How can I make Dell tell me my username?

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I realize that this is a strange question to ask here, but I don’t know what else to do.
I have a new Dell laptop and I want to use the Dell Community Support Forums. I am registered with Dell as a customer using my email address. I used these forums long ago, had a username then, but have long ago forgotten what both my username and password was. Now, even though the Dell website recognizes my email address, it will not let me enter the Dell Community Forums because I don’t remember my user name. However, I have not found any option that will cause Dell to tell what my old username is. In addition, the Dell website won’t let me create a new username because it says that there is already a username associated with my email address. I don’t really want to use another email address and register again because I am in the middle of a service problem and I don’t want to take a chance on confusing my communication with Dell.

So does anybody know any way to make the Dell Community Support Forum website tell me my username if it already knows what my email address is?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, and sorry if this is the wrong place for this question.

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Your best bet would be to pm a site mod or administrator to look into retrieving/resetting your username.
You might also check through your old email for username and password info, many sites will email this to you after you have initially “joined” a forum.

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Hi Roger – I have a few Dell’s

Is this the site you want go to ……
Support Forums

If yes, click on Sign in
You will get this screen….

click on Forgot Password

Next comes this screen…..

Enter your email address and Dell will send a link to create a new password.

Hope that helps

Tim

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Tim, you should change your name to Tim (loves screen shots) Sullivan.

cheers, Paul

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Thanks, Tim, for your help. I have done what you said several times, and I get to this screen:

https://sso.dell.com/sso/login.aspx/community/forgot?c=us&l=en&s=gen

and the problem occurs. I don’t know how to make a screen shot and copy it here. Anyway, this screen says,

“Please enter your Dell Community User Name and your password will be sent to the e-mail associated with that User Name.”

That’s what I don’t know or remember: my Dell Community User Name. I have not found any option anywhere to make the Dell system tell me that

Thanks for any further suggestions.

I have also sent two emails so far to dell_forums@dell.com and also to ideastorm@dell.com but no response yet.

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Hi Roger – Have you tried going to http://www.dell.com? Can you log into MyAccount on the dell.com site? It is separate from the Dell Community site.

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HI, Tim, that’s just the problem. I can log into Dell.com just fine, but it won’t let me log into Dell Community Forum, or tell me my (old) Dell Community Username.

That’s what I’m trying to get done.

Roger

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Yes, I’m having the same ‘gotcha’ problem: I’m completely snookered because there’s no means of discovering or resetting my Dell Community Username.

No point emailing Dell of course: others have tried and received no answer.

So meanwhile I’m barred from participating in the Dell forums.

What a pile of s**t!

All I can think of doing is posting ‘Dell Community Programming Sucks’ type messages on every other forum I’m a member of until someone at Dell wakes up from their coma.

Mark

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I actually got an answer!

Here’s what they said:

1. Clear cookies

2. Go to http://en.community.dell.com and click ‘Sign in’

3. Enter your Dell My Account (DMA) email (**********@gmail.com)

4. Enter the password that you created when setting up your DMA

5. Once you’re logged in you will get a page asking you to ‘Create Username’. Please enter your Username (not your email address) for e.g. bloggs.fred

6. Accept the Dell community terms of service and click on ‘Join the Dell community‘

After this you will be taken to Dell community. Please let me know if you have any problems.

Sincerely,

DTB33019

Dell Community | Administration Services

Trouble is, the same credentials still won’t let me in to https://sso.dell.com/sso/login.aspx/community/communitylogin?c=uk – still a bit of work to do there then.

Mark

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