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Email Privacy and Scheduled Tasks Questions

ilandryailandrya Member Posts: 24 Arc User
edited May 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
Why is our personal email address being displayed in game to other players? I don't see any option to have it hidden. If there is one, please direct me to how I may do this. This may cause me to not continue with the game if it's mandatory it's displayed. I really don't want "gold farmers" selling my email address to advertisers, or getting "gold farmer" spam mail.

Also, I noticed that the Neverwinter download put two things originally, now three, in my scheduled tasks. I've never had a game do that before. Why/what is it for? Can it be removed and the game still function ok?

Thanks.
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  • bpphantombpphantom Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    ilandrya wrote: »
    Why is our personal email address being displayed in game to other players? I don't see any option to have it hidden. If there is one, please direct me to how I may do this. This may cause me to not continue with the game if it's mandatory it's displayed. I really don't want "gold farmers" selling my email address to advertisers, or getting "gold farmer" spam mail.

    Also, I noticed that the Neverwinter download put two things originally, now three, in my scheduled tasks. I've never had a game do that before. Why/what is it for? Can it be removed and the game still function ok?

    Thanks.

    Something's not right in your install/config. I have no new scheduled tasks on either machine running NW, nor is my email displayed anywhere in the game. Can you give more details?
    -Where is it showing your email?
    -What scheduled tasks?
    - bpphantom

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  • riven84riven84 Member, Banned Users Posts: 574 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2013
    ilandrya wrote: »
    Why is our personal email address being displayed in game to other players?

    Where?

    /10char
  • ilandryailandrya Member Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I can see my and other people's email address when on winning lists during events like capturing spies, finding the relics etc. I can also see mine and other people's email in the auction house, in mail I receive.

    As for scheduled tasks, this is a list of things windows is instructed to do at certain times, like during the start up of your computer. What exactly it's being instructed to do by these particular tasks, I have no idea.

    Task {1B079CEC-A125-456D-A60E-23DF28055169} Cryptic Studios Inc. C:\Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\Neverwinter.exe
    Task {9F3B3596-3E38-4B52-BA14-B6B3363F1A14} Cryptic Studios Inc. C:\Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\Neverwinter.exe
    Task {E0B2B64D-6BC3-4BAE-B7BC-40D1128BF403} Cryptic Studios Inc. C:\Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\Neverwinter.exe
  • terradraconisterradraconis Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    ilandrya wrote: »
    Why is our personal email address being displayed in game to other players? I don't see any option to have it hidden. If there is one, please direct me to how I may do this. This may cause me to not continue with the game if it's mandatory it's displayed. I really don't want "gold farmers" selling my email address to advertisers, or getting "gold farmer" spam mail.

    Also, I noticed that the Neverwinter download put two things originally, now three, in my scheduled tasks. I've never had a game do that before. Why/what is it for? Can it be removed and the game still function ok?

    Thanks.

    I don't have my email address showing in game. I do have my global handle showing but that is the name I'm using on the forum here not ... my email address.

    I also have no new tasks from the install.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • ilandryailandrya Member Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I have other issues with things in game as well. My ability points in my character sheet sometimes only show their original roll amounts for several minutes after logging in, the #3-5 spells for my cw will rapidly change places with one another on my char sheet tabs, and my Nvidia graphics driver 307.83 will have a kernel error and crash and recover about 2/3 of the time upon logging in, but does not continue to crash after that.
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited May 2013
    . . . . . Did you choose your email address as your in-game @handle? If so, contact Support and request a name change for breach of privacy. The only @ name displayed in game is the Public @handle set up during account registration/merger. I'm shown as @zebular in game and that is not my email address. It is my in-game @handle, maybe you meant to say In-Game Mail, not Email? @handles are used for in-game mail.
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  • ilandryailandrya Member Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    No I didn't choose my email address as my in game handle. Yes, to clarify, I meant in game mail. Also, like the other issues stated above, this is intermittent, sometimes it's displayed as char@ilandrya, other times it's my email. Given the amount of issues I seem to have with things, maybe a fresh download and installation may remedy some things, hopefully it won't be another 6 hour download though.
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