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Old 04-16-2014, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Hall of Famer View Post
Actually it's not that easy, the password hashing/encryption system uses both username and password(plus other things like pepper and salt). Simply changing username in database will not suffice, as you will still end up with errors telling you that the password is incorrect. However, you may try resetting password with the second account, you should receive password reset emails without problems if your email is valid and correct.
Oops I thought I had changed the username directly on the database before, didn't realize this at all! Sorry about that!
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