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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantJamTheDane
Registered: April 3, 2007
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Hi all.
Just a quick question, after checking the forums back to january
I changed my alias, are there any way to make sure you can't visit the old alias collection page?
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantpauls42
Reg: 31/01/2003
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting JamTheDane:
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Hi all.
Just a quick question, after checking the forums back to january
I changed my alias, are there any way to make sure you can't visit the old alias collection page?


don't worry - changing your alias will have renamed the old collection to the new one so everybody can see the collection ok.
Paul
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantJamTheDane
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Yeah, but i can still visit my old one too.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorDJ Doena
Registered: May 1, 2002
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He's right. Jubal's old nick is working, too:

http://www.invelos.com/dvdcollection.aspx/skipnet50
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Quoting DJ Doena:
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He's right. Jubal's old nick is working, too:

http://www.invelos.com/dvdcollection.aspx/skipnet50


Yes, but it's identical to the collection which is to be seen under his new nick.
Compare: http://www.invelos.com/dvdcollection.aspx/jubal
So it seems that for some reason your online collection can be visited if you enter any of your (formerly) used nicknames.
Seems like a job for Ken to me.

EDIT: The above thesis seems not to be entirely correct: http://www.invelos.com/DVDCollection.aspx/Dr%20Pavlov, Dr Pavlov, another former nick of Skip (jubal) gives no results.

<<scratches head>>
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantJamTheDane
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Maybe the old nick get deleted after some time. Just found it interesting that it still worked . Well, maybe Ken sees this and can tel, and if not itll probably get deleted someday anyway
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorlyonsden5
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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You have 2 manes here, you're user name and your alias. Your collection can be locted by using either. I do not believe you can change your user name as it is tied to your account. You can however change your alias. I would guess most of us use our user name as our alias.

Using the Jubal example his account will always be accessible by using his user name, skipnet50. Jubal works now since it is his current alias. Dr. Pavov doesn't work anymore since it is no longer his alias. When Jubal decides this isn't a lost cause and switches to his next alias you will be able to see his collection using that name but not Jubal anymore. Of course you can always use the user name, if you know it. Make sense?   
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Thanks Rick. This explains it.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTheMadMartian
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Leave it to Rick to come up with the logical explanation. 

Oh, and a from me as well.
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Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantAstrakan
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What lyonsden5 said is right, except you CAN change your username. Just go to my profiler -> User Settings and enter a new one. It can be the same as the alias, but it doesn't have to be. Changes are effective immediately.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorNexus the Sixth
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Yep that works. I used to have my email address as my user name but I have now changed my user name to my old alias and picked a new alias and both give access to my online collection.
First registered: February 15, 2002
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