The Forum Exchange

I have been refreshing all my favorite links over the years and realized in my tidying up that some of my forums had been moved or altered and I had missed a good deal of what happened to one particular one I liked visiting when I had the time. I can't believe I missed all the events that unfolded in 2008. But here is the article I posted to the now-defunct Art News which disappeared entirely. Luckily enough I saved it.

Jasy is a name for a genre based string of forums dedicated to movies and TV shows. Depending on the genre, they have a forum for each. Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror, you name it they got it. Some TV shows are so popular that they dedicated a forum for just that TV show. But sometime around 2008 they had been heavily targeted by spammers taking advantage of the login system which allows login from other social media and networks. While the same protocols are still intact, they have made their boards private and taken any trace of their existence off search engines until such time they feel safe in becoming public again. Drastic measures because the spam had nearly crippled their servers.

Depending on how long your membership was or how long you've had another account on another site may determine if you gain access or not. If you were already a member, you should be able to login given their servers aren't down or in maintenance. Jasy began originally as an art sharing site featuring artworks by the general public who created works of art based on movie scenes, poster art, and the like. Their first 5 contest winners over a 5 year period featured a piece from Lawrance of Arabia, one piece from The Exorcist, one featuring all six Star Wars movies into one giant poster, one was a 3D model of Jaws complete with a swimming shark and a mealtime human and one featuring the Terminator with laser-pointer eyes. Trademarked as Jasy's Concepts.

Unlock Your Machine

Most passwords aren’t that difficult to reset, particularly those online. There is one that can give you trouble, however – your Windows login password. If you forget this you will be locked out of your account and unable to access all of the files and software specifically tied to that account.

Unlocking your computer won’t be easy, but it is possible. Let’s take a look at how you can access your system even if the login has been forgotten.

Windows has a built-in password reset feature. It would be rather pointless if anyone could reset it, so you have to do the preparation before you forget your login if you want to be able to use this feature. This consists of creating a password recovery disk, which can be any removable USB drive or even a floppy disk. Please note the instructions here apply to Windows Vista/7.

To begin, do a Windows Search for Password Reset Disk. You should see “Create a password reset disk” as your first option. Select it.

This will open the Forgotten Password Wizard. The introductory screen explains the basics, and once you’ve read it, click next. Here you can select the disk that you want to use for password recovery. Since only removable drives can be used, only they will appear as an option. Select a drive and click next.

On the next screen you will have to enter your current password. Do this and click next to begin creation of the password recovery disk. This will likely be a fast progress – it literally took five seconds on my PC. And you’re done.

Resetting your Windows login is now easy as pie. Just click the “reset password” link below the login screen and follow the on-screen steps. You’ll have to select the appropriate disk and then enter a new password. Presto! Your computer is unlocked.