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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Google still requires App passwords for what they call “less secure apps”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Outlook and Thunderbird are less secure apps by Google’s definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Separate App passwords are required for each device. I had to get one password for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Outlook on my desktop PC, and a different on for Outlook on my laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Here is Google’s link to a discussion of their App password protocol and how to get App passwords:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en">https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Bob Eckert</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="mailto:roberteckert@verizon.net">roberteckert@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Cell: 781-336-7377<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> LCTG <lctg-bounces+roberteckert=verizon.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Smita Desai via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 12, 2024 7:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> George Gamota <ggamota@stma-llc.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Lexington Computer Group New Address Distribution <LCTG@lists.toku.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Google customer service telephone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not sure if this is still being done by google but they used to have app passwords. You need that to log into Google on your computer. You can maybe look it up on the tablet or mobile and try that. Should be under security settings of your account. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Smita Desai <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Feb 12, 2024, at 7:21 PM, George Gamota via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Guys</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I am going nuts trying to retrieve my Google account on my PC. I can get it on my iPhone and can see the password, but the password does not work on my PC.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I have been trying literally for days with no luck.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Does anybody have a telephone number for Google customer service?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>George</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:smitausa@gmail.com">smitausa@gmail.com</a>.<br>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/smitausa@gmail.com">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/smitausa@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>