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Enable Or Disable Fast User Switching

"In Microsoft Windows XP, if you enable the Fast User Switching feature, multiple user accounts can log on to a computer simultaneously. This article describes how to enable and use this feature. With Fast User Switching, users can switch sessions without closing Windows, programs, and so forth. For example, User A is logged on and is browsing the Internet, User B wants to log on to their user account and check their e-mail account. User A can leave their programs running while User B logs on and checks their e-mail account. User A can then return to their session where their programs would still be running.

Fast User Switching is enabled by default in Windows XP Home Edition and Professional on computers with more than 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM. However, Fast User Switching is not available on Windows XP Professional-based computers that are part of a domain network."

How To Use the Fast User Switching Feature in Windows XP

Turn On Fast User Switching
When Fast User Switching is not turned on, programs shut down when you log off, and the computer runs faster for the next user who logs on.

Fast User Switching

A Discussion About the Availability of the Fast User Switching Feature



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