that? If you do try changing it on the site to something simple and see if that works.

[pkpro1]

sigh.. it's still not working.. same problem.. loging failed.. retrying 1... 2... all the way to ten times..
:(
oh well- i guess i'll stick to furthur.

[TarHeel0209]

Originally posted by pkpro1
sigh.. it's still not working.. same problem.. loging failed.. retrying 1... 2... all the way to ten times..
:(
oh well- i guess i'll stick to furthur.

I'm getting the same problem..all the way to 10

[Shawn]

Please change your password on the ants site to something simple. Then change it in the config. If this does not work then email me (shawn@antsmarching.org) your username and your new pass and I'll see exactly what the problem is.