can't get to admin account from fast user switching

[Kim A. Sommer]

Something changed on my machine. (XP Pro)
The Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching (FUS)were working fine.

Heres how it used ot work:
Normally the admin acount does not display on the Welcome Screen. I
ctrl-alt-del to log-in. From there I can FUS out of it and log into
another account. At this point the admin account will show up on the
Weclome screen during

something changed:

Now if I am logged into admin I can FUS out of it. But.. the admin
account does not show up on the Welcome Screen. ctrl-alt-del does not
work to get back in either. I have to log into another account and
log out (not FUS) in order to be allowed to use CTRL-alt-del to get
into the admin account. All programs left running will still be up.

-OR- I do the registry change to put the admin account on the welcome
screen and it always shows up on the welcome screen whether it is
logged in or not.


I would rather have the original method working where the admin
account is only shown if it's logged in but can't find an answer
anywhere.


The only thing I changed recently was turing off simple file sharing.
However turning it back on does not fix the problem.


thanks for any help or pointers.

Kim Sommer

 

[Gary Tsang]

Hi,

Have you tried tapping CTRL-ALT-DEL twice to bring up the log-in screen?

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp

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[Kim A. Sommer]

Thanks for suggestitng it but yes, I didn hit it twice. That's what I
meant when I said that ctr-alt-del didn't work. I was hitting it
twice. And Welcome screen would not do anything in response.

Once I get done with my current project I'm going to backup my data
and restore from an image I made a couple weeks ago before all this
started. Unless a fix pops up.

Kim

Hi,

Have you tried tapping CTRL-ALT-DEL twice to bring up the log-in screen?

To get more information and resources about how to help protect
your PC, go to http://www.microsoft.com/protect

[snip]

 

[Jim Macklin]

Log off and it should work.


| Thanks for suggestitng it but yes, I didn hit it twice.
That's what I
| meant when I said that ctr-alt-del didn't work. I was
hitting it
| twice. And Welcome screen would not do anything in
response.
|
| Once I get done with my current project I'm going to
backup my data
| and restore from an image I made a couple weeks ago before
all this
| started. Unless a fix pops up.
|
| Kim
|
|
|
| > Hi,
| >
| > Have you tried tapping CTRL-ALT-DEL twice to bring up
the log-in screen?
| >
|
| > To get more information and resources about how to help
protect
| > your PC, go to http://www.microsoft.com/protect
| > | > > Something changed on my machine. (XP Pro)
| > > The Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching (FUS)were
working fine.
|
| [snip]