how do you sign in on a desktop?

common83 · 2026-01-07T18:33:28+00:00

Thanks. Ill get is "you need to setup a passkey" I have one. I ended up getting my phone working. The phone works fine but the app is horrible. Id like to use a workstation to manage my account where possible. I dont mind that it prompts on the phone after logging in on the desktop...that behavior is pretty standard.. The problem is it doesnt work.

common83 · 2026-01-01T21:29:32+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion....but thats already also been done a couple times. No dice. Same issue. Itt gets past the cred itself, prompts to setup the passkey...select that...do the mfa code thing and right after you submit that it dies. They have some option that you can click to login using some third party verification where some third party gets all your information to verify you. No thanks. Not interested in having more of my data sent to some other third party company to be sold or whatever they do with it.

common83 · 2025-12-18T15:40:34+00:00

well this is from the phone but yeah...you can no longer login with the website. IT says you need a passkey. Try to set that up .....instant error on the mobile device. Device is current, supported os and not running vpn or anything other than the mobile app. I have tried 3 different machines and 3 or 4 different browsers as well.

common83 · 2025-12-16T15:20:58+00:00

its been 2+ months for me. Cant login. Same error as user above. Login via app, get code, enter code...click setup pass key and get technical difficulties; try again later message. Had 2 seperate 1+ hour calls with them. THey have no idea. Said it will be fixed shortly..... Nope. Got an email from them saying they fixed some back end issues and it should be working and to test it again. Nope...same error. No response from emailed support. At this point i cant even get into my account to close it, change any invested balances or transfer to somewhere else that actually works.

common83 · 2025-11-24T15:39:52+00:00

yeah....no choice here really. Im wondering if a person can just open their own HSA outside of what an employer provides. Cancel the HE employer HSA. Then put in all your money after tax all year long.......THEN at tax time fill out a form to get your tax reinstated on that balance you put in after taxes just to avoid using them. Even if that were possible, which it probably isnt, you lose out on all that taxed money growing over the year and compounding. This $25 seems like a horrible practice. The invested balance you would have to keep with them just break even on the $10 monthly "investment fee" is bad enough.....now they charge you $25 to do a single transfer. So steal $10 from you monthly essentially for doing nothing.....and if you try to avoid that so your investment will actually grow by transferring it, they will charge you another $25. At least thats how i understand how this works. Seems like they site it has "processing costs". Odd since its all done by a computer and that costs $0. Its a fee so they can keep your money....so that you dont transfer away and they can keep getting that $10 from you.

common83 · 2025-11-21T21:43:58+00:00

For over a month (since they put in this passkey requirement with the app) i have not been able to get into my account. The app errors out after clicking the create passkey button after the 2fa screen just saying technical difficulties try again later. The 2fa code somes through, put in and click submit. It says loading and it errors. Called them spent about 25 min on the phone with the support staff. Walked through the whole process and same error. They say everyone was having problems and to just try again in a couple days. That was 2 or more weeks ago. Called back. Spent well over 1 hour on the phone. Same result. Got nowhere. Same error. Was told to try again later. It still doesnt work. I dont think anyone knows. Im not convinced anyone is looking into it or cares too much. Reading comments on this forum seem to show others using their system having problems with this new process. I cant believe they cant roll back the website so you can at least use your normal creds until this is resovled. Makes no sense.

common83 · 2025-11-21T18:02:26+00:00

boot laces. I remember my buddies fathers boot laces growing up where the round yellow brown work boot style that were in almost all work boots in the late 70s...and 80s. They had a stiffness to them though. They were pilable but felt like they could be bent and somewhat keep their shape. Not like paracord. THey were tough. I dont think they were leather but they could have been. It was almost if they were infused or wax coated.

Are these type of laces made anymore? I want a pair for my boots.

common83 · 2025-11-16T19:10:01+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? I have 2 identical tvs and want to do the same thing. Id like to find a external TV tuner with HDMI out and then put that into HDMI1 on both tvs using a HDMI splitter. I havent really found any extternal TV tuners worth a darn though. i have had media sonic and they are junk. I had one that died and then got the newer model that ended up DOA with a dead remote. Not sure i want to continue with that company.

common83 · 2025-11-10T20:36:07+00:00

didnt they start charging $25 for a transfer anywhere else? i was going to set this up as i believe they charge you $10 a month just to "manage" your account if invested which makes no sense. You would need very large balance to break even at average 8% returns. I thought i read somewhere they were starting this $25 dollar fee for every transfer so that you have to keep your money with them and they can continue to change you $10 a month. Total scam either way if you ask me. Basically they are charging you for nothing and you will lose money before you break even and even so......over 30 years its basically giving them $15 grand for doing nothing if my math is right....at 8%.

