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[Baz]

Does anyone know why a user would get told that "Joe Bloggs" has a file open, but when I look at the open files, it is actually "John Doe" who has the file open?

Why doesn't the program tell the user that John Doe is in it?

 

[Snakedoctor]

Are you talking about editing an office document? If so, I also get a similar issue when editing a spreadsheet in a shared area. If someone else has it open, it simply says (I think) the name of the person who created the file, not the person who is editing it. I do recall there being a reason for this, but it eludes me for now.

 

[Baz]

Yes, it is to do with Office documents.

 

[tedaC]

you need to set the users details , on thier machine within an office program

tools > options > user information

 

[Baz]

They all have the correct information though