Changing Username

[mona]

For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to change my username for AIM. (not alias but username) It shows my first and last name, so I want to change it.

Thanks for your help in advance!

[Tipo 61]

Are you saying you want to change your screenname, or remove your alias?

It's not possible to change your screenname from a messaging client, you'll need to register a new AIM name to change it...

[mona]

thx for your response!

with AIM, there's an option to display alias and username (not screenname) and for some reason my username is my real first and last name which i don't remember ever disclosing to AIM/AOL....

now i'm trying to change my username (not screenname) to only display my screenname but i can't figure out how to do it =(

[Catfish_Man]

It's probably pulling your info from the Address Book, in which case nothing is disclosed to AOL. Check advanced prefs in Adium for various related settings.

[mona]

thank you catfish_man!! it worked YAY

as a beginner mac user, i still have A LOT to learn LOL

[Tipo 61]

Welcome to the light! (and the forums!)

[mona]

thank you i have a macbook (not core2duo) and i LOVE it!! None of the 'known issue' stuff is going on and since I purchased mine, three of my friends bought one too. Huge apps --even the ones on Rosetta run so smooth. (I have the 2Ghz 1GB memory)

Anyway, another question. Since I upgraded to the 1.0 Beta, I can't seem to set my font! It reverts back to default everytime I hit enter... Noticed there was a ticket issued but does anyone know if it's been fixed yet?

[evands]

Click Set as My Default Font in the font dialogue when you have it as you want. We got a lot of complaints about the font 'sticking' undesireably, so we made the act of telling Adium to keep using the current font more explicit,