Forum /screen name problem

Does anyone know what this is all about?
When I tried to login the last time they told me that they were updating the database or whatever and asked me to create a screen name.
I wanted to keep my old CPaschilke but was told that it's already taken (what a wonder).
So I chose C.Paschilke but this account is blank.
My post count is reset and much worse my duke dollars are gone.
How do I get that stuff back?
SUN really makes it unpleasant to work with their forums....

You should check [url http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=10]Discuss the Sun Developer Network Web Site - you're not the only one who's had trouble. There are some FAQs - jschell, YATArchivist and JustLee are back, but some others (Mr_Silly, KPSeal, Ragnvald among others) still can't use their original logins. For me, the reauthentication worked nicely.

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Support forum screen names is wrong

My screen name is wrong. I specified my screen name to be "Jimmy-Jay" but Midler got tacked onto the end. That came from a question asking me to enter the letters I saw in an image to stop non-human interaction with the support forum.
I looked all over for "my account" or something like that to go into to fix.
How can I fix this?
Thanks.
Jimmy-Jay

Hi,
This should be fixed now Let us know if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
SunshineF
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Changing Forum screen name

I really want to change my screen name without starting a new account. How do I do it?

You may want to try this:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2535661#2535661

Change forum screen name

Hi,
I wasn't sure where to go for this, there doesn't seem to be a "support forum" or any easy way to reach the forum administrators without starting from the top at Sun.
I don't know why my screen name is my name, but I was wondering if there's a way to change it. I have tried the Forum Settings and My Profile, and neither seemed to have an option for it.
Thanks,
-Mike

No, that's not possible.

Aim on iPhone problem. Can't send message screen name problem...????

I cant send message on the aim app on appstore. it says sending... and never sends.. i can sometimes receive messages but can never send.,
when i go on my other screen name, it works fine.. idk if its the screen name??
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Try:
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Update Screen name

I need to know how can I change my Java forum screen name? Suppose I want to update from manisha_msathe to something else then what is the option for that?
(I could not find the related forum to post this question)
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I don't think you can without registering again but I might be wrong there.

Screen Name Changes?

First, sorry about putting this discussion here, I wasn't sure where else to put it.
I was wondering, is there a way to change my forum screen name? It didn't look like it allowed me in my forum settings...
Thanks,
Jack Reynolds

Welcome to the forums. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by your screen name. Do you mean in BlackBerry Messenger?
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How does User get Identified by Screen Name and NOT by Real Name in submitting a Forum Post?

I have noticed that when I post a question or discussion item to one of Adobe's Forum Communities, I am identified as the author of my post by my actual legal name, not by my Screen Name that I set up in my profile when I registered. The same applies for the posts of others--they are identified by their legal names, not their screen names. What is the purpose of the Screen Name we set up when we registered, if not to shield the identity of the individual from others reading the post, if that person does not want to have their true identity publicly disclosed in, or publicly associated with the post? If I sign my post using my Screen Name, but then it is identified with my legal name when I post it, what good does it do to have a Screen Name? Is there some way to have the software not use my legal name, but identify my posts by my Screen Name only, if I so choose that option? (Of course, Administrators at Adobe can always (presumably) identify the (real name) author of the post, via the registration information associated with a Screen Name, should the need arise.)
Sincerely,
SpaceAdventurer

