I was exiled for a while....

[Cormanus]

Perhaps I am the first to dip my toe into this year's "silly season" pool.

I spied a wave upon the waterless ocean!

Welcome back, Hiram.

Catch-22, to fix several issues with computers, purging your cookies is one of the first things to try. That and your browser cache. Kinda like the garbage. You have to take it out from time to time.

So it's not a bad idea, at our age, to have a list of login names and associated passwords written down somewhere for that time when you:
a)clear your cookies
b)need to replace the hard drive because it died
c)need to replace the computer - for what ever reason
d)the person that keeps track of this stuff dies and the other person has to deal with the loose ends.
e)too much to keep track of and the brain is a full cup; something goes in, something else over flows and leaves.

I have no interest in this outfit, but lastpass.com provides an excellent solution to the problem of passwords.