FP: Modified By Attribute Displays as a Question Mark
Article ID: 180383
Article Last Modified on 11/4/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q180383
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see
205238.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see
194675.
SYMPTOMS
FrontPage displays a ? (question mark) in the Modified By field in
FrontPage Explorer.
CAUSE
When you start FrontPage, it determines the name of the user currently
logged on to Windows. When you save and create pages, FrontPage writes
Modified By information to a hidden file located in the subfolder
"_vti_cnf." If you are not currently logged on to Windows, FrontPage cannot
determine who you are. When no user is logged on to Windows, FrontPage
will use a ? (question mark) instead of a user name.
RESOLUTION
To display your name as the Modified By attribute of pages that you edit,
you must log on to Windows.
To log on to Windows and specify a user name, follow these steps:
- Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
In Control Panel, double-click the Passwords icon.
- In the Passwords Properties dialog box, click the User Profiles tab, and
then click to select the "Users can customize their preferences and
desktop settings" button.
- Click OK.
- Click Yes when you are prompted to restart your computer.
- When Windows starts, you will be prompted for a user name and
password. In the User Name field, type "user" (without the quotation
marks). Leave the Password field blank.
NOTE: You may change the password later if you want by double-clicking
on the Password icon in the Control Panel.
- Click OK.
- Click Yes.
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