Thanks for the reply, mytaxsite.co.uk. And thanks for the screenshot showing me that my name is displayed to you as "spaceadventurer," which is what I had intended / wanted.
I understand now, from reading through most of the original and replies to the post,Real name instead of Screen name displayed, where I noticed you replied several times, that the Screen Name / real legal name works this way on Adobe’s forums:
When you are logged in - YOU (and only you) see your real legal name everywhere on the forums / web site, and associated with all of your posts
When you are not logged in (to Adobe / forums with your Adobe username / password), you always see your name associated with your posts as your Screen Name only
Everyone else always sees your screen name, everywhere, on all posts, regardless of whether they (everyone else) are logged in or logged out. (Unless, of course, you set up your profile to have your Screen Name be your real legal name. Then everyone will always see your real legal name associated with your posts.)
When logged in, in the “Edit Communities Profile” web page (from the menu that appears when you click your Avatar in the black Adobe menu bar at the top of the screen), in the “Privacy” tab on that page, there is a “widget” called ‘Preview your profile’ in the upper right-hand corner of that tab. This widget is supposed to show you how you or others, depending on which selection you make from the dropdown in the widget, will see your Profile (and therefore, your name) from their computers. In fact, no matter which selection you make from the dropdown, the display of your profile that is produced ALWAYS shows your real legal name, which is misleading, because that is not in fact, what others will see. Others, whether “Registered Users,” “Friends,” or “Everyone,” will ALWAYS see your Screen Name only. (Except for the exception I mentioned in the immediate previous bullet.)
There is a way to change your Screen Name, should you feel the need to do so. The steps to do that are detailed in response no. 75 to the "Real name instead of Screen name displayed" forum post.
Does it sound to you like I have captured the gist of the main learnings that can be gleaned from that post ("Real name instead of Screen name displayed”)?
Thanks,
SpaceAdventurer

IChat--problem with a screen name

Hi,
Just yesterday, one of my screen names will not log into iChat--well kind of. It will log in for a minute, the names of the groups on my buddy list show up, but no buddies are listed--they are all listed as offline. After a minute, it says "cannot connect to AIM". I have a feeling that this has nothing to do w/ the port because I have two old screen names that work on my Adium, and also iChat. I really want help with this before I make a new screen name--my old screen names are ones that most of my buddies do not know, and they have different buddy lists entirely.
Thanks! AGain, this JUST started happening and only with ONE screen name.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi,
go to USers/(your account)/Library/Preferences
Delete com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist and restart iChat
You will be asked to confirm details in the Start Up Screens again.
You should keep all your accounts but the Login details to AIM will be kept.
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Problems converting my AOL Screen Name to AppleID?

I'm hoping you have some advice for me. When I follow the instructions and try to convert my 'AOL screen-name' account to a new 'AppleID' account using a new, different email address, it won't let me do it. When I open the page to convert, it has already entered my AOL screename followed by @aol.com in the email box as the default 'example'. But when I overtype it to a new, unused email address (it does permit me to overtype it), and enter new passwords, it reverts the email address back to the AOL email address (which I have already reused previously as an AppleID, as others have done), and tells me I can't use that one because it already exists as an AppleID. But, it will never permit me to enter a new one! Help!

Wow, that is not what we have been led to believe here. The change for the AOL User Name is just that (and just as you thought). Your Apple ID needs to be a valid email address. An aol.com email address is a valid email address. If you can verify it, it is a valid email address. Apple's own support article on this topic has the following paragraph regarding the only situation where an aol.com email address cannot be used:
When you convert your AOL Username to an Apple ID, you might not be able to convert it to one that ends in @aol.com if you have used your AOL email address to create a separate Apple ID. For example, if your username is johnnyappleseed, you might not be able to convert it to [email protected] if you already have an account tied to that email address.
What this is saying is that if you already have an Apple ID that is using that aol.com email address as the Apple ID, AND you also have an AOL User Name Apple ID, you cannot use the aol.com address when changing that AOL username to a valid email address.
However, if you simply changed the AOL User Name to your aol.com email address using the EDIT function (meaning you did not set up a brand new, separate Apple account, but changed the Apple ID on the account that was using the AOL User Name), then you do not need to do anything. You no longer have an Apple ID using an AOL User Name at that point.
You do NOT need to change your Apple ID if it is using your aol.com email address, and if you have no other Apple account that is using that old AOL User Name.
So, if you have not already done it, you do not have to change your Apple ID if it is an aol.com email address.
Here is a link to the support article:
Convert your AOL Username to an Apple ID - Apple Support
Cheers,
GB

Why is iChat saying my screen name is not valid when I've never had a problem before?

