Always having to switch users

I'm fairly new here and have my site up and running but I do have a nagging problem:
If I close iweb then reopen, it won't let me publish any changes. Gives me the "can't find server..try later" drop-down. I have done all the things I found on this help site including Old Toad's advice. Nothing worked!
I signed in as a different user, opened iWeb and created a page and published it. Then I signed back in to my account and I could publish. But I have to do it every time I use iWeb.
Not a real big deal but a bit of a pain. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

Try the following:
1 - go to the System/MobileMe preference pane and log out of MMe.
2 - login with a bogus username and password. This clears the caches.
3 - login with your correct username and password.
4 - launch iWeb and try again.
OT

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Originally Posted by dlietz
I am trying to use ZCM 11 Group Policy management to do two things. 1). Turn off the Windows 7 switch user feature that exists in the start menu and at the initial logon screen, and 2). Add a policy statement graphic to the initial logon screen in Windows 7.
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Ive tried to be complete as possible describing the problem but if didnt describe something correctly or someone needs additional info, please let me know.
Thanks for any assistance.
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