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.

Thanks.

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.