On my screen my iChat name shows as my AIM handle, but other people are showing a completely different name. Anyone know how to correct this?

On my screen my iChat name shows as my AIM handle, but other people are showing a completely different name. Anyone know how to correct this?

Hi,
I still have you in my Buddy list.
Whereas you were showing just plain "Norma"  you are now showing "Norma Howe" in Capital Letters.
The only way I know to achieve that at my end is to View any Display Name that was set up or Add those "First Name, Last Name" Details to my address Book and list your Screen Name against them.
IF the AIM Settings Display Name items does not List NORMA HOWE and in fact lists something else the only thing I can think of is another App allows the Display name to be set from there and this is overriding the AIM Setting info.
I fired up an old version of AIM for Mac (version 4.7 from 2005) on my G4 computer running Leopard.
This Identifies Buddies that have entered Display Names  (puts them in the Quotes as in "NORMA HOWE")
In the Preferences of this version of AIM for Mac it has a Sign On tab.
This has a box to enter how you show up (i.e. the Display Name)  This version hints at adding Capitalisation and Spaces to your Screen Name.
Actually when I tried to change it to anything this version refused to let me.
So I changed my regular Name to "Ralph Johns r"
This however does not change the AIM settings page
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This would suggest that if the AIM setting page does not have this info then it is an AIM app somewhere.
Boot Camp and  windows Version ?
AIM for Mac (Any versions) ?  (I am prettry sure it will be  alter version than mine as the Self Listing shows the changed Name but still lists it as the Screen Name in the info Screen)
AIM on a Phone or iPad ?
8:38 PM      Thursday; April 5, 2012
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