Re: Issue with recognizing users

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You are welcome. Let me rephrase my previous statement.

Microsoft does not condone modifications of SQL data for WSS.



"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> That did the trick. Thank you.
>
> "Patrick Feltz" wrote:
>
>>
>> Sharepoint stores the information in the content database in the userinfo
>> table (tp_Email). MS is very adamant about modifying SQL tables so try
>> this hotfix
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=889385
>>
>> No option to update a user's logon name in Windows SharePoint Services
>> after
>> you make changes to the user account properties in Active Directory
>> directory service
>>
>> In Active Directory, you modify the properties of a user account, such as
>> the user's e-mail address, display name, and logon name. In Windows
>> SharePoint Services, you can manually modify the e-mail address and the
>> display name of the user when you click the name of that user on the
>> Manage
>> Site Collection Users page. However, there is no option to modify the
>> logon
>> name for that user. You have to remove the user from Windows SharePoint
>> Services, re-add the user with the new logon name, and then configure the
>> user with the appropriate permissions to the Web sites that the user
>> needs
>> to access.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>>
>> "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:99E042A0-F4F0-4D17-9D99-1E201EFEF4B7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Some of the member of our site show up with an incorrect email address
>> > therefore they do not show up as Logged on in the Member web part. Me,
>> > as
>> > administrator for one. My Windows Messenger shows everything correctly
>> > and
>> > we
>> > are using SIP. Okay, we just changed our naming convention for email
>> > from
>> > first initial/lastname to firstname.lastname but in Sharepoint my info
>> > still
>> > shows up as the old convention while others show up properly. I deleted
>> > myself as a user then re-added but it still shows the same. Where is
>> > Sharepoint getting the information? From AD? If so, everthing is
>> > correct
>> > in
>> > AD.
>>
>>
>>


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