Its high probability that your partner/friend will be seeing your old name, mostly orkut one, on the other side. I have been facing this problem for over half a year , My gtalk shows orkut name which i kept a way back. Even my status “current music track” is not worth showing , as it never change on other side. Typical problem faced :I have linked my gmail ID with orkut.So my orkut profile name appears as default screen name in my gtalkaccount. Suddenly even after I updated (changed) my profile name in orkut for 3to 4 times in Orkut and in Gtalk am getting older screen name (of orkut)only.This is irritating me and causing a lot of problems as am not ableto express my present status of mine through Gtalk. Solution : Try dissembling orkut and gtalk integration. Possible explanation for problem by the Google problem group : There is usually a time lag before your Google Talk profile gets updated as well. This is the same for profile picture. In fact, try to log out and log in again to see if the display message have changed or not. This is just a way to minimize your bandwidth. Windows Media Player and Music Status In Gtalki.e Show current music track status: Its very exiting that users can share their music status in Google Talk. Your friends know – which songs you are listening currently and what you are up to. When Windows Media Player or your Windows desktop crashes, WindowsMedia Player is designed to disable all plug-ins (including the GoogleTalk music status plug-in). If this happens, the current music trackyou’re playing on Windows Media Player won’t show up as your GoogleTalk’s status message.I know many of you have found the solution to this problem, but forthose who haven’t found this fix before, all you need to do isre-enable the Google Talk plug-in. Just follow these steps:

  1. Open Windows Media Player.2. From the View menu, select ‘Plug-ins’ > ‘Options…’3. From the Category section of the Plug-ins tab, select ‘Background.’4. Select the ‘Google Talk Music Plugin’ checkbox.5. Click ‘OK.’ You’ll have to close and restart Windows Media Player for your changeto take effect. Happy music status sharing! Alternate : step1: Open-media playerstep2: Click tools-go to plugis-optipns-step3: Click on “background”-click addstep4: Open gtalk folder and select gtalkwmp1.dllstep5: Aplly settings. click on gtalk and chose show current music track.If this doesn’t work reinstall gtalk & verify Windows Media player settings once again…If u still face the problem reinstall Windows media player. From Google Talk groups