Originally Posted by
Cornish Jack
following that, attempting to login using the new P/W for "no username" produces the "incorrect password" response
I have a sneaking suspicion that the problem is with this part of the procedure.
Have you tried typing in the password you created instead of letting the Password Manager in Firefox handle it?
The password manager in Firefox is very nice, but also a bit dim. It stores all the passwords it encounters but does not order them very well, especially if there is no username associated with them. I would suggest having a good clearout of all the passwords you have stored in there for Gmail. I suspect that there are several in there that have no username, and you may be inadvertently selecting the wrong one.
Actually, on second thought: it is storing the password for 'accounts.google.com' but you are trying to use it on 'gmail.com' I guess, so because of that it may not be able to select the correct one from the list of stored passwords.
To clear out the old ones:
If you go to the menu hidden beneath the three horizontal stripes at the extreme right of your address bar, you will find an entry 'Passwords'. Click on that.
A new tab opens with a list of logins/websites on the left. At the top of that list is a searchbox. Type 'gmail.com' into that box.
You will then see a list of stored logins. The catch is that it also shows logins that use your gmail address as a username!
Scroll through that list and see if you can identify the ones associated with Gmail.com (note that they may be stored for 'accounts.google.com' as a result of the password change procedure). If you click on one in the list on the left, you will see when it was created, possibly updated, and when it was last used.
I would suggest removing every one that is associated with Gmail.com (the website) apart from the one you created during that last password change attempt. If you're unsure, you could remove them all and then either change the password again, or just log into Gmail.com (if the attempt with typing it in by hand worked) and have it store the password again so that it is the only one in there.
But before all that, first have a go at typing it in by hand. I hope that you also wrote it down or memorized it.... right?
