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Scott Falkner
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Community Expert
December 24, 2009
Question

My username: WTF?

  • December 24, 2009
  • 3 replies
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Somehow I'm a totally new user with only two (now three I guess) posts. Great work, Adobe! Found a completely new way to fu ckup the forums!

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    Claudio González
    Legend
    December 24, 2009

    Scott, partly based on a sugge

    stion from JC, I solved this problem by logging out completely,

    eliminating all adobe related cookies, login in using my second (unw

    anted) identity, and changing all the data in it (Adobe ID, email address, screen name,

    ...) so that I left nothing in common with the main (

    wanted) one. After logging out anr re logging normally, I have no longer been logged in automatically with my unwanted ID.

    All extra linefeeds kindly provided by the software.

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 24, 2009

    The other post is here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2479006#2479006

    Scott Falkner
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 24, 2009

    Weird. That's posted by the correct user, but I can't edit it.

    Here's what I was talking about: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2477634#2477634

    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    December 24, 2009

    Scott,

    Many of us suddenly developed split personalities. I still have to work to keep my alter-ego from showing up. Heck, he's not got as many posts as I do. Just hope that he behaves himself, when he shows up.

    You likely have additional Adobe I.D.'s and due to cookies, the other guy is showing up as the default. Regardless of the humor (attempted) above, it has suddenly happened to many of us. Mine came with the recent big software update.

    There are several threads here on the same subject, plus some input from the MOD's on how to handle it. For some, those tips have born fruit, but some others are caught in split-personality limbo.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

    December 24, 2009

    seems to happen to me when i use the "remember me" check box at login... could just be my imagination though.