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aks
Jul 23, 2015Virtuoso
Can I have my old (3 letter) username back
My username on the ReadyNAS Forums was simply 'aks', but on the new forums it has changed to 'aks1', and in fact I can see that I also registered on developer.netgear.com (with a different email addr...
- Jul 23, 2015
Sure. I just renamed the aks user to aks2. That user only had one post so I think it's better for you to have the aks username.
mdgm-ntgr
Jul 23, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Sure. I just renamed the aks user to aks2. That user only had one post so I think it's better for you to have the aks username.
dsm1212
Jul 24, 2015Apprentice
This seems to have been the default behavior for some reason. I have an extra 1 on my name too. Not that I really care, but maybe netgear should fix everyone.
steve
- mdgm-ntgrJul 24, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
This problem generally occurs when you have registered on multiple of the old boards using different email addresses.
The user on forum1 gets the username in preference over the ReadyNAS forums user.
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