no fast user switch button

[Ken Baird]

Hi,
I have looked and can look no more!!

I have upgraded from XP Home to Vista basic home, I had four user accounts,
one admin (me) three users wife and kids. Now my account is an admin and is
password protected and has screen saver password enabled. same as my old XP
setup and worked fine, wife and kids could use the computer any time. If I
was logged in they would just switch user.

Now with Vista if I'm logged in and leave, my account lock's the computer
and needs a password to logon (or unlock the computer?) and no fast user
switch button. Now no one can use the computer but me. have looked and
looked. I have tried to see if fast user switch is enabled but if I try to
run "gpedit.msc" as I have found in other reports on checking if fast user
switch is enabled my computer reports "gpedit.msc" not found.

Ready to put XP home back on computer and burn Vista.

 

[Anando [MVP]]

Hello Ken,

Instead of locking your computer when you are leaving, just click on Start, and point to the arrow
next to the lock button and click "Switch user".

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[Drew]

in windows xp the keyboard shortcut was windows button + L...Does it not
work as well on Vista ???....Just my 3 cents