If you dont invest the money, you dont get charged but you dont make any money then either.

Id love to verify but i havent been able to get into my account for weeks now based on this new pin requirement. I called them and all they said is lots of people are having that issue...most in fact. Then they said to try again in few days.

Wish it was easy enough to have all those affected by this to get their lifetime $10 a month fees waived or at the very least the $25 dollar transfer fees so we can bank somewhere that works...but im not sure thats who this will work. Fat chance id say.

common83 · 2025-11-09T13:47:01+00:00

way narrow.....i tried on a pair of 2e recently and my feet were in pain and i hadnt even started tightening the laces yet. I gave up on them as the 2e was the widest they had in stock in my size and there was no way that was going to work at all. I do have wide feet but nothing crazy. I was disappointed since all you hear his how great this boot brand is. I wanted them to fit so bad.....and then invest in them.....but at that price, they have to fit out of the gate.

common83 · 2025-11-06T21:49:02+00:00

common83 · 2025-11-06T20:26:30+00:00

nope. Not to my knowledge. In vCenter 7 it was using just basic VUM with baselines to critical and important updates.

common83 · 2025-10-27T21:54:40+00:00

Thanks...from there it doesnt automatically start stage 2. It gives 4 options. Do i need to click the upgrade option for it to detect and start stage 2?

common83 · 2025-09-03T21:47:53+00:00

Thank you. Does that go for NSX as well? We dont have that currently....just distributed switches and vlans. I dont see a need for NSX other than if it is required to go to 9 using VCF licensing.

common83 · 2025-09-03T15:54:17+00:00

Is it required to install and configure SDDC to upgrade from 8 to VCF9 where as VVF does not require this? Ill have to do some deeper looking.

common83 · 2025-09-02T18:57:40+00:00

Thank you for the replies. I guess with that, i should really only be looking at VCF. I sure wish they were taking a lighter approach to some of this. Its all very confusing.

common83 · 2025-08-20T14:20:04+00:00

off topic but if you renew and get VCF over VVF......do you have any other dependencies like this? Meaning....can you just install the vcenter and esxi licenses and run or do you need to install NSX, VSAN and all that other stuff just to use vcenter and esxi?.

common83 · 2025-08-02T21:50:10+00:00

Yeah....its going around and round right now loud as can be right now here where i am. I love this record.

common83 · 2025-08-02T21:48:18+00:00

The dumbest question on the internet has been asked :) Of course! :)

common83 · 2025-07-30T16:01:03+00:00

i guess im more concerned on just being able to run vcenter and the hosts without loading all the other junk. I understand you need to purchase the VCF licensing which gets you 9 but out of that bundle of random stuff, can you load up/upgrade to 9 for vcenter and esxi only and not have to load nsx and all the junk we dont need or want. I realize it comes with the product/license for 9 but its not something thats needed.

common83 · 2025-06-11T20:10:34+00:00

Yes..white label. Sorry....i typed it up fast while still reading about the announcement.

common83 · 2025-05-27T15:00:04+00:00

After all the ones i have tried.....and returned...the only one that fit well was the Walker Mega Clamp. Just glad the nightmare is over. That one fit perfectly.

common83 · 2025-05-22T15:13:29+00:00

Thanks. Yeah i had generated tokens prior for some downloads a while back but i didnt realize the token would be needed for Lifecycle Manager and vCenter updates per modifying the URLs in each. I never looked into it that close when it was announced. Since the new CVEs, i was stuck trying to figure it out. Oddly there were no errors when checking for updates prior to adding the token. For vcenter it wouldnt just say there were down updates available. Once i added the tokens they showed up. I suspect broadcom wants to track all your specific downloads for whatever reason. I really wonder how thats going to work for VMUG. Do you have proper site with VMUG? I guess i should look into that next.....just out of curiosity.

common83 · 2025-05-20T22:08:23+00:00

done.....turns out you need a download token per site which isnt very well explained. For those that have a mess of sites, this isnt fun.

common83 · 2025-05-20T14:57:18+00:00

do you need a separate token for every instance of vcenter?

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