Yahoo Showing my Full name instead of username

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August 10, 2006 at 12:58 am #24462

Namrepus221
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whenever I am chatting with someone using the new Yahoo 8 it shows my real name while I chat.

I want it to show my username instead. Is there anyway to fix this so it’s like what it was in yahoo 7.5?

August 10, 2006 at 1:09 am #150292

Nessa
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Try reading this thread and even this one.

If you use the search option, you can get many more results as well. 😉

Hope they help!

August 10, 2006 at 1:09 am #150289

Dermot
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Hi Namrepus221,

There are a couple of ways to try and fix this.

one is to go to messenger top left of your buddy window and go to “my contact details”

and change the first and last name and click save and close.

second is to login to http://edit.yahoo.com and go to your account information and edit your first and last name in there.

These should stop your real name showing.

August 10, 2006 at 1:59 am #150287

Namrepus221
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There is nothing in my contact information in YIM.

I changed my “Contact info” on Yahoo for if I were to purchase something…

Why I’ll never know.

August 10, 2006 at 4:46 am #150295

enigma666
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I think what he is referring to is a glitch with Yahoo Messenger 8. When you go into preferences –> appearance –> and check “For each contact on the Messenger list, show their: Nickname or First and Last name, it will show all your contacts with their nicknames but shows you with your screenname. However, if you check the other option show their Yahoo! ID, it will show their screen names when you chat with them but shows you as your Nickname or First and Last name.

August 10, 2006 at 4:20 pm #150288

Namrepus221
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Yep enigma… that’s what is happening.

August 10, 2006 at 4:23 pm #150290

Dermot
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Update to latest Build of Yahoo! Messenger 8.0 to see if the problem persists.

The latest Build is 8.0.0701

Hopefully this will correct your issue!

August 10, 2006 at 4:30 pm #150293

imported_Ven0m
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It does appear to be corrected in 701.

August 11, 2006 at 5:36 am #150294

imported_Scorp
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Are we saying that if you don’t upgrade to the latest version of messy, the problem will persist ?? I’m on 6 at the moment as the beta 8 and my o/s didn’t get along lol.

August 11, 2006 at 5:13 pm #150291

Dermot
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6.0 Should be fine for now…

This bug was a early 8.0 build problem.

However it will just be time till Yahoo Drop Support for 6.0 as they remove YMSG10 YMSG11

However in true Yahoo fashion they will inform you of such a change via Yupdater.exe and you will get a prompt on login when they do decide on that level of change.
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