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Tom_Alongi
Tom_Alongi
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January 15, 2017
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Changing Login Name

  • January 15, 2017
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I just want to know how to change my login name when I add Comment "balloons."

    Correct answer try67

    The login-name is fixed. You can change the author name, though.

    Go to Edit - Preferences - Commenting and make sure that "Always use log-in name for author name" is ticked off, and then select your comment, right-click it and select Properties. You'll be able to change the Author name in that window.

    Afterwards you can right-click it again and select to use the current value as the new default.

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    Rora89
    Participant
    January 18, 2020

    I do have the same problem described in this post: the Author name I want to use is different from the login name (which I really don't know where it came from, by the way). The option "Always use login name etc" is ticked off, I changed the default options for Author Comment on one of the notes, restarted several times, but...

     

    Login name still appear on the comments.

    What could I do?

     

    Any help will be truly appreciated.

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    gkaiseril
    Inspiring
    January 18, 2020

    You should habve started a new conversaton. Also this question has been answered many times. First try the search featuer of the forum.

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      duncandanger
      Participant
      August 16, 2019

      I managed to get the "Login name" to change by following the instructions here: https://superuser.com/questions/371382/where-is-username-variable-defined

      Specifically this:

      • Use lusrmgr.msc to modify the user name by clicking it, pressing F2 and changing it (then log out/in or reboot).
      nomascus
      nomascus
      Participant
      February 7, 2022

      This does not work anymore in recent Windows version. Run netplwiz instead.

        try67
        Community Expert
        try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        January 15, 2017

        The login-name is fixed. You can change the author name, though.

        Go to Edit - Preferences - Commenting and make sure that "Always use log-in name for author name" is ticked off, and then select your comment, right-click it and select Properties. You'll be able to change the Author name in that window.

        Afterwards you can right-click it again and select to use the current value as the new default.

          Tom_Alongi
          Tom_AlongiAuthor
          Known Participant
          January 15, 2017

          I appreciate your quick feedback ... and the (effective) workaround. Do you know why on Earth Adobe decided to lock the login name itself? What does that accomplish, except to irritate the heck out of people? 

            try67
            Community Expert
            try67Community Expert
            Community Expert
            January 15, 2017

            It's locked because it's a value that comes from the operating system, and Acrobat can't change it. It's the name of the currently logged-in user on the machine.

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