{"id":6536,"date":"2016-09-05T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2016-09-05T16:50:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:50:57","slug":"removing-auto-signature-msdn-technet-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/09\/removing-auto-signature-msdn-technet-forums.htm","title":{"rendered":"Removing an auto-signature on the MSDN and TechNet forums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/mvp-marks-very-pleased.htm\">Back in 2008, I was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status for Virtual Machine technology<\/a>. Unfortunately I wasn&#8217;t doing enough Hyper-V work (and my employer at the time didn&#8217;t understand the value of employing an MVP) so, in 2010, the Product Group had to let me go. Disappointing as that was, I understood and I moved on to do other things.<\/p>\n<p>Every time I post on the MSDN or TechNet forums though, there&#8217;s a signature appended to my posts that says &#8220;Mark Wilson (MVP Virtual Machine) &#8211; https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/&#8221;. I&#8217;ve been editing manually to remove the MVP text (I don&#8217;t want to make false claims about my status) but I couldn&#8217;t see how to remove the option completely &#8211; it didn&#8217;t seem to appear anywhere in my forum profile.<\/p>\n<p>Only after <a href=\"https:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/b8bbd818-52d8-45ff-9c5a-20696beac13a\/incorrect-information-shown-in-signature-every-time-i-post\">posting on the forums to ask how I prevent this behaviour<\/a>, did I find the answer in <a href=\"https:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/d1964f69-ec5a-4593-b621-3b1e6a99403a\/signature-repeated-block-of-text-in-every-post\">a &#8220;related thread&#8221; that was highlighted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/d1964f69-ec5a-4593-b621-3b1e6a99403a\/signature-repeated-block-of-text-in-every-post\"><p>&#8220;Yes, you can change that setting by clicking on Quick Access, and then My Settings. You&#8217;ll then see a section where you can add your signature.<\/p>\n<p>For a more detailed guide including screenshots and instructions on how to insert HTML content see this post <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/rmilne\/archive\/2013\/01\/31\/how-to-tweak-your-technet-forum-signature.aspx\">http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/rmilne\/archive\/2013\/01\/31\/how-to-tweak-your-technet-forum-signature.aspx<\/a>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/keithlangmead.blogspot.co.uk\/\">Keith Langmaid<\/a> for that gem!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/msdn-forum-signature.png?resize=700%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"579\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My forum preferences have now been duly edited to remove the offending text!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2008, I was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status for Virtual Machine technology. Unfortunately I wasn&#8217;t doing enough Hyper-V work (and my employer at the time didn&#8217;t understand the value of employing an MVP) so, in 2010, the Product Group had to let me go. Disappointing as that was, I understood and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/09\/removing-auto-signature-msdn-technet-forums.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Removing an auto-signature on the MSDN and TechNet forums<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[297,615,616],"class_list":["post-6536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-mvp","tag-msdn","tag-technet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Removing an auto-signature on the MSDN and TechNet forums - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My MSDN\/TechNet Forum posts include an auto-signature with incorrect information. 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