user name change - or forum bug?

[GerdW]

Today I answered several times in this thread.

As you can see from my messages I answered to "Sarah" and "max". Now there are only messages from "SarahSteen" - and she also doesn't know who is "maximillian00100"!?

I also received email notifications notifying me of "new message written by max".

What is going on there? Why did I see different user names over the last hours?

[altenbach]

Forum users are identified by a static number (e.g. you are 16916). You can change your displayed forum alias (the displayed name) by modifying your NI profile. Look for the line labeled "Alias".

[udka]

One more here , same user posts and tells this is what i wanted!!

-Could it be because they are sharing PC unknowingly logging into others account?

Edit: Yes i got the answer

[LiliMcDonald]

Yes, as altenbach mentioned, it's possible for anyone to change their username for their ni.com account  by going to My Account > Edit Profile. This is why Gerd was seeing different usernames in that one topic.

Also, yes, we sometimes see situations where a user will accidentally log into another user's account if they are sharing a computer. This is because you can be logged into ni.com, but not logged into the forums. When the user clicks on log in, they're logged into the account associated with the ni.com account that's already logged in. We're working to improve the SSO implementation on the site.