Marko, Thanks for the quick response.
I tried to log on several ways, each ended up in the same place -- the other person's account. No, she (my better half; the 'puter is the family device in the same house and using the same WiFi) had not logged out. Neither of us do 2-step verification. Tried adding an account, but it became apparent that it would also be tacked on to her account. I also avoided trying third party sites offering to sign me in. Felt miffed... befuddled... a bit surprised about gmail making something so counterintuitive. An appropriate way to end a puzzling year, dontcha think? In the future, I will use a different email provider when I am on that desktop, and will check my own mail on my own laptop. Paul On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Marko Vukovic <marko.vuko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hallo Mr Beekeper ;) > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 6:28 AM, beekeeper <pdslatt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I tired to log onto my own gmail account on the computer of someone else >> who has a gmail account. The short answer: I could not do it. Google has >> changed. Anyone have a simple work-around or suggestion? My apologies if >> the question has been posted and answered before. >> > > How exactly did you try to log in? Did you sign out of his first, or use > the 'Add account' button under his picture? > Do you perhaps have 2-step verification on? > > >> >> Related problem: when I got to a place where I might have been able to >> log on to my account (which correctly showed my own name and ugly mug), my >> password kept coming back as 'invalid.' I suspect that was because the >> other user had not signed out. >> > > No, that should not be a problem. Again, perhaps you have 2-step > verification on. > > >> >> Have a great New Year... happy, healthy, prosperous within reasonable >> limits. >> > > Be good, and if you can't be good, be good at it :P > > Regards > > -- > Marko > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
