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

Question

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.

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Anna Hawks · Answer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838

Amreesh Sharma · Answer

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

srini vasan · Answer

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.

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

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