on 27-01-2022 12:05
Hi All, For some totally unknown reason my ntlworld.com email account has been locked; I have spoken with Virgin Media and the person I spoke to (helpful to a point not their fault) has logged the issue with the IT team to unlock the account; however I have been told that this can take between 1 -5 days! The problem I have with this is that all my financial emails come to this address on top of that I am out of work and all job hunting emails come to this address as well; because of this I could miss out on a work opportunity's; so I ask; is there anyway I can get my account unlocked quicker?
Ps I probably wont get any notifications of response to this post ether lol
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on 30-01-2022 17:03
Hi PilgrimRu12,
Thanks for coming back to me on this via private message.
We wouldn't have any further information to offer on what may have been the cause I'm afraid so unable to help there. All I can say is to ensure you are running a full virus and malware scan on any devices you have your email set up on to help stop this happening in future.
As for changing the password, once logged in to My VM > Account Settings > Account Details > Change password.
Give that a try and let us know how you get on.
Thanks,
on 27-01-2022 13:06
You could try following the instructions set out here for this situation:
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on 28-01-2022 13:34
Hi PilgrimRu12,
Thanks for your post and apologies to hear you are having an issue with your email address account being locked.
We can certainly check this out to you but in order to do that I will need to pass data protection with you.
I have sent you a private message regarding this and will investigate further once I receive your reply. Just click on the little plum envelope at the top right-hand side of the page to access your inbox.
Thanks,
on 30-01-2022 17:03
Hi PilgrimRu12,
Thanks for coming back to me on this via private message.
We wouldn't have any further information to offer on what may have been the cause I'm afraid so unable to help there. All I can say is to ensure you are running a full virus and malware scan on any devices you have your email set up on to help stop this happening in future.
As for changing the password, once logged in to My VM > Account Settings > Account Details > Change password.
Give that a try and let us know how you get on.
Thanks,
on 28-03-2022 17:58
Hi Kath, Sorry for the late reply very remiss of me. So everything you have suggested worked perfectly thank you. VM upgraded our Broadband; however the signal for the Hub 4 was awful; I spoke to someone and they started to ell me that they could see all my connected devices; bit scary and intrusive; it wasn’t until I informed the person I was speaking to about the actual signal strength that they offered one of those access points; this improved things upstairs slightly but not in our conservatory lol. Ps our house is like a Faraday cage
Kind regards
Gary
on 29-03-2022 18:41
Thanks for coming back to us @PilgrimRu12, would you like me to send out a second pod? To see if we can improve your connection.
Thanks
Steven_L
on 30-03-2022 19:33
@Steven_L wrote:Thanks for coming back to us @PilgrimRu12, would you like me to send out a second pod? To see if we can improve your connection.
Thanks
Steven_L
Hi Steven,
Yes please that would be really great; we live in a 1930’s detached house which is built like a Faraday cage so as much help as you can provide would be great 😊 thank you.
Whilst writing my wife has also complained to me that even when she’s connected via her iPad to things like sky the signal will hang like its buffering which is weird considering the service we’re supposed to be receiving no?
Just out of curiosity how many of these devices are we allowed?
Kind regards
Gary
Ps Many thanks for your help here it is much appreciated
on 31-03-2022 20:50
Hi Gary,
Thanks for coming back to us on this one.
We can certainly get a 2nd pod added on. I will need to reconfirm some details though due to the time that's passed.
I have sent you a private message regarding this and will investigate further once I receive your reply. Just click on the little plum envelope at the top right-hand side of the page to access your inbox.
Thanks,
on 01-04-2022 12:10
Hi PilgrimRu12,
Thanks for coming back to me via private message.
I'm glad I've been able to get things sorted for you.
If you have any further issues, please pop back and let us know so we can help further.
Thanks,