The Download ID used to change whenever your password was changed / reset, the email address changed or the password storage method used by Joomla! changed. The latter has unfortunately happened twice, in December 2013 and March 2014. That was beyond our control and it did lead to frustration of users with multiple sites, like you. Unfortunately, you will have to change the Download ID to all of your sites.
We understand the magnitude of this issue, so we made an important change to our site yesterday. The Download IDs will no longer change unless you specifically request them to be reset through the Add-on Download IDs page of our site. This makes sure that even if you reset your password or Joomla! changes the password storage method again you will not have to go through 400 sites entering a different Download ID.
We apologise for the inconvenience, it was caused by events outside our control (namely: Joomla! having to change the password storage method twice for security reasons).
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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