All of a sudden, my iChat will not connect to my mac.com account. I keep receiving an error message that says "the screen name entered is not valid". I've never had an issue with this account before. I thought maybe this was because I just traveled abroad yesterday- however, I was successfully able to log into my iChat account when I first arrived, but when I went to login again, I started to receive that error message. I've used this account in the past when I've traveled abroad and never had an issue. Why all of a sudden? Help!

HI,
There does seem to be a glut of people who use their @Mac.com Screen Names in iChat or Message that travel to different countries that then find they cannot login
Try Logging in here https://settings.aim.com/
If it says your Account has been Suspended you will need this page
Use the TOSGeneral email to contact them.
It seems the people at AIM/AOL that contact you do not always know about the agreement that Apple Issued IDs (@mac.com and @me.com) are also valid AIM Screen Names.
They will
1) Want you to change the password (it will not make any difference to the Flagging of your "account")
2) tell you they can't find that you have an Account with them (you don't it is with Apple)
Remind them gently that there is an Agreement with Apple to allow Apple IDs as Valid Screen Names
That their Servers check the Names and Passwords with the Apple Servers but the Suspended Account Flag is set at their end and they need to Undo it.
8:32 PM Friday; September 7, 2012
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Aol screen name conversion problems

I have an AOL email for my Apple ID. Apple is converting AOL screen names to an Apple ID. It says to sign out of iTunes and sign back in and follow the steps for the conversion. I sign out, sign in, but no prompt or dialog box comes up asking me to convert. I have until March 31 to convert, and I don't want to lose all my backup purchases on iTunes. How do I proceed with fixing this issue and converting my AOL email? I have the updated version of iTunes.

You don't have to convert your AOL email address account, that is a separate iTunes account, it's only AOL username accounts (i.e. without the '@aol.com') that need to be converted.
If you don't have any purchases and/or a balance linked to your AOL username then you don't have to do anything, you won't lose anything if the account disappears at the end of the month. If you do then log into that account on your computer's iTunes and you should get the conversion prompt : Convert your AOL Username to an Apple ID - Apple Support

Two persons with the same screen name?

Am I seeing things, or here we have two persons with the same screen name?
http://forums.adobe.com/people/Federico_Plat%C3%B3n
http://forums.adobe.com/people/federico%20platon
(Yes, I know it's really two identities belonging to the same person, but to my eye both screen names look identical on screen; and I thought the system prevented entering a screen name already in use).

Jochem van Dieten wrote:
Claudio González wrote on 4/21/2010 9:53 PM:
Rick, I must confess that I had never thought of looking for participant's screen names down there. And I still find it curious that the accent is absent at the obvious position of screen names.
Have you ever considered investigating this sort of thing? Create a new
Adobe ID, change values for userID, screenname, firstname and lastname
on the Adobe side and see what changes on the Jive side? The logic may
turn out to be surprisingly simple.
No, I haven't and most probably I will not, at least in the foreseeable future. I have enough problems with my own account, and I waste too much time as it is on re-logging in, and on waiting for pages to load and messages to be posted, to indulge in such an investigation. Even if the logic behind two accounts that on screen seem to be associated with exactly the same screen name turns out to be exceedingly simple.

Changing screen name?

Hey, I was wondering how I can change my screen name in this forum?
Thanks!

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Screen Name Change - unavailable

I have tried to change my screen name from curt y to Curt Y in Your Account/Account Information. Says name is unavailable. Yet a search shows no hits for it. Is there some other thing I am missing?
Had the same problem when we switched to new forum. Old name was unavailable.
How many points do you have to surrender to get some of The Wine_Snob's magic name changing Jive dust?

Only problem with my name changing is that it seems to come in the middle of the night. I wake up and boom! name's been changed.
Now, I did try for "Bill Hunt," and even the older "BILL HUNT," but hit the same wall as you have. I did not think to try Jochem's method though. Should have thought of that myself. One observation: Adobe forum told me that "Bill Hunt" was NOT available, but that is what it gave me recently? That might well indicate that Jochem is onto something, with his rec.
Good luck,
Hunt

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