FP98: Modified By Attribute Displays as a Question Mark
Article ID: 194675
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q194675
For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see
205238.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see
180383.
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 enable FrontPage 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:
- On the Windows Start menu, 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
. 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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