# SDMB userid help **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 30, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125 "2003-04-30T12:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bolthead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bolthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bolthead)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/1 "2003-04-30T12:16:05Z")
It appears that I’ve created 2 userids on SDMB. Now whenever I go here, I keep getting a popup asking me to select “which userid I’d like to use”. This is something that has started relatively recently, since I’ve not created a userid recently. I’d like to delete one of these userid’s and thus not be prompted everytime a switch while browsing a thread. Anyone have any ideas on how to stop this annoyance? Is there a setting that I have to set/unset in my browser? TIA…Milind. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/2 "2003-04-30T12:19:44Z")
E-mail an administrator as soon as possible, explain your mistake ( in creating two user ids) and ask them to delete your less preferred one. ---
**Author:** ![bolthead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bolthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bolthead)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/3 "2003-04-30T12:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jabba \* > \*\*E-mail an administrator as soon as possible, explain your mistake ( in creating two user ids) and ask them to delete your less preferred one. \*\* Tried that 3 days ago, still no reply. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/4 "2003-04-30T12:27:48Z")
Try e-mailing all of them. There are at least four who are also forum moderators ( **TubaDiva** , **Arnold Winkelried** , **C K Dexter Haven** and **Lynn Bodoni** ) and their e-mail addresses are easily available ( click on their name on the message board front page). If that does not work, you could try contacting a moderator and asking him/her to forward your message. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/5 "2003-04-30T13:00:16Z")
This thread is better suited for [**About This Message Board**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=2). I’ll move it for you. * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/6 "2003-04-30T13:28:32Z")
Send me an email, tell me both your user names and which one you want to keep. How did you end up with two names? your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/7 "2003-04-30T15:59:14Z")
You will need to have one of your UserIDs deleted by an Administrator, because that’s our rules. However, this will not stop the pop-up you’re getting. It’s not coming from the SDMB. For Netscape on a Mac, you need to go to Netscape -\> Preferences -\> Privacy & Security -\> Passwords. Click on Manage Stored Passwords and delete the UserID that you’re not using. I’m sure it’s similar for a PC. If you’re using IE or some other browser, you’ll just have to poke around. **DrMatrix** - Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/8 "2003-04-30T16:09:09Z")
In IE that would be Tools \> Internet Options \> Security tab \> Check “Allow logon using current username and password” (that’s near the bottom of the list). ---
**Author:** ![bolthead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bolthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bolthead)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/9 "2003-04-30T16:18:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\*You will need to have one of your UserIDs deleted by an Administrator, because that’s our rules. However, this will not stop the pop-up you’re getting. It’s not coming from the SDMB. For Netscape on a Mac, you need to go to Netscape -\> Preferences -\> Privacy & Security -\> Passwords. Click on Manage Stored Passwords and delete the UserID that you’re not using. I’m sure it’s similar for a PC. If you’re using IE or some other browser, you’ll just have to poke around. > > **DrMatrix** - Moderator \*\* Thanks. I think that this did it. I figured that it was something in my netscape, but I also wanted to delete one of the userid as well. Thanks again… ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/11 "2003-04-30T18:43:03Z")
…not to hijack, but welcome to the boards. And is your username perhaps a Buffy reference? ;). ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Reckon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Ms.Reckon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Reckon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/12 "2003-04-30T19:21:11Z")
Rupert G. is the guy with a store next to Jay Leno. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-userid-help/172125/13 "2003-04-30T20:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ms. Reckon \* > \*\*Rupert G. is the guy with a store next to Jay Leno. \*\* Letterman. Happy