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Questions tagged [multiple-users]

Questions regarding software or devices usable by more than one person.

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vim multiuser editing?

With vim, can two users edit the same file at the same time?
juanpablo
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How do I log out of Google Chrome on a shared computer?

I share my computer with someone who does not have a google account, I do not want them to be able to click on chrome and potentially access my saved data (ie. passwords/CC info). Everytime I attempt to logoff chrome (not my email, chrome itself),…
Christy
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Is it possible to run two windows sessions from the same computer at the same time?

A friend asked me if it is possible to have two screen/keyboards/mouse connected to one computer, and allowing two users to use the computer as if they where using two different computers (one sessions for each input/output) Is it possible?
Tal Galili
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How can I close a Google Chrome profile?

When I install Windows or Linux (Ubuntu/Mint), I start off by installing Google Chrome. I sign in and sync 4 users within Chrome (4 Gmail accounts). My extensions are sync'd as well. There is a setting under Settings > Advanced Settings that says…
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In Chrome with multiple users open, how can I quit just one of them?

I have multiple users in Chrome open. Each has multiple windows. To restore a user not currently open, I can just go to users -> [user x] and it restores properly. However, how can I quit Chrome just for that one user (e.g. to save RAM/CPU when I'm…
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See which users are logged in from lock screen on Windows 10

I've recently upgraded from Windows 7 to 10. Now on the lock screen I just see a list of usernames - I can't see which of them is logged in, like I used to on Windows 7. Is there a setting or something that I can do to see that? (If the computer is…
paulmorriss
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Is there yet a solution that affords collaboration with two users, two cursors, one monitor?

I am looking for a solution that is similar in some ways to multiseat, but with one important difference: I want two (or perhaps n) users to be able to sit at the same monitor, sharing the same desktop environment, but be able to use their own…
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How to - one email address checked by two users

Which protocol should be used when two users (separate computers) want to check one email account - POP3 or IMAP? The problem is when one user deletes an email because they check it but the other person hasn't. It gets deleted from the second users…
masterninja01
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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…
Ken Western
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Multiple users on one computer with different monitors on Ubuntu/Linux

I got a GTX 670, which powers my three monitors. But I got a processor with a HD4000 integrated graphics and I'd like to add a fourth monitor to the processor graphics, on which a different user works parallel to me. And it's very important that…
Lorenz
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Is there a way of running two concurrent VNC sessions, one per logged on user?

Apologies if this would be better on ServerFault, but I need to view logged on sessions on a remote computer with two concurrent RDP sessions. Ideally the session would be available to connect to, as soon as either or both users were logged on,…
ChrisA
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Can two mice and two keyboards be locked to two different windows?

Basically what this question asks for, however I want to be able to asign one pair of inputs to one single window (and if possible also redirect only the applications sound output to the front plug or to the rear channel whichever is easier), so…
Tobias Kienzler
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One Windows 10, how can I have English input from my left keyboard and Hungarian input from my right keyboard?

I'm working at an IT company in Budapest where we do a LOT of pair programming. While I'm American with 30 years of muscle memory dictating where the characters aught to be on my keyboard, I always want (need) to use an English layout. My colleagues…
Brian Kessler
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Allow to users to RDP into same Session on Same User

So im running a console application that logs a lot of information and also contains a user interface that 2 people will have to access, so hear me out - The 2 people the developers me and a friend, we always are talking when we are on the server,…
Callum
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VNC - two users at same time

I've set up VNC on my desktop (Linux) and I'm not sure how to configure it so that there can be two users using the desktop at the same time? Is VNC the correct tool for this or will it only allow one user?
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