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Questions tagged [fast-user-switching]

For questions specifically concerning how to use a "fast user switching" feature (as described below), or problems that occur when using that feature.

Fast user switching is a feature on some modern multi-user operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, Mac OS X, Linux. It allows users to switch between user accounts on a single PC without quitting applications and logging out.

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Fast User Switching/Apple Menu?

I like fast user switching but I'm not keen on it in my menu bar, I'm wondering if it's possible to put it in the Apple menu? Or somehow change the Logout option in the Apple menu to switch users instead?
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Windows 10: Force sign-out of user upon shutdown/restart

I've got a Windows 10 Pro installation with two local users configured. If I'm signed in to let's say "UserA" and I shutdown/restart the PC without explicitly signing out first and then sign in as "UserB" after boot-up, I can see that "UserA" still…
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Fast User Switching still disabled after disabling Cisco AnyConnect VPN's "Start Before Login" feature

I am running Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate and using Cisco AnyConnect VPN 2.5.3041. As expected, Fast User Switching got disabled as soon as I installed the VPN software. This FAQ from Cisco references how to enable Fast User Switching when their VPN…
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Easy user switching program for Windows 7?

I am trying to setup a computer to be shared between my 2 daughters who are just turning 5. I want to let them each have their own account, and I want to make it easy for them to switch between them. My idea was to have an 'always on top' set of…
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Disable ability for specific users to lock computer Windows 10

I am trying to make it so that specific users cannot remain logged in while not on the computer. I know I can kill their session through Task manager, but is there a way to force them to log off vice Lock to save the trouble of going to the Task…
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Fast user switching is logging users off instead of switching users

I have a netbook running Windows 8.1 Pro that will no longer allow more than one user to be logged in at the same time. The steps necessary to reproduce this are as follows: The current user presses WIN to bring up the start screen. The user clicks…
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Switch user from locked screensaver?

I'm having the same problem as this, but the answer from there doesn't work for me. Neither in my iMac upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion (currently at 10.8), nor from a Mac Mini with Lion Server (10.7.4). I have "Show fast user switching menu as"…
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Turning down the sound on a switched off user

If one switches users (i.e. user one switches off, and then another users logs in) and there is sound playing on the first user, that sound will continue to play for the second user. If the second user has admin rights, they can guess what program…
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Hide "Logged on", "# programs running" on Windows 7 Fast User Switching

I want to do the exact same thing that this question did in Windows XP: Hide "Logged on", "# programs running" on WinXP Fast User Switching However, I want to do it in Windows 7. I attempted to do it the same way they did it, but the filepaths…
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Port binding conflicts with "switch user" on Windows 7

We are using the switch user function within Windows 7 under an active directory network. We have one application in particular that gives us an error: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally…
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Can I mute the sound when switching users in Win 7?

We have a win 7 computer that is used by several family members and we use fast user switching to change accounts without logging each other out (It's set up to go to the select user screen after resuming from screensaver). However, often someone…
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Does fast user switching on Mac take up much RAM or CPU

I don't switch very often between the two accounts on my computer, so I'm thinking of just disabling fast user switching if it takes up significant system resources. Any idea if it takes up significant CPU, RAM, etc?
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How do you switch users in Windows 10?

I took my desktop to a PC shop and had them upgrade my PC from Windows 7 to 10. In Windows 7, my wife and I had separate user accounts. We could simply open the Start menu, open the dropdown next to Shutdown, and click "Switch User". The active…
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"HydraVision Desktop Manager is already running"

On my Windows 7 machine when I use the switch user option to log in as a second user I get a message box with the message "HydraVision Desktop Manager is already running". Everything works fine after this. I have the latest AMD drivers installed.…
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blank screen forever trying to switch users on Linux Mint 16 Petra (often)

Our netbook running Mint 16 (all up-to-date) has two users. Since first installing, we have run into two very similar problems going Menu -> Log Out -> Switch User, or going Menu -> System Tools -> New Login, although sometimes it works as expected…
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