switching users causes black screen

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Hi

I've got this little annoying problem. When I switch users I often get my display to black out, with a blinking cursor in the corner, unable to enter any commands or even do control alt delete. I've noticed that this happens only when I only "switch user" not when I log that person off and then open a new user. Can anyone tell me how to remedy this

Thanks

btw...i have windows xp for home...1.5 Ghz, 256 mb ram...any thing else necessary?
 
Melissa;

Windows XP Stops Responding When You Switch Between Logged-On Users
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811009#appliesto

HOW TO: Use the Fast User Switching Feature in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;279765

A Discussion About the Availability of the Fast User Switching Feature
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q294739

Architecture of Fast User Switching
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q294737

Fast User Switching Option Is Not Available
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;280758

Description of the Fast User Switching Compatibility Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294855
 
I have this same problem sometimes too, but with WinXP Pro. The article
at the top, by the way, is for WinXP Media Center Edition.
 
GateKeeper;

I do not pay too much attention to that. Half the Articles in Help and
Support are for NT or 2000 or Windows Server 2000 or Windows Server 2003.

An awful lot of that stuff applies. You have to know how to seperate the
wheat from the chaff. :o)
 
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