Sharepoint site showing system account instead of my username on the top right corner.

Yogesh Verma

When i login with my username & password into sharepoint (2007) site, it displays as a "System Account" instead of my username on the top right corner of the website. What ever changes/Settings i make inside the site for showing my username.

Thanks.

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Anna Hawks18y ago
Accepted answer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838
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Amreesh Sharma18y ago
Hi all,
Actually what happens when you host a web application using your central administration that time one has to give "configurable" under "Select a security account for this application pool" instead of choosing "Predefined (Netwok service).

Regards
Amreesh Sharma
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srini vasan18y ago

When you login with your username & password into sharepoint (2007) site, it displays as a "System Account" instead of your username or full name on the top right corner of the website. What ever changes you make inside the site, for example upload a file, post a comment, sharepoint marks it as a System account instead of your name.

To fix this, you must run the following commands:

stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -identitytype NetworkService

followed by:

iisreset

Because your account was used to create the SharePoint databases, your account is marked as a System Account. You need to run the STSADM command "updatefarmcredentials" and set it to an account like the NetworkService account to prevent this from occurring.
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