FP2000: Modified By Attribute Displays as a Question Mark
Article ID: 205238
Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q205238
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see
194675.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see
180383.
SYMPTOMS
FrontPage displays a ? (question mark) in the Modified By field of a
FrontPage Report.
CAUSE
When you start FrontPage, it determines the name of the user that is
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 Passwords.
- In the Passwords Properties dialog box, click the User Profiles tab, and then click to select "Users can customize their preferences and desktop settings."
- Click OK.
- When you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
- 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
Password in the Control Panel.
- Click OK.
- Click Yes.
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